The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Fort Morgan, CO
Fort Morgan is a city of 14,100 in Morgan County, about 70 miles northeast of downtown Denver · Updated November 2026
Is Fort Morgan, CO safe?
Yes, crime in Fort Morgan is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Fort Morgan sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 54% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Fort Morgan run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 855 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Fort Morgan as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fort Morgan scores 855.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Fort Morgan, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Morgan, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Fort Morgan
Burglaries run high for an A-graded city. Fort Morgan has 3.0 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2.
The safest and least safe parts of Fort Morgan
Every part of Fort Morgan where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Fort Morgan run from A+ to B; 19% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Fort Morgan, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Fort Morgan?
Reported crime in Fort Morgan has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 33% and property crime down 19%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.2 to 2.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 24 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 33% and property crime fell 21%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Fort MorganUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Fort Morgan. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Fort Morgan
Violent, US
Property, Fort Morgan
Property, US
2016
-20%
+4%
+13%
+15%
2017
-3%
+4%
+18%
+12%
2018
-18%
+0%
+10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+28%
+4%
+5%
-8%
2021
+33%
+6%
+21%
-10%
2022
+7%
+5%
+32%
-6%
2023
-0%
+2%
+2%
-7%
2024
-33%
-4%
-19%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Fort Morgan
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Morgan has about 38 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 20% less than Colorado.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 38% of crime reported in Fort Morgan. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Fort Morgan
Fort Morgan has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Fort Morgan, 43% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 41% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (59%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (41%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism, aggravated assault.
How Fort Morgan compares with nearby cities
Fort Morgan has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Fort Morgan
Two things set Fort Morgan apart: it has 2.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 90% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 60% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 87% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Fort Morgan: F (4 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.62 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 79% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Fort Morgan
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Fort Morgan about $1,115 a year per household, 8% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $16 million a year, or $1,124 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$840,000
$60
Rape
$320,000
$23
Robbery
$51,000
$4
Assault
$1.6 million
$115
Burglary
$380,000
$27
Theft
$1.0 million
$74
Vehicle theft
$380,000
$27
Arson
$96,000
$7
Vandalism
$820,000
$58
Total
$5.5 million
$393
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Fort Morgan means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Fort Morgan, CO average a SchoolGrade of D+: 32% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Fort Morgan on SchoolGrade
