The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Morgan City, LA
Morgan City is a city of 15,200 in St. Mary Parish, about 50 miles south of downtown Baton Rouge · Updated November 2026
Is Morgan City, LA safe?
Crime in Morgan City is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Morgan City. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Morgan City run from A+ to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 728 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Morgan City as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Morgan City scores 728.
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 Morgan City, LA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Morgan City, 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 Morgan City
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Morgan City runs 54% above the US rate, but car thefts run 40% below it: 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Burglaries and simple assaults both run high. In Morgan City, each runs at about double the US rate: 4.4 burglaries and 20.3 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Morgan City
Most of Morgan City grades well: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Morgan City run from A+ to C; 25% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%C 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Morgan City, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Morgan City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Morgan City has about 57 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 54% more than the US as a whole and 24% more than Louisiana.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Morgan City is assault, about 43% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Morgan City
Morgan City has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Morgan City, 77% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 58% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (77%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (58%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (52%)
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.
How Morgan City compares with nearby cities
Morgan City has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Morgan City
Two things set Morgan City apart: it has 17.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.5 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.17.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 91% 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. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% 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.14.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 85% 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 Morgan City: F (0 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.58 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 73% 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 Morgan City
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Morgan City about $1,466 a year per household, 22% more 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 $26 million a year, or $1,739 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.3 million
$85
Rape
$350,000
$23
Robbery
$80,000
$5
Assault
$4.0 million
$263
Burglary
$600,000
$39
Theft
$1.5 million
$97
Vehicle theft
$380,000
$25
Arson
$55,000
$4
Vandalism
$770,000
$51
Total
$9.0 million
$592
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 Morgan City 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 Morgan City, LA average a SchoolGrade of B: 35% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Morgan City on SchoolGrade
