Morningside is a town of 1,730 in Prince George's County, about 9 miles southeast of downtown Washington · Updated November 2026
Is Morningside, MD safe?
Morningside has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 81% of Americans live. Violent crime grades B- and property crime C+.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 531 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
19% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Morningside as a whole, and 81% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Morningside scores 531.
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 Morningside, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Morningside, 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 Morningside
Car thefts run high. Morningside has car thefts at more than triple the US rate: 15.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Morningside
CrimeGrade™ estimates Morningside has about 74 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 79% more than Maryland.
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.
Vandalism is the most common crime in Morningside, about 25% of everything reported.
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.
How Morningside compares with nearby cities
Morningside has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Westphalia and Andrews AFB have less.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Morningside about $2,441 a year per household, about double 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 $7.1 million a year, or $4,116 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$560,000
$324
Rape
$72,000
$42
Robbery
$270,000
$158
Assault
$330,000
$189
Burglary
$72,000
$41
Theft
$150,000
$86
Vehicle theft
$400,000
$233
Arson
$6,500
$4
Vandalism
$230,000
$131
Total
$2.1 million
$1,209
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 Morningside 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 Morningside, MD average a SchoolGrade of D-: 21% of students test proficient, against 16% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Morningside on SchoolGrade
