Data on this report is based on areas within the legal city boundary, outlined in black on the map. Any additional neighborhoods shown on the map are associated with the city by name and are included for reference only.
Raw data sources:
18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually.
Where is 2025 data?
Methodology:
Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations….
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Morgantown is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (82%) and also has a lower crime rate than 53% of the communities in Kentucky, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Morgantown is one in 359 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 47.
Compared to other communities of similar population size, Morgantown has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Morgantown is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Morgantown does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Morgantown.
From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Morgantown occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Morgantown; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 418. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.
Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Morgantown experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.
Furthermore, our research shows that motor vehicle theft, arson, burglary, and larceny are not very common in Morgantown compared to most US cities and towns. In fact, the rate of these property crimes in Morgantown is just 0 per one thousand people, far below the national average. Based on this rate, Morgantown is one of the safer communities in America with regard to incidences of property crime.
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FAQ on NeighborhoodScout's Crime Data
NeighborhoodScout® provides exclusive crime risk analytics for every neighborhood in America with up to 98% predictive accuracy. Crime risk indices are nationally comparable on a 1 – 100 scale, where 100 means safer than 100% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Crime risk data are updated annually. Raw crime incidents are sourced from all 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies – municipal, county, transit, park, port, university, tribal and more, assigned to localities, then built into NeighborhoodScout’s proprietary predictive models to provide a comprehensive crime risk profile for every neighborhood and address-vicinity in the U.S.
