Safety · Morton
Morton, MS crime & safety
Morton's reported crime rate is below Mississippi's. 22 violent crimes were reported in 2022.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Morton compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Morton's police department reported none of them, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Reported crime, 2022
Morton at a glance
Violent crime
6.2
per 1,000 residents · Mississippi 2.5
Property crime
10.4
per 1,000 residents · Mississippi 18.1
Incidents reported
59
22 violent · 37 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
What gets reported
2022, by type
Larceny / theft
21
Burglary
10
Vehicle theft
6
Aggravated assault
19
Robbery
1
Rape
0
Homicide
2
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Morton safe
Local public safety
👮 Morton Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Next door
Morton and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton | — | 6.2 | 10.4 | 2022 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Pelahatchie.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 3,600, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.