CrimeMetric

Crime in Morrison, Illinois

Major crime in Morrison is 67% below the U.S. rate per resident: 56% lower for persons crimes and 70% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.1% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
33
67% below the U.S. rate
65% below the Illinois rate
down 8.1% in a year
Persons crimes
44
56% below the U.S. rate
36% below the Illinois rate
down 5.8% in a year
Property crimes
30
70% below the U.S. rate
69% below the Illinois rate
down 8.8% in a year
Social disorder
34
66% below the U.S. rate
69% below the Illinois rate
down 6.1% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 20% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Morrison for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Morrison

The middle half of Morrison residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 19 and 44; the typical (median) resident's is 21. The citywide figure (33) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Morrison, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5087.6%
  • 50–10012.4%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm33
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am31
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm37
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am32
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.1% in a year; across Illinois it fell 9.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.1%IL -9.6%-16.8%IL -14.2%
Persons crimes-5.8%IL -14.4%-5.4%IL -6.8%
Property crimes-8.8%IL -8.9%-20.4%IL -15.4%
Social disorder-6.1%IL -12.0%-10.7%IL -8.2%

Change in expected crimes, with Illinois as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Morrison against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,425 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Morrison; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Morrison has a higher major-crime index than 3 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Fulton (11 mi), is 30% above Morrison's rate.

Rock Falls14 mi151
Clinton, IA13 mi138
Sterling14 mi66
Fulton11 mi43
Morrison33
Dixon25 mi27
Polo23 mi19

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Morrison

What are the most common crimes in Morrison?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 8 a year), aggravated assault (about 3 a year) and burglary (about 3 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 20% above the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Morrison's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Morrison has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 3,816. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Morrison, Illinois." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/il/morrison

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100