Abstract: Crime has a diverse understanding and conception of various disciplines related to spatial and social aspects. In the architecture and and urban design itself, the concept of crime is concerned with the spatial aspects, in this case is urban morphology and functional attributes of a city. In Surabaya, the highest crime rate is located in South Krembangan. South Krembangan is a area with high historical value but has a criminal problem. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the morphology of the area to see how it relates to the crime. Based on field observations and typological-morphological analysis results, it is known that there is a tendency for the relationship of each typology to be found with the number of crimes that occurred, that the more public and accessible the area, the higher crime occurs.