A motorcycle tire 1 on rough terrain. Blocks 11 include crown blocks 16 arranged in a center area Cr of a tread portion 2, middle blocks arranged axially outside the crown blocks and shoulder blocks arranged axially outside middle blocks. The crown blocks have a smallest aspect ratio. The shoulder blocks have a largest aspect ratio. The crown block 16 includes a shift block. The shift block is provided in a center part in its widthwise direction with one circumferentially extending slit so as to divide the block into two small block segments. The two small block segments are shifted from each other in the tire circumferential direction.