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Mount Pleasant, PA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 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…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Mount Pleasant has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Mount Pleasant is 1 in 84. How does Mount Pleasant fare compared to other communities in Pennsylvania of all population sizes? Mount Pleasant's crime rate is lower than approximately 32% of Pennsylvania communities.

However, when you compare Mount Pleasant to other communities of similar population, then Mount Pleasant crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Mount Pleasant does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 262. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Mount Pleasant; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Mount Pleasant Crime Data

total Crime Index

41

(100 is safest)


Safer than 41% of U.S. cities.

Mount Pleasant Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

16

34

50

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

3.82

8.13

11.95

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
3.82
2.8
National Median: 4
    Mount Pleasant
    Pennsylvania

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 262

in Mount Pleasant

1 in 357

in Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant Violent Crimes

Population: 4,184
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
8.13
14.83
National Median: 20
    Mount Pleasant
    Pennsylvania

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 123

in Mount Pleasant

1 in 67

in Pennsylvania

Property Crimes

Population: 4,184
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Mount Pleasant Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
50
43
National Median: 27.0
    Mount Pleasant
    Pennsylvania