Mount Pleasant, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Mount Pleasant, IA Summary

Crime in Mount Pleasant research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Mount Pleasant over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Mount Pleasant:

  • There were 153 total crimes committed in Mount Pleasant the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,707.8 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Pleasant.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Pleasant is -26.52% below the national average.
  • Mount Pleasant ranks #89 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Mount Pleasant ranks #5,881 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Mount Pleasant Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Pleasant is 1,707.8 per 100,000 people. That's -26.52% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -14.68% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Pleasant
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 153 1,707.8 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 35 390.7 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 38 424.2 303.5 369.8
Burglary 19 212.1 371.1 269.8
Larceny 89 993.4 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 7 78.1 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 115 1,283.6 1,698.2 1,954.4

Mount Pleasant Crime Compared To Iowa Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Iowa.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Mount Pleasant

38
Violent Crimes
424.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
14.70%
Above The National Average
  • There were 38 violent crimes in Mount Pleasant in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Pleasant is 424.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 235.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Pleasant each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's 14.70% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 39.76% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Pleasant

115
Property Crimes
1,283.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.32%
Below The National Average
  • There were 115 property crimes in Mount Pleasant in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Pleasant is 1,283.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 77.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mount Pleasant each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.32% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -24.41% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mount Pleasant

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Ottumwa, IA 25,249 1,124 4,451.7 3,675.4 776.3
Burlington, IA 23,497 1,005 4,277.1 3,689.8 587.3
Muscatine, IA 23,237 460 1,979.6 1,626.7 352.9
Fort Madison, IA 10,084 241 2,389.9 2,082.5 307.4
Keokuk, IA 9,702 279 2,875.7 2,143.9 731.8
Fairfield, IA 9,641 161 1,670.0 1,389.9 280.1
Monmouth, IL 8,652 142 1,641.2 1,421.6 219.6
Washington, IA 7,209 166 2,302.7 1,886.5 416.1

Mount Pleasant SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
10
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