Mount Pleasant, MI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Mount Pleasant, MI 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 454 total crimes committed in Mount Pleasant the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,125.2 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Pleasant.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Pleasant is -8.56% below the national average.
  • Mount Pleasant ranks #338 safest out of 436 cities in Michigan.
  • Mount Pleasant ranks #6,801 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 Michigan And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Pleasant is 2,125.2 per 100,000 people. That's -8.56% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 15.57% higher than the Michigan total crime rate of 1,838.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Pleasant
/ 100k People
Michigan
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 454 2,125.2 1,838.9 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.6 6.3
Robbery 5 23.4 44.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 42 196.6 365.1 268.2
Violent Crime 61 285.5 478.0 369.8
Burglary 46 215.3 233.1 269.8
Larceny 322 1,507.3 943.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 25 117.0 184.5 282.7
Property Crime 393 1,839.6 1,360.9 1,954.4

Mount Pleasant Crime Compared To Michigan Averages

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

Violent Crime Rates In Mount Pleasant

61
Violent Crimes
285.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-22.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 61 violent crimes in Mount Pleasant in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Pleasant is 285.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 350.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Pleasant each year. That compares to a 1 in 209.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -22.79% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -40.26% lower than the Michigan violent crime rate of 478.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Pleasant

393
Property Crimes
1,839.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-5.87%
Below The National Average
  • There were 393 property crimes in Mount Pleasant in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Pleasant is 1,839.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 54.4 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 -5.87% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 35.18% higher than the Michigan property crime rate of 1,360.9 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
Midland, MI 42,426 384 905.1 789.6 115.5
Ionia, MI 11,730 108 920.7 733.2 187.6
Big Rapids, MI 10,406 29 278.7 144.1 134.5
Alma, MI 9,365 157 1,676.5 1,302.7 373.7
St. Johns, MI 7,640 63 824.6 615.2 209.4
St. Louis, MI 6,842 54 789.2 643.1 146.2
Belding, MI 6,153 112 1,820.3 1,462.7 357.5
Clare, MI 3,290 59 1,793.3 1,155.0 638.3
Shepherd, MI 1,525 25 1,639.3 1,573.8 65.6
Coleman, MI 1,262 15 1,188.6 1,188.6 0.0

Mount Pleasant SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
6
Affordability
5
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
8.5
Commute
10
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