Mount Pleasant, WI has a B safety grade (74/100) with a violent crime rate of 112 per 100,000, 68% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · mid-size city

Mount Pleasant, WI Crime Rate & Safety

Mount Pleasant (27,731 people) sits in the mid-size municipal band. This page opens with per-100,000 FBI UCR rates, then WI and national benchmarks.

Data updated 2026-08-24

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B
Safety grade
1,734.5
Property / 100K
111.8
Violent / 100K
28K
Population

Mount Pleasant, WI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 68% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Mount Pleasant, WI shows violent crime at 111.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,734.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 68% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.

  • B safety grade
  • 111.8/100K violent
  • 1734.5/100K property
  • -68% vs U.S.

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Mount Pleasant, WI

Comparable rate records

Mount Pleasant's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Wisconsin cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to Mount Pleasant's 111.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Siren (111.4), West Salem (113.1), Cudahy (113.1), New Richmond (110.2). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 180.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 111.8 in 2024 (-38.1%). The highest observed value was 180.6 in 2020 and the lowest 111.8 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Offense mix

The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort

Violent offenses are 6.1% of the 512 Part I offenses reported in Mount Pleasant for 2024, against a median of 12.1% across comparable Wisconsin cities — a gap of 6.0 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.

Position in the state cohort

Mount Pleasant sits mid-pack among comparable Wisconsin cities

At 111.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Mount Pleasant ranks 106 of 222 — above 116 of the 221 other Wisconsin cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +4.4% against the cohort median of 107.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Property counts dominate Mount Pleasant's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.

Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.

Mount Pleasant's 2024 municipal footprint

Across 33.9 Census sq mi, Mount Pleasant logged 14.2 property and 0.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.

Mount Pleasant's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (90% of 512 offenses; mix index 8,100).

Violent offenses are only 6% of the municipal total - a property-led book.

Mount Pleasant offense mix (2024)

Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (33.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.

Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)

Violent Crime Rate
-21%
141.6 → 111.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-9.9%
1924.5 → 1734.5/100K

Property offenses lead Mount Pleasant's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 481 1734.5
Larceny-Theft 460 1658.8
Burglary 12 43.3
Motor Vehicle Theft 9 32.5
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 31 111.8
Aggravated Assault 21 75.7
Robbery 7 25.2
Rape 3 10.8
Murder 0 0

Mount Pleasant Crime Trend (2020-2024)

Mount Pleasant property crime rate trend

Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
1,734.5/100K 9.9% vs 2023
1,6001,7001,8001,9002,000 20202021202220232024 1,735

Mount Pleasant violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
111.8/100K 21% vs 2023
100120140160180200 20202021202220232024 112
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 27,125 180.6 1835.9
2021 Comparable 27,084 140.3 1646.7
2022 Comparable 27,625 123.1 1773.8
2023 Comparable 27,540 141.6 1924.5
2024 Comparable 27,731 111.8 1734.5

How Mount Pleasant sits among WI peers

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Mount Pleasant vs. similar-size WI cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Mount Pleasant vs. similar-size WI cities, violent vs. property crime 11 380 Violent crime per 100K → 423 4,768 Property crime per 100K → Mount Pleasant SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages

Mount Pleasant Police Department

Reporting agency for Mount Pleasant NIBRS-participating

Mount Pleasant Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Mount Pleasant's 512 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).

This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.

Similar-Size Cities in Wisconsin

Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Wisconsin cities closest to Mount Pleasant in population. Their populations run from 24,397 to 27,480, against 27,731 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Mount Pleasant's closest WI violent-rate matches

Mount Pleasant sits at 111.8/100K violent (grade B); the Wisconsin cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.

Out-of-state peers for Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant at 111.8/100K violent and 1,734.5/100K property - matched below outside Wisconsin (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).

More about Mount Pleasant's 2024 record

How many crimes were reported in Mount Pleasant?

In 2024, Mount Pleasant reported 31 violent crimes and 481 property crimes, for a total of 512 reported offenses.

Is crime increasing or decreasing in Mount Pleasant?

From 2023 to 2024, Mount Pleasant's violent crime rate decreased by 21%, and the property crime rate decreased by 9.9%.

What is the most common crime in Mount Pleasant?

The most common crime type in Mount Pleasant is larceny-theft, accounting for 89.8% of all reported crimes (460 incidents in 2024).

Mid-size read: Mount Pleasant figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.

Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.

Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Mount Pleasant, WI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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