Mount Pleasant is a village of 26,800 in Racine County, about 3 miles west of downtown Racine · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Mount Pleasant?
Property crime is low in Mount Pleasant: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 72% of Americans live. Theft makes up 81% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 911 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
72% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Mount Pleasant as a whole, and 28% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mount Pleasant scores 911.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Mount Pleasant, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mount Pleasant, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Mount Pleasant
Thefts run high, though property crime runs low. Property crime in Mount Pleasant runs 16% below the US rate, but thefts run 25% above it: 16.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Burglaries and car thefts both run low. In Mount Pleasant, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.78 burglaries and 1.1 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 2.7 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Mount Pleasant
Every part of Mount Pleasant where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Mount Pleasant run from A+ to A-.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Mount Pleasant?
Reported property crime in Mount Pleasant has fallen 14% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 20 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Mount PleasantUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Mount Pleasant. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Mount Pleasant
Property, US
2016
+32%
+15%
2017
+5%
+12%
2018
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
-8%
2021
-19%
-10%
2022
-12%
-6%
2023
-5%
-7%
2024
-14%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Mount Pleasant
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mount Pleasant has about 20 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% less than the US as a whole and 26% more than Wisconsin.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Mount Pleasant, about 81% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Mount Pleasant Police Department's 2024 counts of burglary and vehicle theft fell far below their usual levels, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Mount Pleasant, 63% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (63%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Mount Pleasant and nearby cities
Of the 7 cities closest to Mount Pleasant, 4 have less property crime. Franksville and Caledonia have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Mount Pleasant. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Mount Pleasant is safer than 59% of them.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Mount Pleasant
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Mount Pleasant apart: it has 6.7 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 3.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.6.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 83% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 95% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 80% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.62 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 79% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 78% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Mount Pleasant: D- (9 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 59% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Mount Pleasant
Property crime costs Mount Pleasant about $3.2 million a year, or $121 per resident and about $273 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$190,000
$7
Theft
$2.2 million
$84
Vehicle theft
$440,000
$16
Arson
$9,300
under $1
Vandalism
$360,000
$13
Total
$3.2 million
$121
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
