Mount Pleasant is a neighborhood of 11,600 residents in Washington, about 3 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Mount Pleasant in Washington safe?
Mount Pleasant is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of F, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Violent crime grades C- and property crime F. Washington as a whole grades F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Mount Pleasant run from B- to F, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
5% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mount Pleasant as a whole, and 95% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mount Pleasant scores 0.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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, Washington, DC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mount Pleasant in Washington, 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 in Mount Pleasant
Robberies run high. Mount Pleasant has robberies at more than triple the US rate: 3.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
How Mount Pleasant compares within Washington
High crime is widespread across Mount Pleasant: 75% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 11% in areas graded A or B. Grades across Mount Pleasant run from B- to F; every part of Mount Pleasant has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 11%C 14%D or F 75%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Mount Pleasant has less crime than 18 of the 38 neighborhoods in Washington. It covers much of the Chevy Chase, Au-Tenleytown, and Brightwood areas.
Crime rates and types in Mount Pleasant
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mount Pleasant has about 54 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% more than the US as a whole and 41% less than Washington as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 36% of crime reported in Mount Pleasant. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Mount Pleasant compares with nearby neighborhoods
Mount Pleasant has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Density, transit and walkability in Mount Pleasant
Two things set Mount Pleasant apart: it has 100% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 91 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more robbery and car theft, and they run high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.100% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Mount Pleasant: D+ (20 of 100).91 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault. 74% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (82 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 crime costs Mount Pleasant
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Mount Pleasant about $1,357 a year per household, 13% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $21 million a year, or $1,818 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Mount Pleasant means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Mount Pleasant is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
Schools in Mount Pleasant, Washington, DC average a SchoolGrade of A-: 32% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Mount Pleasant on SchoolGrade
