The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Mount Pleasant, WI
Mount Pleasant is a village of 26,800 in Racine County, about 3 miles west of downtown Racine · Updated November 2026
Is Mount Pleasant, WI safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Mount Pleasant: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Mount Pleasant run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 923 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mount Pleasant as a whole, and 25% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mount Pleasant scores 923.
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, 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 in Mount Pleasant
Thefts run above the US rate. Mount Pleasant has less crime than the US as a whole, 33% below the US rate, but more thefts: 16.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Burglaries and aggravated assaults both run low. In Mount Pleasant, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.78 burglaries and 0.82 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Mount Pleasant
Every part of Mount Pleasant where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Mount Pleasant run from A+ to B; 95% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Mount Pleasant, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Mount Pleasant?
Reported crime in Mount Pleasant has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 27% and property crime down 14%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.5 to 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 20 to 17 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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
Violent, Mount Pleasant
Violent, US
Property, Mount Pleasant
Property, US
2016
-60%
+4%
+32%
+15%
2017
-2%
+4%
+5%
+12%
2018
-44%
+0%
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+16%
+4%
-10%
-8%
2021
-10%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
-19%
+5%
-12%
-6%
2023
-8%
+2%
-5%
-7%
2024
-27%
-4%
-14%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Mount Pleasant
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mount Pleasant has about 25 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% less than the US as a whole and close to Wisconsin.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Mount Pleasant is theft, about 65% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
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 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. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 43% of them, against 34% 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)
Aggravated assault
Homes (42%)
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.
How Mount Pleasant compares with nearby cities
Mount Pleasant has more crime than 4 of its 7 nearest cities. Franksville and Caledonia have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Mount Pleasant
Two things 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 and assault. 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 and robbery.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 robbery and 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 and robbery. 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 crime costs Mount Pleasant
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Mount Pleasant about $495 a year per household, 59% less 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 $15 million a year, or $565 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$830,000
$31
Rape
$260,000
$10
Robbery
$210,000
$8
Assault
$1.3 million
$50
Burglary
$190,000
$7
Theft
$2.2 million
$84
Vehicle theft
$440,000
$16
Arson
$9,300
under $1
Vandalism
$360,000
$13
Total
$5.9 million
$219
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.
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, WI average a SchoolGrade of F: 16% of students test proficient, against 22% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Mount Pleasant on SchoolGrade
