Pleasant Hill, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Pleasant Hill, IA Summary

Crime in Pleasant Hill research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill:

  • There were 232 total crimes committed in Pleasant Hill the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,285.0 total crimes per 100K people in Pleasant Hill.
  • The overall crime rate in Pleasant Hill is -1.68% below the national average.
  • Pleasant Hill ranks #110 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Pleasant Hill ranks #7,121 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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Pleasant Hill Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 2,285.0 per 100,000 people. That's -1.68% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 14.15% higher than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pleasant Hill
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 232 2,285.0 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 15 147.7 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 19 187.1 303.5 369.8
Burglary 59 581.1 371.1 269.8
Larceny 136 1,339.5 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 18 177.3 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 213 2,097.9 1,698.2 1,954.4

Pleasant Hill Crime Compared To Iowa Averages

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

Violent Crime Rates In Pleasant Hill

19
Violent Crimes
187.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-49.40%
Below The National Average
  • There were 19 violent crimes in Pleasant Hill in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 187.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 534.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pleasant Hill each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -49.40% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -38.34% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pleasant Hill

213
Property Crimes
2,097.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
7.34%
Above The National Average
  • There were 213 property crimes in Pleasant Hill in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 2,097.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 47.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pleasant Hill each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 7.34% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 23.53% higher than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pleasant Hill

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Des Moines, IA 213,060 8,102 3,802.7 3,173.8 628.9
Ankeny, IA 72,315 920 1,272.2 1,075.8 196.4
West Des Moines, IA 70,701 1,391 1,967.4 1,718.5 248.9
Urbandale, IA 46,284 369 797.3 691.4 105.9
Waukee, IA 28,790 248 861.4 722.5 138.9
Johnston, IA 24,295 175 720.3 650.3 70.0
Altoona, IA 21,830 310 1,420.1 1,236.8 183.2
Clive, IA 18,984 254 1,338.0 1,069.3 268.6
Indianola, IA 15,817 409 2,585.8 1,707.0 878.8
Norwalk, IA 14,299 38 265.8 209.8 55.9

Pleasant Hill SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
8
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