Mount Pleasant, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Mount Pleasant, TX Summary

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

  • There were 353 total crimes committed in Mount Pleasant the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,200.2 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Pleasant.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Pleasant is -5.34% below the national average.
  • Mount Pleasant ranks #478 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Mount Pleasant ranks #6,952 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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Mount Pleasant Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Pleasant is 2,200.2 per 100,000 people. That's -5.34% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -18.25% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Pleasant
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 353 2,200.2 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 5 31.2 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 55 342.8 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 79 492.4 446.5 369.8
Burglary 46 286.7 370.7 269.8
Larceny 200 1,246.6 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 28 174.5 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 274 1,707.8 2,245.0 1,954.4

Mount Pleasant Crime Compared To Texas Averages

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

Violent Crime Rates In Mount Pleasant

79
Violent Crimes
492.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
33.15%
Above The National Average
  • There were 79 violent crimes in Mount Pleasant in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Pleasant is 492.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 203.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Pleasant each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 33.15% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 10.29% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Pleasant

274
Property Crimes
1,707.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-12.62%
Below The National Average
  • There were 274 property crimes in Mount Pleasant in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Pleasant is 1,707.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 58.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mount Pleasant each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -12.62% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -23.93% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mount Pleasant

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Longview, TX 81,811 2,710 3,312.5 2,872.5 440.0
Paris, TX 24,392 839 3,439.7 2,664.8 774.8
Sulphur Springs, TX 16,128 134 830.9 651.0 179.8
Pittsburg, TX 4,433 94 2,120.5 1,759.5 360.9
Daingerfield, TX 2,520 52 2,063.5 1,627.0 436.5
Mount Vernon, TX 2,500 131 5,240.0 4,880.0 360.0
Lone Star, TX 1,412 14 991.5 637.4 354.1
Naples, TX 1,307 10 765.1 535.6 229.5

Mount Pleasant SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
9.5
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