Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Mount Pleasant, SC Crime Grade
How Mount Pleasant grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of South Carolina — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
South Carolina
1/10
vs. South Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Mount Pleasant, SC was 131.3 per 100,000 residents (127 incidents over a population of 96,727). That puts Mount Pleasant Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 60% below the South Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
That ranks Mount Pleasant #1,440 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 62% of them, and #5 of 41 in South Carolina. Violent crime is up 1% year over year and up 35% over the last five years.
Mount Pleasant, SC crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- South Carolina Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 131.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,440 of 3,771
- SC rank
- #5 of 41
- Safer than
- 62% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 1%
- 5-year change
- up 35%
- Population
- 96,727
- Reporting agency
- Mount Pleasant Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Mount Pleasant Police Department (FBI ORI SC0100300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Mount Pleasant (red), South Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Mount Pleasant vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 97.2(93) | 135.2(127) | 148.5(143) | 129.4(125) | 131.3(127) |
| Murder | 1.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 1.0(1) |
| Rape | 18.8(18) | 22.4(21) | 16.6(16) | 15.5(15) | 12.4(12) |
| Robbery | 9.4(9) | 13.8(13) | 17.6(17) | 21.7(21) | 9.3(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 68.0(65) | 99.0(93) | 114.2(110) | 92.1(89) | 108.6(105) |
| Property crime | 1154.1(1,104) | 1434.8(1,348) | 1315.4(1,267) | 1178.0(1,138) | 1018.3(985) |
| Burglary | 103.5(99) | 137.3(129) | 86.2(83) | 99.4(96) | 83.7(81) |
| Larceny | 935.6(895) | 1092.1(1,026) | 1079.7(1,040) | 1002.0(968) | 859.1(831) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 115.0(110) | 202.2(190) | 148.5(143) | 73.5(71) | 68.2(66) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Mount Pleasant, SC Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Mount Pleasant Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Mount Pleasant calculated?
- Mount Pleasant's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the South Carolina state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to South Carolina cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Mount Pleasant Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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