Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Mount Pleasant, TX Crime Grade
How Mount Pleasant grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Texas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
7/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Mount Pleasant, TX was 313.5 per 100,000 residents (51 incidents over a population of 16,267). That puts Mount Pleasant 4% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 9% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Mount Pleasant #2,704 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 28% of them, and #174 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is up 36% year over year and down 47% over the last five years.
Mount Pleasant, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Texas Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 313.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,704 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #174 of 250
- Safer than
- 28% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 36%
- 5-year change
- down 47%
- Population
- 16,267
- Reporting agency
- Mount Pleasant Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Mount Pleasant Police Department (FBI ORI TX2250100) 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), Texas (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 | 586.7(94) | 492.4(79) | 469.6(75) | 230.7(37) | 313.5(51) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 18.8(3) | 6.2(1) | 6.1(1) |
| Rape | 131.1(21) | 118.4(19) | 81.4(13) | 56.1(9) | 116.8(19) |
| Robbery | 37.4(6) | 31.2(5) | 31.3(5) | 43.6(7) | 30.7(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 418.1(67) | 342.8(55) | 338.1(54) | 124.7(20) | 159.8(26) |
| Property crime | 2159.4(346) | 1726.5(277) | 1866.0(298) | 2450.4(393) | 1795.0(292) |
| Burglary | 380.7(61) | 286.7(46) | 194.1(31) | 187.1(30) | 215.2(35) |
| Larceny | 1597.7(256) | 1252.8(201) | 1527.9(244) | 2007.7(322) | 1450.8(236) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 174.7(28) | 174.5(28) | 137.8(22) | 224.5(36) | 110.7(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Mount Pleasant, TX 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 Texas state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Texas 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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