Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Mount Pleasant reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Mount Pleasant’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #197 of 266 graded towns in Michigan.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MI” is every other Michigan city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Mount Pleasant
A college town
Mount Pleasant is home to Central Michigan University, with 11,231 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 38% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Mount Pleasant has 13,357 jobs based in town for 20,925 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Mount Pleasant’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (14.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
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| Year | Mount Pleasant property | Rest of Michigan property | Mount Pleasant violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 2.9 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 20.6 | 19.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 10.3 | 17.4 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 11.9 | 15.6 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 12 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Mount Pleasant’s police reported 288 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Mount Pleasant | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
337 crimes reported in 2025
88 violent and 249 property, as reported to the FBI by Mount Pleasant’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Mount Pleasant’s roads in 2019–2023
Mount Pleasant had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is fewer than is typical for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Mount Pleasant’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mount Pleasant’s own rate (1.9) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Mount Pleasant and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | C− | 4.6 | 14.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | C− | 4.6 | 14.3 |
| Oakland Township | A+ | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Hamburg Township | A | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Highland Township | A | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| Davison Township | B | 1.9 | 7.8 |
| Genesee Township | D | 7.6 | 15.0 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Mount Pleasant’s population (20,925), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Mount Pleasant. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Mount Pleasant’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,935 in 2025); our figure for Mount Pleasant is 20,925 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Mount Pleasant
Is Mount Pleasant, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mount Pleasant reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #197 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 4.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Mount Pleasant?
4.6 violent and 14.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Mount Pleasant?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mount Pleasant”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.