USS Yorktown (Cv-10) · Public domainPer resident, Mount Pleasant records about as much crime as the typical place among U.S. towns
Overall, Mount Pleasant grades B− for safety (#10 of 87 graded towns in South Carolina): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. The crimes the grade counts fell 21% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.3 violent crimes and 11.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 5.4 and 28.1 in the rest of South Carolina.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of SC” is every other South Carolina 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
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 South Carolina towns on Mount Pleasant’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Sullivan's Island (B+), Charleston (C−). Awendaw has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among South Carolina towns, higher
South Carolina’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Mount Pleasant’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 89% of the 87 South Carolina towns we grade, against 54% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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. Violent crime holds Mount Pleasant’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.6) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Mount Pleasant | Rest of South Carolina | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 5.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Mount Pleasant’s police reported 390 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of South Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Mount Pleasant property | Rest of South Carolina property | Mount Pleasant violent | Rest of South Carolina violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.2 | 32.0 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 2023 | 13.0 | 31.4 | 1.4 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 11.7 | 28.6 | 1.3 | 5.6 |
| 2025 | 10.1 | 24.4 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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 South Carolina.
Crime in Mount Pleasant per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,105 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
127 violent and 978 property, as reported to the FBI by Mount Pleasant’s police.
15 people died in crashes on Mount Pleasant’s roads in 2019–2023
Mount Pleasant had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 3.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for South Carolina towns of 25,000–100,000 people (8.8, 20 towns).
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
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | B− | 1.3 | 11.6 |
| Charleston | C− | 3.5 | 18.7 |
| Sullivan's Island | B+ | 0.2 | 9.5 |
| Awendaw | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Awendaw has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
South Carolina towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | B− | 1.3 | 11.6 |
| Goose Creek | C+ | 2.6 | 14.0 |
| Rock Hill | C− | 4.5 | 24.0 |
| Greenville | D | 5.7 | 33.5 |
| Columbia | D | 7.7 | 32.7 |
| North Charleston | D− | 8.0 | 40.0 |
The five graded South Carolina towns closest to Mount Pleasant’s population (95,469), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city 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 (96,727 in 2025); our figure for Mount Pleasant is 95,469 (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, SC safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mount Pleasant reports less crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #10 of 87 in South Carolina. Its police reported 1.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of South Carolina and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Mount Pleasant?
1.3 violent and 11.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of South Carolina reports 5.4 and 28.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Mount Pleasant in 2025?
Mount Pleasant’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Mount Pleasant safer than Charleston?
Charleston reports more crime per resident than Mount Pleasant: Charleston grades C− for safety and Mount Pleasant B−. Charleston’s police reported 3.5 violent and 18.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.