Crime & Safety in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant carries a genuinely strong absolute crime safety grade -- A+, 53% below the national crime rate -- alongside a real, disclosed recent year-over-year uptick worth stating directly rather than smoothing over.
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Learn moreA genuinely strong absolute safety position
Mount Pleasant carries an A+ overall crime safety grade as of 2026, with crime cited as 53% below the national average and lower than 98% of major US cities (population 50,000+). Residents face roughly 1-in-473 odds of violent-crime victimization and 1-in-58 odds of property-crime victimization in a given year.
A real, disclosed recent uptick
Despite the strong absolute level, a real year-over-year increase shows in the most recent reporting period: overall crime up 8%, violent crime up 31.9%, property crime up 5.9% -- worth noting directly rather than only citing the flattering absolute-level statistics.
No specific area named as unsafe
Safest-rated neighborhoods per this sourcing include Planter's Pointe, Rivertowne, Brickyard Plantation, Longpoint, and Dunes West. As with every market in this dataset, no specific neighborhood is named as unsafe here, per site policy.
Key takeaways
- Mount Pleasant carries an A+ safety grade, 53% below the national crime rate, safer than 98% of major US cities.
- A real, disclosed year-over-year uptick (overall crime +8%, violent crime +31.9%) tempers the otherwise strong absolute numbers.
- Planter's Pointe, Rivertowne, Brickyard Plantation, Longpoint, and Dunes West are cited as favorably-rated neighborhoods; no area is named as unsafe, per site policy.
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