What is the crime rate in Pleasant Hill, IA?

In 2025, the Pleasant Hill Police Department reported 5 violent crimes and 94 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 40 violent and 756 property crimes per 100,000 of the 12,434 residents it serves.

Across Iowa the rates were 238 and 1,205.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 40
Property per 100,000: 756
Violent crimes: 5
Property crimes: 94

Crime reported by the Pleasant Hill Police Department, 2024 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2024	26	214	77	634	12,137
2025	5	40	94	756	12,434

Violent crimes reported went from 26 in 2024 to 5 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 77 in 2024 to 94 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Pleasant Hill against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Pleasant Hill	40	756
Polk County	387	1,923
Iowa	238	1,205
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Pleasant Hill, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Pleasant Hill	—	40	756
Altoona	3.8 mi	184	1,399
Des Moines	5.7 mi	642	2,838
Carlisle	5.9 mi	158	586
Mitchellville	8.7 mi	110	511
Ankeny	10 mi	151	1,033
Windsor Heights	11 mi	79	4,375
Norwalk	13 mi	50	286
Johnston	13 mi	83	676

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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