| | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Sarasota, FL | United States |
| | 36.7 | 26.9 | 22.7 |
| | 75.8 | 60.3 | 35.4 |
The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Crime Index |
| Westlake, FL | |
| Lake Harbor, FL | |
| Lake Worth Beach, FL | |
| Jupiter Inlet Colony, FL | 7.7 |
| Indian Creek, FL | 10.9 |
| Parkland, FL | 11.4 |
| Weston, FL | 12.2 |
| Highland Beach, FL | 13.4 |
| Hillsboro Beach, FL | 13.4 |
| South Palm Beach, FL | 13.8 |
Reviews for Fort Lauderdale 
64 Reviews
Fort Lauderdale and South Florida are eclectic, which makes for a tough adjustment if you're from a homogenous area. The secret is to find the location of all the things More
Like any city, Fort Lauderdale has it's good points and it's bad. On the good side you can't beat the weather here, especially October to June. No snow and no winter More
My husband I are are from Illinois and Indiana. We moved here five years ago and we still HATE it! In the Midwest people are friendly and care about others. I can't More
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Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach More
Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers". More
As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun More
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