| | Sarasota, FL | St. Petersburg, FL | United States |
| | 26.9 | 40.4 | 22.7 |
| | 60.3 | 71.5 | 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 Sarasota, Florida | Crime Index |
| Pinecraft, FL | |
| Palmer Ranch, FL | |
| Old Miakka, FL | |
| Desoto Acres, FL | |
| Gulf Gate, FL | |
| Lakewood Ranch, FL | |
| Longboat Key, FL | 10.7 |
| North Port, FL | 17.3 |
| Venice, FL | 18.5 |
| Bradenton Beach, FL | 21.8 |
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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Reviews for St. Petersburg 
56 Reviews
I grew up here (1968). All the people who have posted how awful it is are not going to be happy anywhere because they see what they see. Thats the evolution of self as More
I moved here because my fiance was going to school here and two rents didn't make sense. Visiting was always great! However, after living here for a couple years it's More
True the location is good, and during the Winters, it's really nice in St. Pete, but the Summers and brutally steaming HOT, and the St. Pete Police don't do their job More
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