2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Sarasota, FL vs Bay Harbor Islands, FL

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- Bay Harbor Islands has 65% less violent crime than Sarasota.
- Bay Harbor Islands has 68% less property crime than Sarasota.
 Sarasota, FLBay Harbor Islands, FLUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock9.422.7
 Property Crime60.3  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

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

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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

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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 Bay Harbor Islands    1 Reviews

If you are looking to live close to the beach but without the husle. Bay Harbor islands is the best place. is close to the beach, close to Bal Harbor shops literally 10  More

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