Sarasota, FL Crime


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Crime in Sarasota, FL is higher than the national average for both violent and property crime. The violent crime rate in Sarasota stands at 26.9 which is 4.2 points higher than the US average of 22.7. Similarly, the property crime rate is 60.3 which is 24.9 points higher than the national average of 35.4. People living in Sarasota should take extra precautions when it comes to their safety as these numbers clearly indicate that criminal activity is more prevalent here than most other places in the country.

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

Sarasota violent crime is 26.9. (The US average is 22.7)
Sarasota property crime is 60.3. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.
 Violent Crimes  - Murder  Rape  Robbery  Assault
 Property Crimes  - Burglary  Larceny  Auto Theft
Sarasota, FL Crime History
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Year Violent Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Burglary Larceny Auto
20001130.69.382352687.36837.51525.54773.8538.3
20011233.33.766.6371.7791.47403.71917.55051.7434.5
20021146.51.872.6397.3674.87377.81732.45113.8531.5
20031042.49.257.1366.5609.67342.91663.15204.7475.2
2004933.17.347.8275.5602.57101.11596.25016.3488.6
2005956.99.267.8282.3597.66529.41409.64646.9472.9
20061034.57.342.1358.9626.26560.21550.84548461.4
20071109.711.352.8349.1696.46635.71521.24661.6452.9
20081123.215.442.5378.26877074.81572.85137.2364.7
20091032.313.451.6332.6634.76165.41449.14435.3281
2010982.111.630.8317.76226139.31588.74292.5258
2011974.815.253.2326.8579.66130.21326.44587.2216.6
2012801.17.547.1256.3490.15460.41328.83945186.6
2013778.67.558.4284.7427.95169.11063.23813.7292.2
2014665.83.742.9201.4417.84731.4893.33631.1207
2015652.19.151.1204.6387.34248.9761.73284.4202.8
2016522.15.434.1152.5330.23945.7563.43163.4218.9
2017562.91.745.3151.6364.23422.6470.52756.9195.2
2018583.95.238.1142.1398.53252521.52498.4232.2
2019545.66.847.9112.93783176451.52500.4224

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per 100k
Property
per 100k
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Year
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per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
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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

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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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