Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bradenton, FL Crime Grade
How Bradenton grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Florida — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
8/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bradenton, FL was 398.0 per 100,000 residents (234 incidents over a population of 58,792). That puts Bradenton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 55% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Bradenton #3,017 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #118 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Bradenton, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Florida Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 398.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,017 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #118 of 163
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 58,792
- Reporting agency
- Bradenton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bradenton Police Department (FBI ORI FL0410200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bradenton, FL
Also known as
- Braden Town
- Bradentown
- Braiden Town
- Braidentown
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bradenton (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bradenton vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 504.2(306) | 454.6(256) | 608.2(350) | 455.6(262) | 398.0(234) |
| Murder | 6.6(4) | 5.3(3) | 5.2(3) | 7.0(4) | 5.1(3) |
| Rape | 41.2(25) | 39.1(22) | 57.3(33) | 43.5(25) | 45.9(27) |
| Robbery | 75.8(46) | 67.5(38) | 90.4(52) | 52.2(30) | 64.6(38) |
| Aggravated assault | 380.6(231) | 342.7(193) | 455.3(262) | 353.0(203) | 282.4(166) |
| Property crime | 2184.9(1,326) | 1834.3(1,033) | 1906.4(1,097) | 1881.6(1,082) | 1501.9(883) |
| Burglary | 178.0(108) | 165.1(93) | 126.9(73) | 198.3(114) | 122.5(72) |
| Larceny | 1837.3(1,115) | 1667.4(939) | 1760.4(1,013) | 1612.1(927) | 1369.2(805) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 163.1(99) | 0.0(0) | 13.9(8) | 67.8(39) | 6.8(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bradenton, FL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Bradenton Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Bradenton calculated?
- Bradenton's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Florida state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Bradenton Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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