Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sarasota, FL Crime Grade
How Sarasota 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
7/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Sarasota, FL was 378.2 per 100,000 residents (221 incidents over a population of 58,428). That puts Sarasota Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 47% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Sarasota (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sarasota 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 | 591.5(349) | 659.1(365) | 0.0(0) | 573.3(335) | 378.2(221) |
| Murder | 1.7(1) | 12.6(7) | 0.0(0) | 12.0(7) | 3.4(2) |
| Rape | 54.2(32) | 45.1(25) | 0.0(0) | 42.8(25) | 37.7(22) |
| Robbery | 100.0(59) | 135.4(75) | 0.0(0) | 87.3(51) | 58.2(34) |
| Aggravated assault | 435.6(257) | 465.9(258) | 0.0(0) | 431.3(252) | 279.0(163) |
| Property crime | 2754.1(1,625) | 3151.0(1,745) | 0.0(0) | 1646.4(962) | 1413.7(826) |
| Burglary | 384.7(227) | 417.1(231) | 0.0(0) | 246.4(144) | 210.5(123) |
| Larceny | 2154.2(1,271) | 2396.2(1,327) | 0.0(0) | 1389.6(812) | 1186.1(693) |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Sarasota's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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