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Sarasota County, FL Arrest Records

Sarasota County, FL is among the safest counties in the USA with 1.20 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Miami-Dade, Orange, Escambia, Pasco, Manatee counties in Florida.
Sarasota County, FL property crime rate is 11.12 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 3,598 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 5.93% compared to 2015.

Sarasota County, FL Crime Rate

Total arrests in Sarasota County in 2016 decreased by 8.15% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes decreased from 551 to 494 while non-violent crime decreased by 7.91% from 4,980 to 4,586.

5 Crimes In Sarasota County, FL in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 3,598
Burglary 797
Aggravated assault 390
Motor vehicle theft 191
Robbery 68

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Sarasota County decreased by 10.34% from 2015 and decreased by 35.76% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 769 to 494. In 2016 violent crime rate in Sarasota County was 74.48% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.12%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Sarasota County decreased by 7.91% from 2015 and decreased by 42.04% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 7,912 to 4,586. In 2016 property crime rate in Sarasota County was 60.89% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 1.112%.

How Sarasota stands up against other counties

Sarasota vs. Manatee

You’ll be in more safety in Sarasota compared to Manatee county that had 47.79% higher crime rate compared to Sarasota county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0121 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0479 in Manatee county.
Larceny rates of 8.7210 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 20.5437 per 1,000 people and lower than average 10.8703 in Manatee county.

Sarasota vs. Seminole

You’ll be in more risk in Sarasota compared to Seminole county that had 31.16% lower crime rate compared to Sarasota county according to the FBI.
Robbery rates of 0.1648 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 1.3602 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.1208 in Seminole county.
Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 0.4630 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8637 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.3052 in Seminole county.

Names with the most arrests in Sarasota

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Sarasota, Florida, the most crimes, that's 33.96% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Sarasota County is 0.63% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 3.37 daily crimes that occur in Sarasota County.
  • Sarasota, FL is safer than Manatee.
  • In Sarasota County you have a 1 in 81 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Sarasota, FL have decreased by 8.15%.

Sarasota Police Departments

Cities in Sarasota County

Names in Sarasota County