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Sarasota Crime Rate Report (Florida)

Sarasota crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Sarasota for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Sarasota in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 15.45% and the city property crime rate in Sarasota was lower than the national property crime rate average by 8.11%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Sarasota was higher than the violent crime rate in Florida by 45% and the city property crime rate in Sarasota was higher than the property crime rate in Florida by 19.91%.

Property and Violent Crime
Sarasota Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Sarasota Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Sarasota Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault163
Arson2
Burglary123
Larceny and Theft693
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape22
Robbery34
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,413
Property Crime824
Violent Crime221
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault222
Arson2
Burglary84
Larceny and Theft661
Motor Vehicle Theft50
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape25
Robbery34
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,385
Property Crime796
Violent Crime285

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Sarasota Property Crime

Sarasota Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Sarasota Crime 2025

Sarasota Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Sarasota Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Sarasota Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Sarasota, Florida crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Sarasota crime report data for 2026 was projected from 25 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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