Crime in South Sarasota, Florida
Major crime in South Sarasota is 23% below the U.S. rate per resident: 45% lower for persons crimes and 18% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 20.7% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 36% above the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in South Sarasota for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across South Sarasota
The middle half of South Sarasota residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 55 and 95; the typical (median) resident's is 95.
- 0–5014.0%
- 50–10070.2%
- 100–20015.8%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weeknights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 20.7% in a year; across Florida it fell 7.8%
Change in expected crimes, with Florida as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
South Sarasota against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents
833 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than South Sarasota; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
South Sarasota has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Ridge Wood Heights (1 mi), is 58% below South Sarasota's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in South Sarasota
What are the most common crimes in South Sarasota?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 22 a year), other larceny (about 20 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 9 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 36% above the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. South Sarasota's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- South Sarasota's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 5,010. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in South Sarasota, Florida." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/fl/south-sarasota
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Ridge Wood Heights1 mi32
- Siesta Key1 mi46
- Southgate2 mi41
- South Gate Ridge2 mi39
- Gulf Gate2 mi63
- Bee Ridge4 mi46
- Sarasota4 mi91
- Sarasota Springs4 mi28