Florida · 459,547 residents Score 66 · Grade B

Crime Map, Crime Rate Context, and Safety Score for Sarasota County, Florida

Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Sarasota County. Severity-weighted, rate-normalized, and built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.

Sarasota County, Florida neighborhood Safety Score map by Census block group

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Sarasota County, Florida local context

The county aggregate Safety Score is 66, with a B grade across 307 scored block groups.

Sarasota County, Florida is a larger regional county market, with an estimated 459,547 residents across 212,204 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.

Owner-occupied housing makes up the larger share of occupied homes at 76.7%, while renter-occupied housing accounts for 23.3%.

The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 8.7% poverty rate, a 3.7% unemployment rate, 40.8% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.

Commute context is included as well, with 5.3% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.

CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside Sarasota County without relying on one broad county-level view.

The county score is a nationally ranked aggregate of local block-group scores. Supporting profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.

Safety Score 66
Grade B
Population 459,547
Households 212,204
Owner occupied 76.7%
Renter occupied 23.3%
Poverty rate 8.7%
Unemployment 3.7%
60+ min commute 5.3%

Local search context

Sarasota County crime maps need neighborhood-level context

People comparing Sarasota County crime rates, maps, or neighborhood safety data usually need more than a single county-wide number. CrimeScore starts with the broad county page, then lets visitors inspect smaller map areas, ZIP pages, and address-centered views when they need more local context.

CrimeScore is modeled neighborhood safety context, not an official agency crime-rate report. Use it as location context for comparison, API workflows, and map exploration, not as a guarantee about a specific person, home, or future event.

How to read the map

Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate lower modeled safety. Click any block group to see its score and grade. Create an account to review API plans for production use.

About the model

Scores in Sarasota County come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.

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