Open Policing Data Hub

FBI agency record

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office

County agencyFL0580000NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020Founded 1921

Sarasota County, Florida

Serves ~281,510 residents · LEMAS survey

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency for Sarasota County, Florida. The agency is responsible for law enforcement services in unincorporated areas of Sarasota County, jail facilities, and courthouse security for Florida's 12th Judicial Circuit. SSO also operates Public Safety Communications (PSC), the county's primary 911 center.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

See something wrong (website, links, data)? Report a data issue

Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI FL0580000.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 4,394 victims, 7,580 offenders
Victim sex
Male2,419 (55%)
Female1,950 (44%)
Unknown25 (1%)
Victim race
White3,985 (94%)
Black or African American222 (5%)
Asian44 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native4 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home2,393 (32%)
Department/Discount Store1,011 (13%)
Other/Unknown641 (8%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage623 (8%)
Specialty Store568 (7%)
Grocery/Supermarket308 (4%)

Top 6 of 40 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Otherwise Known5 (28%)
Relationship Unknown4 (22%)
Stranger4 (22%)
Acquaintance3 (17%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend1 (6%)
Friend1 (6%)
Co-occurring offenses
Drug/Narcotic Violations43 (24%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property38 (22%)
Drug Equipment Violations31 (18%)
Simple Assault23 (13%)
Motor Vehicle Theft19 (11%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game6 (3%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Open data

No open-data portal has been found for this agency. Discovery sweeps Socrata, ArcGIS, and CKAN portals on a schedule, so this can change. Know of a portal or dataset this agency publishes? Tell us.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
420
Population served
281,510

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013383510$86,554,672
2007438545$89,536,409
2003412344$65,151,967
2000393350$52,498,193
1999388462
1997348440
1990384233

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

No catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

Agencies like this one

Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

FL · serves ~397,253

Countymatch 98%
Compare trends
New Castle County Police Department

DE · serves ~439,696

Countymatch 98%
Compare trends
Horry County Police Department

SC · serves ~276,534

Countymatch 97%
Compare trends
York County Sheriff's Office

SC · serves ~160,725

Countymatch 97%
Compare trends
Dorchester County Sheriff's Office

SC · serves ~89,327

Countymatch 97%
Compare trends

Compared by size, crime mix, rates, and staffing within the same agency class · precomputed from FBI trend and NIBRS data. Methodology: agency-metrics/metrics-spec.md

Assessing a response? These agencies double as informal comparison groups: if your trend falls while comparable agencies hold steady, the case that your response worked is much stronger. See the project report template.