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Sarasota Police Department

City agencyFL0580100NIBRS since 2024LEMAS 2020

Sarasota County, Florida

Serves ~58,428 residents · UCR reported

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

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 · 571 victims, 820 offenders
Victim sex
Male325 (57%)
Female246 (43%)
Victim race
White451 (79%)
Black or African American116 (20%)
Asian3 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home254 (31%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage92 (11%)
Other/Unknown71 (9%)
Grocery/Supermarket66 (8%)
Convenience Store51 (6%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk42 (5%)

Top 6 of 30 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance4 (57%)
Friend1 (14%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend1 (14%)
Relationship Unknown1 (14%)
Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault11 (26%)
Drug Equipment Violations6 (14%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery6 (14%)
Identity Theft5 (12%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations4 (9%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property3 (7%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
178
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
48
Part-time civilian
9
Total FT employees
226
Population served
58,859
Operating budget
$36,473,402
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
200719768$27,636,330
200320169$20,110,698
200020067$17,926,204
199918164
199718578
199319083
1990191111
198714290

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
187
Civilians (2025)
61

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

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

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