Photo: Mr. Usaji · CC BY 2.0What is recorded in Bradenton Beach, and why there is no grade
The closest graded town is Holmes Beach, 3 miles away, at B. Bradenton Beach’s police reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Count 3 graded towns in the 10 miles around.
4 crimes reported in 2025
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.
Every offense type reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
2 violent and 2 property, as reported to the FBI by Bradenton Beach’s police.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Beach | B | 3 mi | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| Longboat Key | A | 5 mi | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| Bradenton | C− | 8 mi | 4.8 | 17.5 |
| Sarasota | C+ | 13 mi | 3.1 | 10.1 |
| St. Pete Beach | C | 18 mi | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| Gulfport | C | 20 mi | 2.3 | 22.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Bradenton Beach. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Bradenton Beach.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Bradenton Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Bradenton Beach had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Florida towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (10.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bradenton Beach’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bradenton Beach’s own rate (27.3) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bradenton Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Beach | B | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| Longboat Key | A | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| Cortez | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cortez is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bradenton Beach. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bradenton Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (932 in 2025); our figure for Bradenton Beach is 921 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bradenton Beach
Is Bradenton Beach, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Bradenton Beach. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Holmes Beach (B, 3 mi), Longboat Key (A, 5 mi), Bradenton (C−, 8 mi).
Who polices Bradenton Beach?
Bradenton Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bradenton Beach”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Bradenton Beach.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.