Photo: Rkriley · CC BY-SA 3.0Who polices Lacoochee, and what they report
Lacoochee has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Pasco County. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Lacoochee alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Lacoochee
Policed by the county
Lacoochee is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Lacoochee. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Brooksville (D, 15 mi), Leesburg (C−, 24 mi), Lakeland (C−, 31 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lacoochee. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Pasco County without police of their own, which include Lacoochee.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville | D | 15 mi | 5.2 | 23.0 |
| Leesburg | C− | 24 mi | 3.4 | 19.2 |
| Lakeland | C− | 31 mi | 3.8 | 17.3 |
| Temple Terrace | C | 32 mi | 3.3 | 15.8 |
| Auburndale | C | 33 mi | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| Lake Alfred | B+ | 36 mi | 0.8 | 9.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lacoochee. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lacoochee.
Three people died in crashes on Lacoochee’s roads in 2019–2023
Lacoochee had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people 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 Lacoochee’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lacoochee’s own rate (46.5) 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.
Lacoochee and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Lacoochee
Is Lacoochee, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lacoochee. Lacoochee has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Pasco County. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Lacoochee alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Brooksville (D, 15 mi), Leesburg (C−, 24 mi), Lakeland (C−, 31 mi).
Who polices Lacoochee?
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. Lacoochee is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Pasco County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Lacoochee.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.