What the figures say about crime in Lakewood Ranch, FL
Within a 25-mile drive lie 4 towns that have a grade. Lakewood Ranch has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The closest graded town is Sarasota, 11 miles away, at C+.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota | C+ | 11 mi | 3.1 | 10.1 |
| Bradenton | C− | 13 mi | 4.8 | 17.5 |
| Longboat Key | A | 16 mi | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| Holmes Beach | B | 21 mi | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| North Port | B+ | 28 mi | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| St. Petersburg | D | 28 mi | 5.6 | 23.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lakewood Ranch. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lakewood Ranch.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Nine people died in crashes on Lakewood Ranch’s roads in 2019–2023
Lakewood Ranch had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is fewer than is typical for Florida towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (9.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lakewood Ranch’s size would see about 21 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lakewood Ranch’s own rate (4.1) 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.
Lakewood Ranch and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- 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 Lakewood Ranch
Is Lakewood Ranch, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lakewood Ranch. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Sarasota (C+, 11 mi), Bradenton (C−, 13 mi), Longboat Key (A, 16 mi).
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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.