El Jobean Post Office and General Store · Photo: Wknight94 · CC BY-SA 3.0Who polices Port Charlotte, and what they report
There are 2 graded towns within 10 miles. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is North Port (B+), 7 miles away. Port Charlotte has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Charlotte County. The Charlotte 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 Port Charlotte alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Port Charlotte
Policed by the county
Port Charlotte is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Port Charlotte. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are North Port (B+, 7 mi), Punta Gorda (A−, 7 mi), Arcadia (C, 22 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Port Charlotte. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Charlotte County without police of their own, which include Port Charlotte.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Charlotte 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.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Port | B+ | 7 mi | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| Punta Gorda | A− | 7 mi | 0.5 | 6.2 |
| Arcadia | C | 22 mi | 4.6 | 11.5 |
| Fort Myers | C− | 31 mi | 5.2 | 13.5 |
| Sarasota | C+ | 36 mi | 3.1 | 10.1 |
| Longboat Key | A | 43 mi | 0.1 | 5.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Port Charlotte. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Port Charlotte.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
24 people died in crashes on Port Charlotte’s roads in 2019–2023
Port Charlotte had 24 fatal crashes in five years, in which 24 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 5 were cyclists.
That is 7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Florida towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.7, 147 towns).
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.
Port Charlotte and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Harbor | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Charlotte Harbor 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.
- 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 Port Charlotte
Is Port Charlotte, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Port Charlotte. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are North Port (B+, 7 mi), Punta Gorda (A−, 7 mi), Arcadia (C, 22 mi).
Who polices Port Charlotte?
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. Port Charlotte is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Charlotte County without police of their own.
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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.