Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime in Ridge Manor: the figures, without a grade
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Brooksville (D), 13 miles away. Within a 25-mile drive lie 2 towns that have a grade. Ridge Manor has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Hernando County. The Hernando 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 Ridge Manor alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Ridge Manor
Policed by the county
Ridge Manor is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Ridge Manor. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Brooksville (D, 13 mi), Leesburg (C−, 23 mi), Temple Terrace (C, 33 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ridge Manor. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Hernando County without police of their own, which include Ridge Manor.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Hernando 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville | D | 13 mi | 5.2 | 23.0 |
| Leesburg | C− | 23 mi | 3.4 | 19.2 |
| Temple Terrace | C | 33 mi | 3.3 | 15.8 |
| Lakeland | C− | 33 mi | 3.8 | 17.3 |
| Auburndale | C | 36 mi | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| Lake Alfred | B+ | 38 mi | 0.8 | 9.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Ridge Manor. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ridge Manor.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Nine people died in crashes on Ridge Manor’s roads in 2019–2023
Ridge Manor had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than 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 Ridge Manor’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ridge Manor’s own rate (45.7) 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.
Ridge Manor 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 Ridge Manor
Is Ridge Manor, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Ridge Manor. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Brooksville (D, 13 mi), Leesburg (C−, 23 mi), Temple Terrace (C, 33 mi).
Who polices Ridge Manor?
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. Ridge Manor is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Hernando County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Ridge Manor.
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.