Photo: Piperpet · CC BY-SA 4.0Thonotosassa goes ungraded: its recorded crime
Temple Terrace has a Safety Grade of C; no graded town is nearer. Thonotosassa has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Hillsborough County. The Hillsborough 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 Thonotosassa alone, and no Safety Grade. Within a 25-mile drive lie 5 towns that have a grade.
What stands out about safety in Thonotosassa
Policed by the county
Thonotosassa is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Thonotosassa. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Temple Terrace (C, 5 mi), Tampa (C, 12 mi), Lakeland (C−, 21 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Thonotosassa. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Hillsborough County without police of their own, which include Thonotosassa.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Hillsborough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Terrace | C | 5 mi | 3.3 | 15.8 |
| Tampa | C | 12 mi | 4.1 | 13.6 |
| Lakeland | C− | 21 mi | 3.8 | 17.3 |
| Oldsmar | C+ | 23 mi | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| Safety Harbor | B+ | 25 mi | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| Pinellas Park | C− | 28 mi | 2.4 | 23.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Thonotosassa. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Thonotosassa.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
33 people died in crashes on Thonotosassa’s roads in 2019–2023
Thonotosassa had 29 fatal crashes in five years, in which 33 people died; 6 were pedestrians. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 41.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Florida towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.0, 308 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.
Thonotosassa and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Lake-Orient Park | — | — | — |
| Mango | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Lake-Orient Park and Mango are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their 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 Thonotosassa
Is Thonotosassa, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Thonotosassa. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Temple Terrace (C, 5 mi), Tampa (C, 12 mi), Lakeland (C−, 21 mi).
Who polices Thonotosassa?
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Thonotosassa is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Hillsborough County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Thonotosassa.
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.