Photo: Yinzer1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime reported in Venice, FL
The closest graded town is North Port, 14 miles away, at B+. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Venice has none for 2023–2025. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 3.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Port | B+ | 14 mi | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| Sarasota | C+ | 17 mi | 3.1 | 10.1 |
| Longboat Key | A | 24 mi | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| Punta Gorda | A− | 26 mi | 0.5 | 6.2 |
| Bradenton | C− | 28 mi | 4.8 | 17.5 |
| Holmes Beach | B | 33 mi | 1.2 | 10.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Venice. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Venice.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
10 people died in crashes on Venice’s roads in 2019–2023
Venice had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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.
Venice and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Nokomis and Laurel 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 Venice
Is Venice, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Venice. Venice has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are North Port (B+, 14 mi), Sarasota (C+, 17 mi), Longboat Key (A, 24 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Venice.
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.