Honolulu, HI crime rate
In 2025 the Honolulu Police Department reported 181.3 violent crimes and 1,459.1 property crimes per 100,000 residents in the area it covers (the City and County of Honolulu, the whole island of Oahu; FBI population 987,000). The FBI's estimates for Hawaii and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Murder, 2025: possibly incomplete. 15 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2023: 24 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Murder, 2024: possibly incomplete. 23 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Jun, Jul, Sep, Nov) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2023: 24 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Murder, 2021: possibly incomplete. 20 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Jan, Apr, Nov) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 25 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Honolulu compare with Hawaii and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Honolulu only.
What offenses were reported in Honolulu, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Hawaii | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,789 | 181.3 | 205.1 | 327.6 | down 15.3% | down 32.9% |
| Murder | 15 | 1.2 | 4.1 | See data note | See data note | |
| Rape | 239 | 24.2 | 35.2 | 36.1 | down 33.3% | down 38.4% |
| Robbery | 456 | 46.2 | 37.8 | 49.4 | down 20.6% | down 43.0% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,079 | 109.3 | 130.9 | 238.0 | down 6.8% | down 26.0% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 14,401 | 1,459.1 | 1,603.8 | 1,534.8 | down 24.0% | down 51.0% |
| Burglary | 1,481 | 150.1 | 203.6 | 193.6 | down 9.5% | down 57.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 9,866 | 999.6 | 1,118.0 | 1,144.1 | down 25.6% | down 51.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2,913 | 295.1 | 282.2 | 197.0 | down 24.4% | down 44.7% |
| Arson | 141 | 14.3 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 27.4% | down 52.5% |
Reported = offenses known to the Honolulu Police Department and sent to the FBI. Hawaii and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Honolulu's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 15 | 13 |
| Murder | 2024 | 23 | 22 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 456 | 412 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 578 | 511 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 1,079 | 1,000 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 1,165 | 1,022 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 1,481 | 1,412 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 1,646 | 1,499 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 2,913 | 2,625 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 3,878 | 3,377 |
City count: HPD Annual Report 2025, Table 1: Crime Index, Honolulu Police Department, honolulupd.org, checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Honolulu | United States | Hawaii |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 270.2 | 387.0 | 274.0 |
| 2022 | 276.7 | 388.7 | 276.2 |
| 2023 | 221.9 | 379.5 | 232.1 |
| 2024 | 214.1 | 362.9 | 230.4 |
| 2025 | 181.3 | 327.6 | 205.1 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Honolulu | United States | Hawaii |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,975.2 | 1,832.3 | 2,533.2 |
| 2022 | 2,668.8 | 1,973.8 | 2,481.7 |
| 2023 | 2,122.3 | 1,934.1 | 2,142.5 |
| 2024 | 1,919.8 | 1,761.1 | 2,021.4 |
| 2025 | 1,459.1 | 1,534.8 | 1,603.8 |
Is Honolulu safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Honolulu Police Department reported, 181.3 per 100,000 residents, was lower than Hawaii's 205.1, and lower than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 15.3% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
The Honolulu Police Department serves the City and County of Honolulu, the whole island of Oahu, and in 2025 its violent crime rate was 181.3 per 100,000 residents in the area the Honolulu Police Department covers. That rate came from 1,789 offenses reported to the FBI and was below the Hawaii estimate of 205.1 and the US rate of 327.6. Property crime, 14,401 offenses or 1,459.1 per 100,000, was also below both the state's 1,603.8 and the national 1,534.8.
The property rate has fallen 51.0% since 2021, from 2,975.2, and 24.0% from 2024. Violent crime is down 32.9% from 2021 and 15.3% from 2024, while the Hawaii estimate went from 274.0 to 205.1. Burglary fell the most of the property offenses across those years, 57.8%, to 150.1 per 100,000.
Larceny-theft made up 69% of property crime and fell 51.4% from 2021. Motor vehicle theft, at 295.1, was 1.5 times the US rate after a 44.7% fall since 2021. Robbery is down 43.0% since 2021 and rape 38.4%; aggravated assault, 60% of violent crime, fell 26.0%.
Murder counts for 2021, 2024 and 2025 are flagged as possibly incomplete, because several months were sent as zero while other offenses came in, so murder is not compared and the violent offenses are not ranked. The department reported all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown, with NIBRS since 2018.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.29 per 1,000 residents (1,785 officers, 471 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Honolulu Police Department (ORI HI0020000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Hawaii and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_HI0020000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Honolulu Police Department (HI0020000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_HI0020000__from-2021-to-2025.json)