Honolulu, HI has a B safety grade (66/100) with a violent crime rate of 185 per 100,000, 47% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · very large city
At 992,973 residents, Honolulu is a very large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against HI and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Data updated 2026-09-05
Honolulu, HI is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 47% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Honolulu, HI shows violent crime at 185.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,789.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 47% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
2020–2024 direction
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 259.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 185.2 in 2024 (-28.6%). The highest observed value was 276.7 in 2022 and the lowest 185.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
2024 reported record
Of the 19,609 Part I offences Honolulu reported for 2024, 9.4% were violent. Aggravated assault leads the violent categories at 1,019, and larceny-theft leads the property categories at 12,622, against a population of 992,973. Hawaii has too few cities with a comparable 2024 submission to place this record against an in-state cohort, so it is reported on its own terms.
Property counts dominate Honolulu's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
On a very large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Across 89 Census sq mi, Honolulu logged 199.6 property and 20.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Honolulu's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 19,609 offenses; mix index 4,584).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Honolulu offense mix (2024)
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (89 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
| Offense | Count | Rate /100K |
|---|---|---|
| Property Crime | 17,770 | 1789.6 |
| Larceny-Theft | 12,622 | 1271.1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 3,645 | 367.1 |
| Burglary | 1,503 | 151.4 |
| Arson | 183 | 18.4 |
| Violent Crime | 1,839 | 185.2 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1,019 | 102.6 |
| Robbery | 511 | 51.5 |
| Rape | 294 | 29.6 |
| Murder | 15 | 1.5 |
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
| Year | Coverage | Population | Violent Rate | Property Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Comparable | 966,438 | 259.5 | 2696 |
| 2021 | Comparable | 985,138 | 270.2 | 2975.2 |
| 2022 | Comparable | 994,799 | 276.7 | 2668.8 |
| 2023 | Comparable | 987,546 | 221.9 | 2122.3 |
| 2024 | Comparable | 992,973 | 185.2 | 1789.6 |
Honolulu Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Honolulu's 19,609 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Honolulu at 185.2/100K violent and 1,789.6/100K property - matched below outside Hawaii (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
185.2/100K here; nearest out-of-state matches.
1,789.6/100K here; violent-rate peers above excluded.
Out-of-state cities whose violent rate moved a similar share from 2023→2024 (-16.5% here); level-based peers above are excluded.
In 2024, Honolulu reported 1,839 violent crimes and 17,770 property crimes, for a total of 19,609 reported offenses.
From 2023 to 2024, Honolulu's violent crime rate decreased by 16.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15.7%.
The most common crime type in Honolulu is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.4% of all reported crimes (12,622 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Honolulu's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (very large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Large-city rate methodology for how Honolulu's very large city row is sourced and ranked.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Honolulu, HI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.
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