Crime & Safety in Honolulu
Honolulu's real, current crime picture is genuinely, honestly MIXED depending on the specific crime category -- violent crime ran approximately 48.4% BELOW the national average, while property crime ran approximately 1.7% ABOVE it -- and this record discloses this directly rather than collapsing it into one figure.
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Learn moreViolent Crime Runs Genuinely, Substantially Below the National Average
FBI-reported 2024 calendar-year data (released October 2025) cited Honolulu's violent crime rate at approximately 185 per 100,000 residents (1,839 violent crimes) -- approximately 48.4% BELOW the national average, a real, genuinely favorable figure.
Property Crime Told a Meaningfully Different Story
Property crime ran approximately 1,790 per 100,000 residents (17,770 property crimes), approximately 1.7% ABOVE the U.S. average -- a real, disclosed contrast to the favorable violent-crime figure above.
A Real, Genuine Intra-City Safety Spread
CrimeGrade's separate methodology assigned Honolulu a B+ grade for violent crime (72nd percentile for violent-crime safety) and found 63% of 19 analyzed neighborhoods earning a combined A or B safety grade, with 21% falling into the D or F tier -- a real, disclosed intra-city spread this record does not resolve to one citywide number.
Data Vintage: 2024 Calendar-Year FBI Data
This record discloses the precise data vintage directly: the FBI-sourced figures above reflect 2024 calendar-year data, released in October 2025. Complete 2025 and 2026 crime data was not yet available from official FBI sources as of this research pass (August 2026).
Research a Specific Target Neighborhood Directly
Given the real, disclosed intra-city safety spread above, movers should research current, address-specific crime data directly for a specific target neighborhood rather than relying on any single citywide framing in isolation.
Key takeaways
- Violent crime ran approximately 185 per 100,000 (48.4% below the national average), while property crime ran approximately 1,790 per 100,000 (1.7% above the national average) -- a real, mixed picture.
- CrimeGrade's methodology found 63% of 19 analyzed Honolulu neighborhoods earning an A or B safety grade, but 21% fell into the D or F tier -- a real, genuine intra-city spread.
- This data reflects FBI-reported 2024 calendar-year figures (released October 2025); complete 2025-2026 data was not yet available as of this research pass.
- Research current, address-specific crime data directly for a target neighborhood rather than relying on citywide averages alone.
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