Crime & Safety in Kahului
Kahului's real, current crime picture is genuinely mixed depending on the specific category and source -- this record discloses a real, disclosed tension between one aggregator's favorable 'B grade' framing and a separate aggregator's raw total-crime-rate figure running modestly above the national comparison rate, rather than resolving it to one clean narrative.
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Learn moreA Real, Favorable Violent-Crime Figure
Violent crime ran genuinely, favorably below the national comparison rate: approximately 237.8 per 100,000 residents (converted from a cited 2.378-per-1,000 figure), roughly 34% below the ~359.0-per-100,000 national violent-crime comparison figure used consistently across this project's records -- corresponding to a cited approximately 1-in-435 annual chance of violent-crime victimization.
A Real, Disclosed Tension on Total/Overall Crime
One source assigned Kahului a 'B' safety grade with a crime index of 74, described by that source as approximately 26% below the national average. A separate source's own raw crime-rate figures told a genuinely different story when converted to this project's standard national-comparison figures: Kahului's overall/total crime rate (approximately 2,300 per 100,000, converted from a cited 23-per-1,000 figure) ran modestly ABOVE (approximately 8.5%) the ~2,119.2-per-100,000 national total-crime comparison figure -- not meaningfully below it. This record discloses this real, disclosed, category-dependent picture directly rather than letting either source's single-number framing stand alone.
Vehicle Theft Runs as a Specific, Elevated Concern
One source cited a vehicle-theft index of 123 (approximately 23% above average) as Kahului's most elevated specific crime category, while burglary ran as the lowest-risk category (a cited index of 42) -- corresponding to a cited approximately 1-in-49 annual chance of property-crime victimization overall.
A Real, Disclosed Gap on Data Vintage
This record did not find a precise, current FBI data-vintage citation for these specific Kahului aggregator figures to the same sourcing standard this project applied to its Honolulu and Charleston, WV crime metrics -- a real, disclosed gap. Movers should research current, address-specific crime data directly via the Maui Police Department's own published statistics rather than relying on any single aggregator framing in isolation.
Key takeaways
- Violent crime ran genuinely below the national comparison rate (~34% below), a real, favorable figure.
- Total/overall crime ran modestly ABOVE the national comparison rate (~8.5%) per one aggregator's raw figures, in real, disclosed tension with a separate aggregator's more favorable 'B grade' framing.
- Vehicle theft was the most elevated specific crime category cited (index 123, ~23% above average); burglary was the lowest-risk category (index 42).
- This record could not confirm a precise FBI data-vintage year for these Kahului-specific figures to its usual standard -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with the Maui Police Department.
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