Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Honolulu, HI Crime Grade
How Honolulu grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Hawaii — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Hawaii
1/10
vs. Hawaii cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Honolulu, HI was 165.5 per 100,000 residents (1,633 incidents over a population of 987,000). That puts Honolulu Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 18% below the Hawaii statewide rate of 201.9.
That ranks Honolulu #1,776 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 53% of them, and #1 of 1 in Hawaii. Violent crime is down 23% year over year and down 39% over the last five years.
Honolulu, HI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Hawaii Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 165.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,776 of 3,771
- HI rank
- #1 of 1
- Safer than
- 53% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 23%
- 5-year change
- down 39%
- Population
- 987,000
- Reporting agency
- Honolulu Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Honolulu Police Department (FBI ORI HI0020000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Honolulu, HI
Also known as
- Ganaruro
- Gana-Rura
- Hana-Rura
- Hana-ruru
- Anorourou
- Omavoora
- Gonolulu
- Honoruru
History
ranked 36th by population in the 1980 census. Name means "fair haven," from hono, "harbor," and lulu,"smooth," "quiet."
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Honolulu (red), Hawaii (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Honolulu vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 270.2(2,662) | 276.7(2,753) | 221.7(2,189) | 214.3(2,128) | 165.5(1,633) |
| Murder | 2.0(20) | 2.5(25) | 2.4(24) | 2.3(23) | 0.4(4) |
| Rape | 39.3(387) | 41.9(417) | 35.9(355) | 36.4(361) | 22.0(217) |
| Robbery | 81.1(799) | 88.0(875) | 61.4(606) | 58.2(578) | 41.7(412) |
| Aggravated assault | 147.8(1,456) | 144.4(1,436) | 121.9(1,204) | 117.4(1,166) | 101.3(1,000) |
| Property crime | 2975.1(29,309) | 2668.7(26,548) | 2122.3(20,959) | 1912.0(18,986) | 1397.9(13,797) |
| Burglary | 355.8(3,505) | 273.0(2,716) | 213.0(2,103) | 163.8(1,626) | 143.4(1,415) |
| Larceny | 2055.8(20,252) | 1892.4(18,826) | 1473.6(14,552) | 1339.1(13,297) | 957.6(9,452) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 533.4(5,255) | 476.9(4,744) | 412.5(4,074) | 389.4(3,867) | 283.4(2,797) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Honolulu, HI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Honolulu Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Honolulu calculated?
- Honolulu's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Hawaii state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Hawaii cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Honolulu Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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