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FBI quarterly crime data · 12 months ending March 2026

Hawaii Crime Trends

Violent crime in Hawaii is down 19.0% and property crime is down 29.5% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared with the year before — summed from preliminary reports by 4 agencies covering 1,432,820 people.

Violent crime
2,539
-19.0% vs year earlier
Property crime
19,155
-29.5% vs year earlier
Murder
24
-4.0% vs year earlier
Motor vehicle theft
3,233
-35.8% vs year earlier

Hawaii crime by offense

Offenses reported by Hawaii agencies in the 12 months ending March 2025 and the 12 months ending March 2026. Percent changes are derived from our summed common-month counts, not FBI-published.

OffenseTo March 2025To March 2026Change
Violent crime3,1332,539-19.0%
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter2524-4.0%
Rape550427-22.4%
Robbery675451-33.2%
Aggravated assault1,8831,637-13.1%
Property crime27,16419,155-29.5%
Burglary2,9262,588-11.6%
Larceny-theft19,20413,334-30.6%
Motor vehicle theft5,0343,233-35.8%
Arson*402219-45.5%

*Arson is reported separately and not included in the property crime index.

Hawaii, month by month

Each month of the 12 months ending March 2026 against the same calendar month a year earlier — sums of Hawaii agency reports, with percent changes derived from those sums. Months are never chained into one continuous series, because the set of reporting agencies differs month to month.

Violent crime

MonthYear earlierLatestChange
April 2025242259
+7.0%
May 2025321300
-6.5%
June 2025290287
-1.0%
July 2025279273
-2.2%
August 2025290283
-2.4%
September 2025248266
+7.3%
October 2025332238
-28.3%
November 2025254237
-6.7%
December 2025243175
-28.0%
January 2026216115
-46.8%
February 202622049
-77.7%
March 202619857
-71.2%

Property crime

MonthYear earlierLatestChange
April 20252,6601,988
-25.3%
May 20252,4572,138
-13.0%
June 20252,3461,912
-18.5%
July 20252,3322,116
-9.3%
August 20252,4341,938
-20.4%
September 20252,5141,932
-23.2%
October 20252,5001,873
-25.1%
November 20252,2181,804
-18.7%
December 20252,3091,660
-28.1%
January 20261,908992
-48.0%
February 20261,738419
-75.9%
March 20261,748383
-78.1%

Largest Hawaii agencies by reported offenses

Counts for the 12 months ending March 2026; each agency's comparison covers the months it reported in both windows.

AgencyPopulationMonthsViolentProperty
Honolulu987,000121,37510,733
Hawaii Police Department210,328126153,936
Maui Police Department162,11693883,123
Kauai Police Department73,376121611,363

†Reported fewer than 12 common months; totals cover those months, identically in both windows.

About this data

  • These are preliminary quarterly submissions, not the FBI's annual crime publication. Nothing is estimated for agencies that did not report, so totals here run lower than the FBI's annual estimated national figures and are not comparable to them.
  • Every comparison is over “common months.” Each agency's two 12-month windows are restricted to the calendar months it reported in both years — 12,072 of the 15,767 agencies reported all 12. A partial reporter's “12-month” figure covers fewer months, but identically in both windows, which keeps its percent change honest.
  • Blank and zero mean different things. A zero is a month an agency reported with no offenses; a blank month was not reported (or not common to both windows) and contributes nothing to any total. Missing is never counted as zero.
  • National figures are FBI-published verbatim; state figures are our sums. The U.S. row comes straight from the FBI's national line, including its published percent changes. State totals are derived by summing agency common-month counts, so state percent changes are computed, not published.
  • Agencies are assigned to states by ORI prefix — the agency's headquarters state. A multi-jurisdiction agency's offenses all land in its HQ state.
  • No per-capita rates. Reporting coverage varies by state and agency, so covered populations do not line up with counts; comparing raw counts across states reflects coverage as much as crime.
  • Arson is reported separately and excluded from the property crime index. It is also measured differently from our annual Arson dataset — the two use different collection windows — so do not compare figures across them.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, quarterly “Crime in the United States by Volume and Percent Change” table, 12 months ending March 2026. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.

Hawaii crime trends — FAQ

Is crime up or down in Hawaii?+

Across the 4 Hawaii agencies reporting comparable months in both windows, violent crime is down 19.0% and property crime is down 29.5% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared with the year before. These are our sums of preliminary agency reports, not FBI-published state totals.

How many murders were reported in Hawaii?+

Hawaii agencies reported 24 murders and nonnegligent manslaughters in the 12 months ending March 2026, down 4.0% from 25 a year earlier — counting only months reported in both windows.

Which agency reports the most crime in Hawaii?+

Honolulu reported the most offenses in the 12 months ending March 2026: 1,375 violent and 10,733 property crimes. Reported volume tracks agency size and coverage, not just crime.

Where does this data come from?+

The FBI Crime Data Explorer's quarterly "Crime in the United States by Volume and Percent Change" table — preliminary offense counts, not the FBI's annual estimates. State totals are derived by summing agency common-month reports; agencies are assigned to Hawaii by ORI prefix (headquarters state). pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.

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