Hawaiʻi Attorney General publishes 2025 statewide crime data showing 54,000 serious criminal offenses

Crime in Hawaiʻi declined by more than 10% in 2025 compared with the year before, according to statewide crime statistics released by the Office of the Attorney General.

Results are based on police data compiled under the FBI’s nationwide Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

More than 54,000 serious criminal offenses were reported across Hawaiʻi last year, with a decrease in crimes against persons and property compared to 2024. Crimes against society—including drug offenses and weapon law violations — rose by less than 1%

Notable reductions were reported in:

• Arson (-31.4%)
• Murder (-24.2%)
• Forcible sex offenses (-23.4%)
• Negligent manslaughter (-22.2%)
• Motor vehicle theft (-21.9%)
• Counterfeiting/forgery (-19.9%)
• Larceny/theft (-19.8%)
• Fraud (-14.7%)
• Robbery (-13.9%)
• Kidnapping (-6.8%)
• Assault (-5.3%)
• Prostitution (-5.0%)
• Weapon law violations (-3.5%)

Increases were reported for 2025 in gambling offenses (10%), burglaries (7.2%) and drug offenses (0.2%).

In 2025, crime victims in Hawaiʻi were most commonly male, an average of 43 years old, and of Caucasian (47.2%), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (24.6%) or Asian (23.5%) descent.

Those arrested were typically male, an average of 42 years old, and of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (40.5%), Caucasian (33.2%) or Asian (19.7%) descent.

The Attorney General also released the latest update to the Hawaiʻi Crime Dashboard (https://crimestats.hawaii.gov) that replaces the “Crime in Hawaiʻi” hard copy publications.

Crime statistics can be viewed by county/agency, reporting years, broad offense categories and specific offense types. Detailed data is also available for the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, Kaua‘i and Maui counties.