Hawaiʻi’s reported crime rate fell 11.6% in 2025, driven largely by a 16.1% decline in property crime, according to statewide figures released Tuesday by the Department of the Attorney General. The state recorded 54,089 Group A offenses, or 3,775 offenses per 100,000 residents, in its newly expanded crime report.

The statewide total does not mean every category or county moved in the same direction. Crimes against persons declined 5.7%, while crimes against society—which include drug, vice and weapons offenses—increased 0.9%. The share of reported offenses cleared by arrest or exceptional means rose from 22.7% in 2024 to 24.5% in 2025.

Large declines in theft and vehicle crime

Several high-volume or serious offenses registered double-digit decreases. Motor-vehicle theft fell 21.9%, larceny and theft declined 19.8%, robbery dropped 13.9% and fraud fell 14.7%. The reported murder count declined 24.2%, while forcible sex offenses fell 23.4%. Burglary moved against that trend, increasing 7.2%; drug offenses rose 0.2% and gambling offenses increased 10%.

The new data also quantify the financial impact of property crime. Law-enforcement agencies recorded about $95 million in stolen property during 2025, but only 24.4% of that value was recovered, down from 28.2% a year earlier. Money accounted for $31.7 million of the reported loss and automobiles for $20.6 million.

Honolulu County reported the sharpest overall rate reduction at 16.6%, including a 20.7% decline in property crime. Maui County’s overall rate fell 6.2%, and Kauaʻi County’s declined 6.1%. Hawaiʻi County recorded only a 0.9% overall reduction; its crimes-against-persons rate increased 4.1% even as property crime fell 4.2%.

Those differences matter when interpreting a statewide percentage. Maui and Kauaʻi counties both reported double-digit increases in crimes against society, at 11.5% and 18.9%, respectively. The county-level figures are available through the state’s interactive crime dashboard, which allows users to filter by agency, year and offense type rather than rely on one statewide average.

What the statistics measure

The Attorney General’s office compiled the results from county police data submitted under the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System. NIBRS counts individual offenses within incidents and uses standardized definitions; the FBI’s data explorer provides national context, while Hawaiʻi’s UCR program explains the state reporting system.

The department cautions through its methodology that reported offenses are not the same as convictions and that a clearance can occur through arrest or narrowly defined exceptional circumstances. The practical value of the release is therefore in comparing consistent categories over time and examining local patterns. Residents, policymakers and police agencies can now use 54 dashboard displays to review location types, victim and offender characteristics, weapons, stolen property, hate crimes and other measures alongside the statewide totals. The September 15 release covers calendar-year 2025 and shifts the state’s former hard-copy reporting series into a more accessible online format.