Downtown Hilo, Hilo, HI Property Crime Rates and Maps
Downtown Hilo is a neighborhood of 3,900 residents in Hilo · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Downtown Hilo?
Downtown Hilo grades C+ for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 80% of Americans live. Theft makes up 68% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades C-. Hilo as a whole grades B for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 472 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
20% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Downtown Hilo as a whole, and 80% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Hilo scores 472.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Downtown Hilo, Hilo, HI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Hilo in Hilo, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Downtown Hilo
Theft at about triple the US rate. Downtown Hilo has 40.0 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Downtown Hilo
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Hilo has about 59 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 68% more than Hilo as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Downtown Hilo, about 68% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Downtown Hilo and nearby neighborhoods
Downtown Hilo has the most property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Hilo. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Downtown Hilo has more property crime than 60% of them.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Downtown Hilo
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Downtown Hilo apart: it has 46.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft, and they run high here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.75% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.46.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 55% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C+ (44 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 59% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Downtown Hilo: D- (10 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Downtown Hilo
Property crime costs Downtown Hilo about $1.6 million a year, or $408 per resident and about $1,184 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Downtown Hilo is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
