Ala Moana-Kakaako, Honolulu, HI Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Ala Moana-Kakaako is a neighborhood of 27,700 residents in Honolulu, close to downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Ala Moana-Kakaako?

Ala Moana-Kakaako earns an A- for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Assaults make up 90% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Honolulu as a whole grades A- for violent crime.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 840 of 1,000
About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhood What this means

45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Ala Moana-Kakaako as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Ala Moana-Kakaako scores 840.

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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.

B+
Overall crimeSafety score 765 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoods
B
Property crimeSafety score 637 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Ala Moana-Kakaako

Map of Ala Moana-Kakaako shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Ala Moana-Kakaako, Honolulu, HI at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ala Moana-Kakaako in Honolulu, 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 violent crime in Ala Moana-Kakaako

Robberies and reported rapes both run high. In Ala Moana-Kakaako, each runs at about double the US rate: 1.2 robberies and 0.72 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 0.38 nationally.


How Ala Moana-Kakaako compares within Honolulu

Every part of Ala Moana-Kakaako where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Ala Moana-Kakaako run from A to B+.

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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.

Ala Moana-Kakaako has less violent crime than 6 of the 18 neighborhoods in Honolulu. It covers much of the Makiki, Ala Moana-Kakaako, and Nuuanu-Punchbowl areas and the Waikiki area.


Violent crime rates and types in Ala Moana-Kakaako

CrimeGrade™ estimates Ala Moana-Kakaako has about 19 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% more than the US as a whole and 41% more than Honolulu as a whole.

All violent crime

Assaults

Robbery

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.

Assault is the most common violent crime in Ala Moana-Kakaako, about 90% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderA10.040.05
RapeB+200.720.38
RobberyA341.20.62
AssaultA-48217.412.3

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.


Violent crime in Ala Moana-Kakaako and nearby neighborhoods

Ala Moana-Kakaako has less violent crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Ala Moana-KakaakoA-840B+27,700
Makiki 1 mileA-836B+30,200
Downtown 1 mileA-786B6,660
The Arts District 1 mileB645C+6,790
Mxcully-Moiliili 1 mileA-821B25,500
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Waikiki 2 milesA-809B+19,100
Nuuanu-Punchbowl 2 milesA860B+17,400
Manoa 2 milesA903A-23,000
Liliha-Kapalama 2 milesA858B+22,900
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis 3 milesA876A-21,700
Kalihi-Palama 3 milesA-782B36,700

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Ala Moana-Kakaako. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Ala Moana-Kakaako is safer than 82% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Ala Moana-KakaakoA-840B+27,700
Clearview, Queens, NYA895A-28,000
Roxborough, Philadelphia, PAA870B+28,000
Oakwood, Staten Island, NYA-808B+27,900
South Beach, Staten Island, NYA-771B+27,400
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Glassell Park, Los Angeles, CAB692B-28,000
Eastchester, Bronx, NYB-587C+27,500
Bergen-Lafayette, Jersey City, NJD+271F27,400
Forest Park, Springfield, MAD+247D27,600
Elmwood, Philadelphia, PAF0F27,600
North Central, Philadelphia, PAF0F27,900

Nightlife, jobs and walkability in Ala Moana-Kakaako

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Ala Moana-Kakaako apart: it has 3.0 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 152 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more robbery than places with only one of them; here robbery sits near the national middle.

Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.3.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.152 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 93% 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 assault. 96% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (88 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 90% 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 robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Ala Moana-Kakaako: B+ (71 of 100).39 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 82% 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 violent crime costs Ala Moana-Kakaako

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Ala Moana-Kakaako about $36 million a year, or $1,296 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $9.1 million, or $328 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year


How CrimeGrade™ works

The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.

The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Ala Moana-Kakaako 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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