Kaimuki, Honolulu, HI Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Kaimuki is a neighborhood of 19,300 residents in Honolulu, about 4 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Kaimuki?

Kaimuki earns an A for violent crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Assaults make up 91% 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 899 of 1,000
Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Kaimuki as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Kaimuki scores 899.

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.

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Overall crimeSafety score 818 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhood
B
Property crimeSafety score 679 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Kaimuki

Map of Kaimuki 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 Kaimuki, Honolulu, HI at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kaimuki 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 Kaimuki

Simple assault runs low. Kaimuki has 4.9 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 9.7.


How Kaimuki compares within Honolulu

Every part of Kaimuki where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale.

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

Kaimuki has less violent crime than 15 of the 18 neighborhoods in Honolulu. It covers much of the Kaimuki, Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, and Mxcully-Moiliili areas.


Violent crime rates and types in Kaimuki

CrimeGrade™ estimates Kaimuki has about 6.2 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 54% less than the US as a whole and 55% less 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 Kaimuki, about 91% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderA+under 1under 0.010.05
RapeA-40.220.38
RobberyA60.330.62
AssaultA-1085.612.3

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 Kaimuki and nearby neighborhoods

Kaimuki has less violent crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
KaimukiA899A-19,300
Waialae-Kahala 1 mileA916A12,000
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis 1 mileA876A-21,700
Palolo 1 mileA885A-11,800
The Arts District 5 milesB645C+6,790
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Waikiki 2 milesA-809B+19,100
Mxcully-Moiliili 2 milesA-821B25,500
Manoa 2 milesA903A-23,000
Makiki 3 milesA-836B+30,200
Kuliouou-Kalani Iki 3 milesA915A17,100
Ala Moana-Kakaako 4 milesA-840B+27,700
Nuuanu-Punchbowl 4 milesA860B+17,400

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Kaimuki. 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, Kaimuki is safer than 95% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
KaimukiA899A-19,300
North Sutton Area, Manhattan, NYA918B19,000
Arden Heights, Staten Island, NYA858A-19,300
Waikiki, Honolulu, HIA-809B+19,100
SouthWest Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, CAB683B+19,100
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Greenwood, Brooklyn, NYB-584B-19,100
South Berkeley, Berkeley, CAB-581F19,300
Hollis, Queens, NYB-576C19,400
Port Richmond, Staten Island, NYC+479C19,100
Harder-Tennyson, Hayward, CAC447D-19,400
Upper Clinton Hill, Newark, NJF0F19,300

Tree cover, density and walkability in Kaimuki

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Kaimuki apart: it has tree cover over 2% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery.

Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.2% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 82% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.73% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 63% 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. 50% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (36 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 51% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.24 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 60% 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 Kaimuki

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Kaimuki about $6.7 million a year, or $350 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $1.8 million, or $94 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.

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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