NCJ Number
139114
Date Published
1992
Length
124 pages
Annotation
This annual report on the nature and extent of crime in Hawaii is based on the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program monthly offense and arrest reports submitted by the four county police departments.
Abstract
In Hawaii, in 1991, 96 percent of the index crimes were property crimes and only 4 percent were violent crimes; comparison figures from 1990 for the entire country were 87.4 and 12.6 respectively. In 1990, the State was ranked forty- second in terms of population and forty-third for violent crime. While Hawaii's population increased over 23 percent between 1977 and 1991, the actual number of murders, robberies, burglaries, and motor vehicle thefts decreased. The number of rapes has increased nearly 66 percent over the past 15 years. The 45 murders in 1992 accounted for 0.07 percent of the total crime index. The total index crime rate in Honolulu in 1991 was 38.5 percent lower than the rate in other U.S. cities of comparable size. While adults accounted for 73 percent of all arrests, 77 percent of arrests for violent crimes, and 58.5 percent of arrests for property crimes, juveniles were arrested more often than adults for burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The number of adults arrested on drug-related charges increased 9.4 percent between 1990 and 1991. There was a decrease of over 5 percent in the numbers of adults and juveniles arrested for driving under the influence. 4 appendixes