NCJ Number
197178
Date Published
September 2002
Length
186 pages
Annotation
This document presents crime statistics for the State of Hawaii for the year 2001.
Abstract
Hawaii’s Index Crime rate rose 3.6 percent in 2001, marking the second consecutive year of increases. The lowest and second-lowest level on record was in 1999 and 2000. The slight upward trend roughly follows the current national trend. However, the nature and extent of crime remain atypical in Hawaii compared to many other parts of the United States. Nationally, 88 percent of the Index Crimes reported in 2000 were property crimes and 12 percent were violent crimes. In Hawaii in 2001, 95 percent of the reported Index Crimes were property crimes and 5 percent were violent crimes. In 2000, Hawaii was ranked sixth highest in the Nation for total Index Crime rate per 100,000 residents, 43rd for the violent Index Crime rate, and 2nd for the property Index Crime rate. Hawaii’s rate was the highest in the nation in 2000 for the offense of Larceny-Theft. Hawaii’s violent Index Crime rate increased 4.5 percent in 2001. Murder was the only category to show a rate decrease. The property Index Crime rate increased 3.6 percent. The number of statewide Index Crime arrests fell 3.5 percent. Adult arrests comprised over 70 percent of all Index Crime arrests; juvenile arrests accounted for over 29 percent. Kauai was the only county to post a decrease in its Index Crime rate. Of the 2,717 murders, robberies, and aggravated assaults reported statewide, over 61 percent were committed using hands, fists, feet; 18 percent with other/unknown weapons; 11 percent with firearms; and 10 percent with edged weapons. Over $61.5 million in property was reported stolen in Hawaii in 2001. Of that total, approximately $9.4 million, or 15.4 percent was recovered. In 2001, 252 assaults on police officers were recorded, marking a 4.6 percent decrease from 2000 and setting a new record low since this record keeping began in 1985.