CrimeMetric

Crime in Waimalu, Hawaii

Major crime in Waimalu is 41% above the U.S. rate per resident: 38% lower for persons crimes and 1.6 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.9% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
141
41% above the U.S. rate
42% above the Hawaii rate
down 8.9% in a year
Persons crimes
62
38% below the U.S. rate
9% below the Hawaii rate
down 7.3% in a year
Property crimes
158
1.6 times the U.S. rate
50% above the Hawaii rate
down 9.1% in a year
Social disorder
55
45% below the U.S. rate
27% below the Hawaii rate
down 4.8% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Other larceny and motor vehicle theft stand out most, at about 1.8 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Waimalu for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Waimalu

The middle half of Waimalu residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 20 and 298; the typical (median) resident's is 48. The citywide figure (141) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Waimalu, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5052.6%
  • 50–10018.1%
  • 100–2004.0%
  • 200–40010.6%
  • 400+14.8%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm155
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am119
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm171
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am117
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.9% in a year; across Hawaii it fell 11.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.9%HI -11.6%-16.9%HI -15.5%
Persons crimes-7.3%HI -1.6%-12.3%HI -5.5%
Property crimes-9.1%HI -12.8%-17.3%HI -16.9%
Social disorder-4.8%HI -3.8%-7.6%HI -6.9%

Change in expected crimes, with Hawaii as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Waimalu against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

333 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Waimalu; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Waimalu, HI12,932141
Oak Grove, SC12,921107
Emmaus, PA12,92842
Kewanee, IL12,95918

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Waimalu has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Aiea (1 mi), is 55% below Waimalu's rate.

Waimalu141
Waikele5 mi105
Waipio4 mi65
Aiea1 mi64
Waipahu5 mi59
Halawa2 mi53

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Waimalu

What are the most common crimes in Waimalu?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 119 a year), shoplifting (about 69 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 42 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 1.8 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Waimalu's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Waimalu's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 26.5% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 12,932. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Waimalu, Hawaii." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/hi/waimalu

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100