Crime in Waipahu, Hawaii
Major crime in Waipahu is 41% below the U.S. rate per resident: 57% lower for persons crimes and 38% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.7% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
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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Every crime type in Waipahu is near or below the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Waipahu for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Waipahu
The middle half of Waipahu residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 22 and 75; the typical (median) resident's is 30. The citywide figure (59) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5058.8%
- 50–10024.7%
- 100–20011.8%
- 200–4004.6%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekend daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 9.7% in a year; across Hawaii it fell 11.6%
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.
Waipahu against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
634 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Waipahu; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Waipahu has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Waikele (1 mi), is 1.8 times Waipahu's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Waipahu
What are the most common crimes in Waipahu?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 121 a year), theft from vehicle (about 67 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 65 a year). Compared with the U.S., motor vehicle theft stands out most: about 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. Waipahu's figures add up its 24 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Waipahu's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 42.3% 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: 40,083. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Waipahu, Hawaii." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/hi/waipahu
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Waikele1 mi105
- Royal Kunia1 mi45
- Waipio2 mi65
- Ewa Villages3 mi41
- Pearl City4 mi77
- Mililani Town4 mi45
- Waimalu5 mi141
- Iroquois Point5 mi57