What is included?
The explorer uses the latest successfully retrieved public HPD incident snapshot for Oʻahu. Its retrieval time, source date range, total records, exclusions, and mapped/unmapped coverage are displayed on the explorer and recorded in map metadata. The underlying source is a rolling collection, not a complete historical archive.
Sex-crime records are excluded from all location-level map, search and download output. They appear only in aggregate category totals. Missing or ambiguous map locations remain visible in the table.
What the numbers mean
Counts describe reported incidents present in the downloaded dataset. They are not convictions, all calls for service, a complete crime census, or measures of an individual’s risk. This snapshot does not support year-over-year claims or rankings of “safest” neighborhoods.
Locations and time
The source supplies block addresses, without latitude or longitude. We retain the source’s block text. Map pins are independently estimated from public street ranges as described below; exact addresses and neighborhood boundaries are not inferred. Source date and time values have no explicit timezone; the explorer retains those displayed values without applying a conversion.
Dispatch calls are a different source
The starter package also contains a separate 1,170-row dispatch snapshot. We do not publish its location-level records or combine that count with incident totals. For current dispatch information, follow the HPD link. Dispatch records are preliminary and can refer to initial dispatch blocks rather than a final scene.
Freshness and updates
The weekly update process retrieves and validates HPD’s public dataset, rebuilds derived location estimates, and publishes the updated snapshot. The schedule targets Monday at 6 a.m. Hawaiʻi time. A scheduled run may fail; always use the displayed successful retrieval time and source date range. Agency websites linked from this site manage their own update timing. HawaiiCrime does not send emergency, email, or SMS alerts.
Sources and reuse
- City and County of Honolulu: HPD Crime Incidents
- Underlying JSON API
- HPD calls for service and source context
- HPD annual reports for historical context
The dataset listing does not state an explicit reuse license in the supplied source metadata. Refer to the original publisher for terms and source documentation. Source names identify the publishers; they do not imply affiliation.
