I have received quite a few e-mails claiming Hawaii is one of the safest places in the nation. People claiming there are no crime problems; people claiming that our women are safe. Read the following -- if you feel up to it, refute the *facts* provided from the 2009 FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
Hawaii is actually 15th in the nation for violent crime; we rank seventh in the nation for least murders -- it's important to note that Vermont, who has constitutional carry, meaning no permit is required to conceal a weapon or openly carry... one, ranks #2 for the least violent crime in America (Based on 2009 UCR).
Hawaii is ranked 25th in the nation for least forcible rapes, with 30.3 rapes per 100k base.
Hawaii ranks 17th in the nation for least amount of aggravated assaults. If you didn't count Puerto Rico, Vermont would be the most statistically safe place a person could go to not get assaulted.
With 708.6 burglaries reported last year, Hawaii ranks 32nd in the nation. I guess 64% of America being less likely to fall victim to a burglary. This isn't too bad right? People enjoy being robbed!
It's a good thing we are not playing golf, because our numbers keep going up. We are however, getting closer to some better crime.
In 2009, Hawaii was honored with making one statistics within the top ten for all states in the nation. This award was for having some of the worst property crime in the nation. Having a reported 3,661.2 property crimes committed per 100,000 people, we are ranked 40th in the nation for the *MOST* property crime in America.
In an effort to achieve #1 in at least some sort of ranking. It looks like we are working diligently to make that award larceny. I think we have a good plan; that is if our plan is the following.
If having a tourist leave a vacation spot with fewer items and possessions than they came with is Hawaii's goal, we could probably only be beaten by the Casino's in Vegas. The FBI data shows 2,580.5 cases of larceny were being reported in 2009. That puts our "friendly aloha state" coming in 5th place for the most larceny committed in the country. Two more slots and we can get the bronze medal to hang in our trophy case. Our legislators must want the gold the way our state is going.
If you can't beat them -- tie, right? Well, we tied -- with ourselves. The following brought me to realize, who needs Geico? We could probably save 15% or more on car insurance by preventing *criminals* from stealing our cars. Hawaii again ranks 5th in the nation for the MOST cars stolen per capita. No wonder we like the bus; you can pretty much bet it's going to be there in morning. I guess the same can't be said for our own vehicles.See More
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