Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Hawaii County, Hawaii, has about 210,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hawaii Police Department and one state agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at a facility of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Circuit Court for Hawaii County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Hawaii County public records, Hawaii arrest records, Hawaii inmate search and Hawaii criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hawaii County
The Hawaii Police Department is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hawaii County. It reported 6,036 arrests for 2025. In Hawaii the police for a given address is the county police department, which covers the whole county.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Hawaii County: the Department of Law Enforcement at Hawaii Island (state agency).
How Many Arrests The Hawaii Police Department Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Hawaii Police Department: 6,036 for 2025, 6,712 for 2024, 6,941 for 2023, 6,811 for 2022, 7,824 for 2021 and 9,217 for 2020.
The Hawaii Police Department's 6,036 arrests in 2025 were down 10 percent from 6,712 in 2024.
Through May 2026, Hawaii Police Department reported 2,424 arrests, against 2,565 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hawaii County Are Held
Hawaii has no county jails. A person held after an arrest in Hawaii County is in the custody of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which runs every jail and prison in the state, so one inmate lookup covers the whole state.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at dcr.hawaii.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Hawaii County
Whether someone was arrested in Hawaii County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Circuit Court for Hawaii County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.state.hi.us/legal_references/records/search_court_records); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at hawaiicounty.gov/departments/prosecuting-attorney, phone (808) 961-0466).
Statewide, eCourt Kokua is the Hawaii State Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Hawaii is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the eCrim system lets anyone search adult conviction records online by name, through the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Hawaii County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Uniform Information Practices Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, and it may charge for search, review and copying, with the first $30 of search and review free.
- An arrest by the Hawaii Police Department: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the Department of Law Enforcement at Hawaii Island: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (808) 961-0466, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court for Hawaii County, through the court records page at courts.state.hi.us.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hawaii County each year?
The Hawaii Police Department reported 6,036 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hawaii County?
Through the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's inmate locator at dcr.hawaii.gov; the department holds everyone in custody in Hawaii.
Where are people arrested in Hawaii County booked?
In a facility of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which runs every jail in Hawaii.
Are arrest records public in Hawaii County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center: the eCrim system lets anyone search adult conviction records online by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Uniform Information Practices Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Hawaii County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hawaii Police Department for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Uniform Information Practices Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Hawaii County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.