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 on September 24, 2026.
Honolulu County, Hawaii, has about 999,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are made by the county police department, with one city agency and six state agencies reporting to the FBI. 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 Honolulu 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Honolulu County public records, Hawaii arrest records, Hawaii inmate search and Hawaii criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Honolulu County
Hawaii has no county sheriff with a patrol role. Arrests in Honolulu County are made by the county police department, and 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 these agencies in Honolulu County: the Department of Law Enforcement's Narcotics Enforcement and Criminal Investigations Divisions, the Department of Law Enforcement at Oahu, the Department of Law Enforcement at Office of Inspector General, the Department of Law Enforcement at Harbors Enforcement and one more (state agency).
How Many Arrests Honolulu 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.
- Honolulu: 33,503 for 2025, 25,945 for 2024, 20,783 for 2023, 22,321 for 2022, 25,614 for 2021 and 33,519 for 2020.
Honolulu's 33,503 arrests in 2025 were up 29 percent from 25,945 in 2024.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Honolulu County Are Held
In Hawaii the jails belong to the state. Anyone held after an arrest in Honolulu County is booked into a facility of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the inmate lookup is the state's.
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 Honolulu County
Whether someone was arrested in Honolulu 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 Honolulu 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 honolulu.gov/clerk/clk-prosecuting-attorneys).
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 Honolulu County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Department of Law Enforcement's Narcotics Enforcement and Criminal Investigations Divisions, the Department of Law Enforcement at Oahu or the Department of Law Enforcement at Office of Inspector General: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court for Honolulu County, through the court records page at courts.state.hi.us.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at honolulu.gov (page title: Request for Government Records (92F) | Department of Environmental Services).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Honolulu County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Honolulu County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'. The FBI's list also carries the Honolulu Police Department as a city agency in Honolulu County; Honolulu is not among the cities above.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Honolulu County each year?
Honolulu reported 33,503 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Honolulu 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 Honolulu County booked?
In a facility of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which runs every jail in Hawaii.
Are arrest records public in Honolulu 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 Honolulu County?
From the agency that made the arrest: in Hawaii, the county police department. Under the Uniform Information Practices Act the answer is due within 10 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at honolulu.gov.
Is this the official Honolulu 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.