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Coco Isle Realty's U.S. Pacific News Watch

"Honolulu Safest Of
20 Biggest Cities"
By Mike Gordon
The Honolulu Advertiser
May 16, 1999
"For the second year in a row, the FBI says Honolulu is
the least violent of the nation's 20 largest cities. The agency's nationwide survey, based
on its Uniform crime Reports for 1998, also notes that Los Angeles and New York Reported
less crime per capita than Honolulu, ranked 16th.
"Violent crime figures for Honolulu were ranked lowest of
all cities surveyed. The FBI crime report is based on data from cities that vary widely in
population: from El Paso, Texas with 512,754 people to New York with 7.3 million. Honolulu
is the 10th largest city with 880,272 people. The crime report does not distinguish
between urban Honolulu and the rest of Oahu, which are all part of the City & County
of Honolulu.
"The downward trend in Honolulu crime echoes the attorney
general's most recent statewide figures for violent crime, which showed a 15 percent
decline for the first six months of 1998. 'We like to think that...is the result of our
partnerships with the community,' said Honolulu police Deputy Chief William B.
Clark."
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