Crime Score for ZIP 96796, Waimea, HI
Waimea · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 78.86% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#2,563
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Hawaii rank
#10
of 49 in state
Score index
109.0
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 96796 covers part of Waimea in Hawaii. In June 2026 it scored in the 78.9th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a High Crime rating, in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #2,563, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Hawaii it ranks #10 of 49. That is 19.2 points above the Hawaii median of 59.7.
Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.
Nearby ZIP codes
6 of 6 score lower than 96796. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
County not available.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 96796
- Is ZIP code 96796 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 96796 scores in the 78.9th percentile for reported crime as of June 2026, which is a High Crime rating: in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 96796 calculated?
- SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
- How does 96796 compare with the rest of Hawaii?
- It ranks #10 of 49 scored ZIP codes in Hawaii, against a state median of the 59.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #2,563 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.