Photo: Ivtorov · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime recorded in Captain Cook, and why it isn’t graded
Captain Cook has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Hawaii County. The Hawaii Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Captain Cook alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Urban Honolulu, 179 miles away, graded C+.
What stands out about safety in Captain Cook
Policed by the county
Captain Cook is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Hawaii Police Department’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Hawaii Police Department covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Captain Cook. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Hawaii towns with their own police figures are Urban Honolulu (C+, 179 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Captain Cook. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Hawaii Police Department reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Hawaii County without police of their own, which include Captain Cook.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Hawaii Police Department
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Hawaii towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Honolulu | C+ | 179 mi | 1.8 | 17.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Captain Cook. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Captain Cook.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Captain Cook’s roads in 2019–2023
Captain Cook had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Hawaii towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Captain Cook’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Captain Cook’s own rate (11.7) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Captain Cook and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honaunau-Napoopoo | — | — | — |
| Kealakekua | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Honaunau-Napoopoo and Kealakekua are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Captain Cook
Is Captain Cook, HI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Captain Cook. The nearest Hawaii towns with a grade are Urban Honolulu (C+, 179 mi).
Who polices Captain Cook?
The Hawaii Police Department. Captain Cook is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Hawaii County without police of their own.
Heads-up board
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in Captain Cook.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.