Honolulu could soon be named the safest city in the U.S.

With crime rates falling off at a fast pace this soon could be a reality especially with the crime declining by a whopping 22%.

Honolulu appears headed toward defending its title as the nation’s safest major city after FBI crime statistics released yesterday indicate a 22 percent decline in crime through the first six months of 2008.

In 2007, Honolulu had the lowest crime rate of any U.S. city with a population greater than 500,000. In that year, incidents of rape, robbery, assault, theft, car theft and arson declined, and only 39,810 major offenses were reported, the lowest total since the statistics were first compiled in 1975.

The previous lowest total was 42,048 in 1985. The highest was 67,145 in 1995.