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HOW THEY STEAL IT: Your storage unit is not a vault Aloha everyone. We see it in your reports again and again: a storage unit broken into, and what is gone is the ukulele from a grandfather, the artwork, the box of family photos. So we looked at what the data, the law and the lease actually say. Police across the country recorded 36,028 burglaries at storage facilities in 2025. Only homes had more. In Hawaii the count was 152: Honolulu 81, Maui 60, Hawaii Island 8, Kauai 3. When several units are hit at one facility it is counted once, so nobody knows how many renters that really is. Hawaii's storage law does not require cameras, a guard or a manager on site. Under that law a storage facility is not a warehouse. It rents you space and does not take custody of your things. Most leases say the facility is not responsible for theft, and a value limit in the lease can cap what your property is worth at as little as $1,000. Storage insurance often pays for burglary only when there are visible signs of forced entry. To be fair: for any one unit in any one year, a break-in is unlikely, violence at these facilities is rare, and many newer facilities have an alarm and an electronic lock on every unit. Before you store it: Keep what cannot be replaced at home. Photograph everything and write down serial numbers. Read the value limit. Carry your own insurance and ask about forced entry. Visit often. Ask if units are alarmed and who watches the cameras. This is general information, not legal advice. Sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer (2025), Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 507, Self-Storage Almanac 2025. Michael Kitchens Founder & Creator Stolen Stuff Hawaii #hawaii #stolenstuffhawaii #howtheystealit #storageunit #burglary