Members of the Hawaii all-state band dance during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)

Year after year, U.S. homeowners travel long distances to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. As statistics have shown, when homeowners are away, criminals tend to play. Nationwide, for one, has documented a related uptick in certain claims during peak travel months. When examining three years’ of claims data, it found that more than 15,000 home thefts occurred during November, December and January.

Recently Allstate Insurance Co. went one step further, suggesting that Hawaii residents are more vulnerable to holiday thefts than insureds in other parts of the country. The nation’s largest publicly held personal lines insurer reports that theft-related insurance claims spike about 18 percent during November and December in the Aloha State alone.

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