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Japan: crime, homicide rate and trend
- 0.2 homicides per 100,000 people (2023)
- -21% in 10 years (since 2013)
- 1st lowest rate of 8 in Eastern Asia
- World median: 3.8 per 100,000
- Source: World Bank, from UNODC, 2023.
Safety 10 out of 10 compared with the world
Places in Japan
- Aichi 1/10
- Akita 10/10
- Aomori 8/10
- Chiba 3/10
- Ehime 8/10
- Fukui 7/10
- Fukuoka 2/10
- Fukushima 7/10
- Gifu 3/10
- Gunma 2/10
- Hiroshima 5/10
- Hokkaido 7/10
- Hyogo 2/10
- Ibaraki 3/10
- Ishikawa 5/10
- Iwate 10/10
- Kagawa 4/10
- Kagoshima 4/10
- Kanagawa 4/10
- Kochi 4/10
- Kumamoto 8/10
- Kyoto 6/10
- Mie 3/10
- Miyagi 6/10
- Miyazaki 8/10
- Nagano 9/10
- Nagasaki 10/10
- Nara 9/10
- Niigata 8/10
- Oita 9/10
- Okayama 5/10
- Okinawa 1/10
- Osaka 1/10
- Saga 6/10
- Saitama 1/10
- Shiga 3/10
- Shimane 10/10
- Shizuoka 5/10
- Tochigi 2/10
- Tokushima 6/10
- Tokyo 2/10
- Tottori 6/10
- Toyama 5/10
- Wakayama 9/10
- Yamagata 10/10
- Yamaguchi 9/10
- Yamanashi 7/10
Homicides per 100,000 people by year
| Year | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 0.3 |
| 2014 | 0.3 |
| 2013 | 0.3 |
| 2012 | 0.3 |
| 2011 | 0.3 |
| 2010 | 0.4 |
| 2009 | 0.4 |
| 2008 | 0.5 |
| 2007 | 0.4 |
| 2006 | 0.5 |
| 2005 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 0.5 |
| 2002 | 0.5 |
| 2001 | 0.5 |
| 2000 | 0.5 |
