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Japan crime rate & statistics for 2019 was 0.25, a 4.12% decline from 2018. Japan crime rate & statistics for 2018 was 0.26, a 9.48% increase from 2017. Download Historical Data.
19 gru 2023 · In 2020, after 17 consecutive years of decrease, the crime rate was 486.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
This White Paper is a summary and translated version of the “White Paper on Crime” 2022 (the original version is written/described in Japanese), one of annual publications of the Ministry of Justice in Japan.
(2) “Crime rate” refers to the number of reported cases per 100,000 population. (3) The number of “ cleared cases ” or “ cases cleared ” refers to the number of cases cleared by the police or other investigative authorities.
In 2002, the number of crimes recorded was 2,853,739. This number decreased to less than one-third by 2017 with 915,042 crimes being recorded. [6] In 2013, the overall crime rate in Japan fell for the 11th straight year and the number of murders and attempted murders also fell to a postwar low. [7] [8]
This White Paper is a summary and translated version of the “White Paper on Crime” (the original version is written/described in Japanese), one of annual publications of the Ministry of Justice in Japan.
The annual White Papers on Crime published by the Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice provide statistical data on crimes and offender treatments as well as current issues in the criminal justice field.
