regional breakdown of murder cases shows that the majority of cases in 2021 occurred in Japan's Kanto region.
The police in Japan recorded 874 murder cases in 2021. The number decreased by 55 cases compared to the previous year. A Number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Japan from 2012 to 2021
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Statistics on Crime in Japan
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Number of Penal Code offenses and clearances Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Crime rate Japan 1946-2020
- Premium Statistic Crime rate Japan 2020, by offense
- Premium Statistic Share of repeaters among Penal Code offenders Japan 1972-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of people violating the Special Acts Japan 2011-2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Share of people violating the Special Acts Japan 2019, by law
Arrests and clearance rate
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- Premium Statistic Number of people cleared for criminal offenses Japan 2020, by charge and gender
- Premium Statistic Number of people cleared for criminal offenses Japan 2021, by prefecture
- Premium Statistic Share of people cleared for criminal offenses Japan 2020, by charge
- Premium Statistic Share of people cleared for criminal offenses Japan 2020, by age
- Premium Statistic Clearance rate Japan 1946-2020
- Premium Statistic Clearance rate Japan 2020, by charge
- Premium Statistic Clearance rate Japan 2021, by prefecture
Theft
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- Premium Statistic Number of theft offenses and clearances Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Clearance rate of theft offenses Japan 1946-2020
- Premium Statistic Share of recognized theft offenses Japan 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of grand theft offenses and clearances Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of recognized grand theft offenses Japan 2014-2021, by type
Intellectual crime
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- Premium Statistic Number of intellectual offenses and clearances Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of recognized special fraud cases Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of recognized special fraud cases Japan 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of cleared cases regarding online fraud in Japan 2014-2021
Violent crime
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- Premium Statistic Number of felonies and clearances Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of recognized murder cases Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of recognized cases of rapes and forcible indecencies Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of violent offenses and clearances in Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of cleared cases of human trafficking Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of people cleared for child abuse Japan 2011-2020, by charge
Organized crime
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- Premium Statistic Number of crime syndicate members and associates Japan 1992-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of crime syndicate members and associates Japan 2021, by group
- Premium Statistic Number of arrested crime syndicate members and associates Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of arrested crime syndicate members and associates Japan 2021, by crime
Police
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Justice
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- Premium Statistic Number of courts Japan 2022, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of defendants of criminal cases at courts Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of criminal cases terminated at courts Japan 2016-2021, by court type
- Premium Statistic Number of Supreme Court criminal cases Japan 2016-2021, by status
Penal institution
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- Premium Statistic Number of prison inmates Japan 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Prison population rate Japan 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of sentenced male prison inmates Japan 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of sentenced female prison inmates Japan 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of male prisoners with death penalty Japan 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of female prisoners with death penalty Japan 2011-2020
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- Share of illicit drug crime offenders New Zealand 2019 by ethnicity
- Physical assault victim number New Zealand 2015-2019
- Physical assault victim number New Zealand 2019 by police district
- Crime male victim share New Zealand 2019 by type of crime
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- Share of sexual assault crime offenders New Zealand 2019 by ethnicity
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e-Stat (Japan). (February 8, 2022). Number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Japan from 2012 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039166/japan-number-of-murders/
e-Stat (Japan). "Number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Japan from 2012 to 2021." Chart. February 8, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039166/japan-number-of-murders/
e-Stat (Japan). (2022). Number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Japan from 2012 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039166/japan-number-of-murders/
e-Stat (Japan). "Number of Homicide Cases Recorded by The Police in Japan from 2012 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039166/japan-number-of-murders/
e-Stat (Japan), Number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Japan from 2012 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039166/japan-number-of-murders/ (last visited February 03, 2023)
Number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Japan from 2012 to 2021 [Graph], e-Stat (Japan), February 8, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039166/japan-number-of-murders/