In 2021, the population rate of Japanese penal institutions amounted to 35.5 inmates per 100,000 general population. This number indicates a steady downward trend over the past ten years after numbers had reached 52.5 prisoners per 100,000 population in 2012.
Number of inmate population of penal institutions per 100,000 population in Japan from 2012 to 2021
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Statistics on Crime in Japan
Overview
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Arrests and clearance rate
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- Premium Statistic Number of people cleared for criminal offenses Japan 2020, by charge and gender
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Theft
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- Premium Statistic Number of theft offenses and clearances Japan 2012-2021
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Intellectual crime
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- Premium Statistic Number of intellectual offenses and clearances Japan 2012-2021
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- Premium Statistic Number of recognized special fraud cases Japan 2021, by type
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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
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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 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Prison population rate Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of sentenced male prison inmates Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of sentenced female prison inmates Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of male prisoners with death penalty Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of female prisoners with death penalty Japan 2012-2021
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Ministry of Justice (Japan). (December 13, 2022). Number of inmate population of penal institutions per 100,000 population in Japan from 2012 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/694102/japan-prison-inmate-rate/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of inmate population of penal institutions per 100,000 population in Japan from 2012 to 2021." Chart. December 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/694102/japan-prison-inmate-rate/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). (2022). Number of inmate population of penal institutions per 100,000 population in Japan from 2012 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/694102/japan-prison-inmate-rate/
Ministry of Justice (Japan). "Number of Inmate Population of Penal Institutions per 100,000 Population in Japan from 2012 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/694102/japan-prison-inmate-rate/
Ministry of Justice (Japan), Number of inmate population of penal institutions per 100,000 population in Japan from 2012 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/694102/japan-prison-inmate-rate/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
Number of inmate population of penal institutions per 100,000 population in Japan from 2012 to 2021 [Graph], Ministry of Justice (Japan), December 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/694102/japan-prison-inmate-rate/