Crime in Japan

Statistics report on crime in Japan

Crime in Japan

This report presents the most relevant information on crime in Japan. Focusing on Penal Code offenses such as property crime and violent crime, it also provides data on crime clearance rates, arrests, the justice system, police, and penal institutions.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Premium Statistic Number of Penal Code offenses and clearances Japan 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Crime rate Japan 1946-2022
  • Premium Statistic Crime rate Japan 2022, by offense
  • Premium Statistic Share of repeaters among Penal Code offenders Japan 1972-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of people violating the Special Acts Japan 2013-2022, by type
  • Premium Statistic Share of people violating the Special Acts Japan 2022, by law

Arrests and clearance rate

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  • Premium Statistic Number of people cleared for criminal offenses Japan 2022, by charge and gender
  • Premium Statistic Number of people cleared for criminal offenses Japan 2022, by prefecture
  • Premium Statistic Share of people cleared for criminal offenses Japan 2022, by charge
  • Premium Statistic Share of people cleared for criminal offenses Japan 2022, by age
  • Premium Statistic Clearance rate Japan 1946-2022
  • Premium Statistic Clearance rate Japan 2022, by charge
  • Premium Statistic Clearance rate Japan 2022, by prefecture

Theft

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  • Premium Statistic Number of theft offenses and clearances Japan 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Clearance rate of theft offenses Japan 1946-2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of recognized theft offenses Japan 2022, by type
  • Premium Statistic Number of grand theft offenses and clearances Japan 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of recognized grand theft offenses Japan 2014-2023, by type

Intellectual crime

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  • Premium Statistic Number of intellectual offenses and clearances Japan 2014-2023
  • 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 2014-2023

Violent crime

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  • Premium Statistic Number of felonies and clearances Japan 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of recognized murder cases Japan 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of recognized cases of rapes and forcible indecencies Japan 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of violent offenses and clearances in Japan 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of cleared cases of human trafficking Japan 2012-2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of people cleared for child abuse Japan 2013-2022, by charge

Organized crime

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  • Premium Statistic Number of crime syndicate members and associates Japan 1991-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of crime syndicate members and associates Japan 2023, by group
  • Premium Statistic Number of arrested crime syndicate members and associates Japan 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of arrested crime syndicate members and associates Japan 2023, by crime

Police

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  • Premium Statistic NPA annual budget Japan FY 2015-2022
  • Premium Statistic Prefectural police annual budget Japan FY 2015-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of police stations Japan 2022, by prefecture
  • Premium Statistic Number of regional police officers Japan 2014-2023

Justice

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  • Premium Statistic Number of courts Japan 2024, by type
  • Premium Statistic Number of defendants of criminal cases at courts Japan 2014-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of criminal cases terminated at courts Japan 2016-2023, by court type
  • Premium Statistic Number of Supreme Court criminal cases Japan 2016-2023, by status

Penal institution

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  • Premium Statistic Number of prison inmates Japan 2013-2022
  • Premium Statistic Prison population rate Japan 2013-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of sentenced male prison inmates Japan 2013-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of sentenced female prison inmates Japan 2013-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of male prisoners with death penalty Japan 2013-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of female prisoners with death penalty Japan 2013-2022

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