Murder Rate by Prefecture in Japan, 2012
The following list shows the murder rate by prefecture in Japan, 2012. The numbers include attempt cases. So the numbers of actual victims are less than these numbers.
Osaka is the most dangerous region in Japan. Western prefectures dominate worst 6. Safer prefectures (rank 44-47) are on the side of Sea of Japan.
Please see also Murder Rate (Number of Actual Victims) by Prefecture in Japan, 2014
Rank | Prefecture | Prefecture | Population (unit 1,000) | Number of murders, including attempt cases | Case rate per 100,000 population | Kagawa is taken as 100 |
1 | 大阪 | Osaka | 8,856 | 114 | 1.29 | 181 |
2 | 兵庫 | Hyogo | 5,571 | 71 | 1.27 | 180 |
3 | 岡山 | Okayama | 1,936 | 24 | 1.24 | 175 |
4 | 三重 | Mie | 1,840 | 22 | 1.20 | 168 |
5 | 愛媛 | Ehime | 1,415 | 16 | 1.13 | 159 |
6 | 和歌山 | Wakayama | 988 | 11 | 1.11 | 157 |
7 | 山梨 | Yamanashi | 852 | 9 | 1.06 | 149 |
8 | 北海道 | Hokkaido | 5,460 | 55 | 1.01 | 142 |
9 | 埼玉 | Saitama | 7,212 | 67 | 0.93 | 131 |
10 | 福岡 | Fukuoka | 5,085 | 47 | 0.92 | 130 |
11 | 東京 | Tokyo | 13,230 | 118 | 0.89 | 126 |
12 | 宮崎 | Miyazaki | 1,126 | 10 | 0.89 | 125 |
13 | 群馬 | Gumma | 1,992 | 17 | 0.85 | 120 |
14 | 広島 | Hiroshima | 2,848 | 24 | 0.84 | 119 |
15 | 茨城 | Ibaraki | 2,943 | 24 | 0.82 | 115 |
16 | 静岡 | Shizuoka | 3,735 | 30 | 0.80 | 113 |
17 | 岐阜 | Gifu | 2,061 | 16 | 0.78 | 109 |
18 | 京都 | Kyoto | 2,625 | 20 | 0.76 | 107 |
19 | 秋田 | Akita | 1,063 | 8 | 0.75 | 106 |
20 | 千葉 | Chiba | 6,195 | 45 | 0.73 | 102 |
21 | 佐賀 | Saga | 843 | 6 | 0.71 | 100 |
22 | 香川 | Kagawa | 989 | 7 | 0.71 | 100 |
23 | 栃木 | Tochigi | 1,992 | 14 | 0.70 | 99 |
24 | 鹿児島 | Kagoshima | 1,690 | 11 | 0.65 | 92 |
25 | 神奈川 | Kanagawa | 9,067 | 59 | 0.65 | 92 |
26 | 奈良 | Nara | 1,390 | 9 | 0.65 | 91 |
27 | 滋賀 | Shiga | 1,415 | 9 | 0.64 | 90 |
28 | 愛知 | Aichi | 7,427 | 47 | 0.63 | 89 |
29 | 青森 | Aomori | 1,350 | 8 | 0.59 | 83 |
30 | 長崎 | Nagasaki | 1,408 | 8 | 0.57 | 80 |
31 | 沖縄 | Okinawa | 1,409 | 8 | 0.57 | 80 |
32 | 島根 | Shimane | 707 | 4 | 0.57 | 80 |
33 | 山口 | Yamaguchi | 1,431 | 8 | 0.56 | 79 |
34 | 新潟 | Niigata | 2,347 | 13 | 0.55 | 78 |
35 | 熊本 | Kumamoto | 1,807 | 10 | 0.55 | 78 |
36 | 山形 | Yamagata | 1,152 | 6 | 0.52 | 73 |
37 | 宮城 | Miyagi | 2,325 | 12 | 0.52 | 73 |
38 | 福島 | Fukushima | 1,962 | 10 | 0.51 | 72 |
39 | 長野 | Nagano | 2,132 | 10 | 0.47 | 66 |
40 | 高知 | Kochi | 752 | 3 | 0.40 | 56 |
41 | 徳島 | Tokushima | 776 | 3 | 0.39 | 54 |
42 | 岩手 | Iwate | 1,303 | 5 | 0.38 | 54 |
43 | 大分 | Oita | 1,185 | 4 | 0.34 | 48 |
44 | 石川 | Ishikawa | 1,163 | 3 | 0.26 | 36 |
45 | 福井 | Fukui | 799 | 2 | 0.25 | 35 |
46 | 富山 | Toyama | 1,082 | 2 | 0.18 | 26 |
47 | 鳥取 | Tottori | 582 | 1 | 0.17 | 24 |
Source is National Police Agency.
www.npa.go.jp/archive/toukei/keiki/h24/h24hanzaitoukei.htm
www.npa.go.jp/archive/toukei/keiki/h24/excel/H24_003.xls
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