Murder Rate by Prefecture in Japan, 2014 - How much is it in Tokyo?

In 2014, 1054 homicides were reported. The number includes attempt cases. So the number of actual victim is less than this number. The number of cases increased by 116 from 2013. According to the statistics of National Police Agency, Osaka was the most dangerous prefecture as usual. Tokyo jumped up to 9th place from 24th place.

Table : Murder Rate by Prefecture in Japan, 2014. Ranking of dangerous prefectures.

Rank	Prefecture	Population	Number of murders, including attempt cases	Case Rate per 100,000 capita
1	Osaka	8,850,607	150	1.69
2	Okinawa	1,422,534	19	1.34
3	Kochi	737,761	9	1.22
4	Chiba	6,197,784	70	1.13
5	Kyoto	2,613,594	29	1.11
6	Gumma	1,977,013	21	1.06
7	Kagawa	980,936	10	1.02
8	Saitama	7,237,734	73	1.01
9	Tokyo	13,378,584	127	0.95
10	Wakayama	970,903	9	0.93
11	Hyogo	5,541,205	51	0.92
12	Hiroshima	2,833,673	25	0.88
13	Ehime	1,395,609	12	0.86
14	Fukuoka	5,092,513	43	0.84
15	Shizuoka	3,697,651	30	0.81
16	Oita	1,171,702	9	0.77
17	Tochigi	1,980,960	15	0.76
18	Ibaraki	2,921,184	22	0.75
19	Niigata	2,327,993	17	0.73
20	Okayama	1,924,556	14	0.73
21	Kumamoto	1,794,623	13	0.72
22	Shimane	697,015	5	0.72
23	Shiga	1,416,500	10	0.71
24	Iwate	1,284,384	9	0.7
25	Kanagawa	9,098,984	62	0.68
26	Aichi	7,444,513	47	0.63
27	Hokkaido	5,400,025	34	0.63
28	Miyazaki	1,113,974	7	0.63
29	Kagoshima	1,668,273	10	0.6
30	Yamanashi	840,139	5	0.6
31	Aomori	1,321,863	7	0.53
32	Tokushima	763,873	4	0.52
33	Tottori	574,022	3	0.52
34	Ishikawa	1,155,450	6	0.52
35	Fukui	789,633	4	0.51
36	Saga	835,016	4	0.48
37	Fukushima	1,936,630	9	0.46
38	Yamagata	1,130,659	5	0.44
39	Nara	1,376,466	6	0.44
40	Miyagi	2,313,820	10	0.43
41	Nagano	2,108,441	9	0.43
42	Yamaguchi	1,408,938	6	0.43
43	Mie	1,820,491	7	0.38
44	Nagasaki	1,385,533	5	0.36
45	Gifu	2,041,690	6	0.29
46	Akita	1,037,060	3	0.29
47	Toyama	1,070,070	3	0.28