Number of Arson Attacks in Japan 2012-2013

The following shows the number of arson attacks (set on fire on purpose) in Japan (2012-2013). Ehime where is rural area is the worst. Most of high rate prefectures (Saga, Kochi, Yamanashi, Okinawa, Gunma, Tochigi) are countryside regions, except Osaka. Cases of arson occur more often in rural area.

Prefecture	2013	2012	Population	Rate, per 1,000,000 residents
Total	1,090	1,033
Hokkaido	34	38	5,460	6.6
Aomori	6	7	1,350	4.8
Iwate	16	13	1,303	11.1
Miyagi	14	28	2,325	9.0
Akita	3	9	1,063	5.6
Yamagata	14	7	1,152	9.1
Fukushima	8	16	1,962	6.1
Tokyo	103	81	13,230	7.0
Ibaraki	26	16	2,943	7.1
Tochigi	18	27	1,992	11.3
Gunma	22	24	1,992	11.5
Saitama	31	61	7,212	6.4
Chiba	54	65	6,195	9.6
Kanagawa	37	39	9,067	4.2
Niigata	30	21	2,347	10.9
Yamanashi	8	13	852	12.3
Nagano	14	14	2,132	6.6
Shizuoka	33	32	3,735	8.7
Toyama	11	4	1,082	6.9
Ishikawa	11	14	1,163	10.7
Fukui	5	6	799	6.9
Gifu	10	11	2,061	5.1
Aichi	68	39	7,427	7.2
Mie	14	8	1,840	6.0
Shiga	6	10	1,415	5.7
Kyoto	25	25	2,625	9.5
Osaka	165	130	8,856	16.7
Hyogo	30	34	5,571	5.7
Nara	4	24	1,390	10.1
Wakayama	7	5	988	6.1
Tottori	4	5	582	7.7
Shimane	6	3	707	6.4
Okayama	22	21	1,936	11.1
Hiroshima	42	22	2,848	11.2
Yamaguchi	17	9	1,431	9.1
Tokushima	8	5	776	8.4
Kagawa	6	13	989	9.6
Ehime	33	15	1,415	17.0
Kochi	16	3	752	12.6
Fukuoka	46	50	5,085	9.4
Saga	13	9	843	13.0
Nagasaki	9	10	1,408	6.7
Kumamoto	6	8	1,807	3.9
Oita	7	3	1,185	4.2
Miyazaki	3	11	1,126	6.2
Kagoshima	9	7	1,690	4.7
Okinawa	16	18	1,409	12.1