10 Worst Dangerous Prefectures in Japan, 2013 Ranking of Crime Rate
National Police Agency reports the crime rate by prefecture every year. According to the 2013 latest report, Osaka was the most dangerous prefecture again.
The ranking order of 1st - 4th (Osaka, Fukuoka, Aichi, Hyogo) is the same as the 2012 order. Tokyo dropped from 5th to 6th place. Akita was the safest again.
Rank | Prefecture | Reported crimes | Population | Crime Rate per 100,000 capita |
Kanagawa is taken as 100 |
1 | Osaka | 151,413 | 8,849,000 | 1711 | 202 |
2 | Fukuoka | 66,794 | 5,090,000 | 1312 | 155 |
3 | Aichi | 96,839 | 7,443,000 | 1301 | 153 |
4 | Hyogo | 70,532 | 5,558,000 | 1269 | 150 |
5 | Chiba | 77,904 | 6,192,000 | 1258 | 148 |
6 | Tokyo | 162,557 | 13,300,000 | 1222 | 144 |
7 | Kyoto | 31,944 | 2,617,000 | 1221 | 144 |
8 | Ibaraki | 35,055 | 2,931,000 | 1196 | 141 |
9 | Saitama | 84,154 | 7,222,000 | 1165 | 137 |
10 | Shiga | 15,447 | 1,416,000 | 1091 | 129 |
11 | Gifu | 22,357 | 2,051,000 | 1090 | 129 |
12 | Mie | 19,726 | 1,833,000 | 1076 | 127 |
13 | Okayama | 19,824 | 1,930,000 | 1027 | 121 |
14 | Ehime | 13,598 | 1,405,000 | 968 | 114 |
15 | Tochigi | 18,924 | 1,986,000 | 953 | 112 |
16 | Gumma | 18,820 | 1,984,000 | 949 | 112 |
17 | Wakayama | 9,110 | 979,000 | 931 | 110 |
18 | Saga | 7,509 | 840,000 | 894 | 105 |
19 | Nara | 12,337 | 1,383,000 | 892 | 105 |
20 | Yamanashi | 7,461 | 847,000 | 881 | 104 |
21 | Kochi | 6,530 | 745,000 | 877 | 103 |
22 | Kanagawa | 76,962 | 9,079,000 | 848 | 100 |
23 | Kagawa | 8,340 | 985,000 | 847 | 100 |
24 | Miyagi | 19,367 | 2,328,000 | 832 | 98 |
25 | Hiroshima | 22,592 | 2,840,000 | 795 | 94 |
26 | Shizuoka | 29,395 | 3,723,000 | 790 | 93 |
27 | Okinawa | 10,820 | 1,415,000 | 765 | 90 |
28 | Hokkaido | 41,066 | 5,431,000 | 756 | 89 |
29 | Tokushima | 5,818 | 770,000 | 756 | 89 |
30 | Fukushima | 14,596 | 1,946,000 | 750 | 88 |
31 | Niigata | 17,320 | 2,330,000 | 743 | 88 |
32 | Tottori | 4,279 | 578,000 | 740 | 87 |
33 | Yamaguchi | 10,292 | 1,420,000 | 725 | 85 |
34 | Miyazaki | 7,997 | 1,120,000 | 714 | 84 |
35 | Kumamoto | 12,836 | 1,801,000 | 713 | 84 |
36 | Nagano | 14,791 | 2,122,000 | 697 | 82 |
37 | Fukui | 5,285 | 795,000 | 665 | 78 |
38 | Ishikawa | 7,481 | 1,159,000 | 645 | 76 |
39 | Shimane | 4,379 | 702,000 | 624 | 74 |
40 | Toyama | 6,383 | 1,076,000 | 593 | 70 |
41 | Kagoshima | 9,276 | 1,680,000 | 552 | 65 |
42 | Yamagata | 6,178 | 1,141,000 | 541 | 64 |
43 | Oita | 6,290 | 1,178,000 | 534 | 63 |
44 | Nagasaki | 7,318 | 1,397,000 | 524 | 62 |
45 | Aomori | 6,515 | 1,335,000 | 488 | 58 |
46 | Iwate | 5,757 | 1,295,000 | 445 | 52 |
47 | Akita | 3,972 | 1,050,000 | 378 | 45 |
Source is National Police Agency.
www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h26/data.html
www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h26/toukei/00/01.xls
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