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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

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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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