Murder Rate in Major Cities of Japan, 2012

The below is the latest data on the homicide rate in major cities in Japan in 2012. Comparing to 2011 data, the former most dangerous city Sakai went down its rank to 13th place. Former No.2 Osaka got their regular seat "the most dangerous city in Japan" back. Tokyo got the same rank No. 8.

Table : Murder Rate in Major Cities of Japan, 2012

	City	Prefecture	Population	Number of Murders	Rate (per 100,000)	2011 rank
大阪	Osaka	Osaka	2,665,373	56	2.10	2
神戸	Kobe	Hyogo	1,542,458	26	1.69	4
福岡	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	1,469,069	22	1.50	15
北九州	Kitakyushu	Fukuoka	973,161	13	1.34	5
岡山	Okayama	Okayama	709,754	9	1.27	16
広島	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	1,173,173	12	1.02	3
札幌	Sapporo	Hokkaido	1,915,542	19	0.99	13
東京	Tokyo 23 wards	Tokyo	8,962,948	88	0.98	8
埼玉	Saitama	Saitama	1,226,324	11	0.90	9
京都	Kyoto	Kyoto	1,471,400	13	0.88	6
新潟	Niigata	Niigata	810,086	7	0.86	20
静岡	Shizuoka	Shizuoka	714,530	6	0.84	19
堺	Sakai	Osaka	842,013	7	0.83	1
千葉	Chiba	Chiba	963,088	7	0.73	14
相模原	Sagamihara	Kanagawa	717,701	5	0.70	18
名古屋	Nagoya	Aichi	2,260,892	15	0.66	7
浜松	Hamamatsu	Shizuoka	799,436	5	0.63	17
横浜	Yokohama	Kanagawa	3,687,311	23	0.62	11
川崎	Kawasaki	Kanagawa	1,426,943	7	0.49	12
仙台	Sendai	Miyagi	1,046,654	4	0.38	10