The following data show the crime rate in major 21 cities in Japan. Sakai city in Osaka prefecture is the most dangerous city. 2.4 persons per 100 got involved with crimes.
| Rank | City | Number of Reported Crimes | Population | Crime Rate per 100 |
| 1 | Sakai | 20,507 | 840,862 | 2.44 |
| 2 | Osaka | 63,213 | 2,683,487 | 2.36 |
| 3 | Nagoya | 40,477 | 2,271,380 | 1.78 |
| 4 | Fukuoka | 23,399 | 1,506,313 | 1.55 |
| 5 | Chiba | 14,255 | 964,055 | 1.48 |
| 6 | Kyoto | 21,326 | 1,470,742 | 1.45 |
| 7 | Kitakyushu | 13,986 | 968,122 | 1.44 |
| 8 | Okayama | 9,471 | 713,433 | 1.33 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 119,253 | 9,059,903 | 1.32 |
| 10 | Kobe | 20,071 | 1,539,751 | 1.30 |
| 11 | Saitama | 14,643 | 1,243,436 | 1.18 |
| 12 | Sapporo | 20,505 | 1,936,189 | 1.06 |
| 13 | Hiroshima | 11,461 | 1,183,156 | 0.97 |
| 14 | Niigata | 7,785 | 809,934 | 0.96 |
| 15 | Sendai | 10,220 | 1,068,511 | 0.96 |
| 16 | Sagamihara | 6,515 | 720,570 | 0.90 |
| 17 | Kumamoto | 6,615 | 739,541 | 0.89 |
| 18 | Shizuoka | 6,123 | 709,702 | 0.86 |
| 19 | Yokohama | 30,323 | 3,702,551 | 0.82 |
| 20 | Hamamatsu | 6,375 | 793,437 | 0.80 |
| 21 | Kawasaki | 11,312 | 1,448,196 | 0.78 |
Source is Yokohama City Official. 大都市比較統計年表
www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/ex/stat/daitoshi/h25/data/h170100.xls
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