Crime in Japan has been recorded since at least the 1800s, and has varied over time. [1] Before the Meiji Era, crime was handled often severely at a daimyo level. The yakuza existed in Japan well before the 1800s and followed codes similar to the samurai.

2023年12月19日 · The most important key figures provide you with a compact summary of the topic of "Crime in Japan" and take you straight to the corresponding statistics.

2015年12月13日 · Japan has exceptionally low levels of crime. In 2011, its intentional homicide rate was 0.3 per 100,000 people, while America’s rate was 4.7 per 100,000 people.

2023年12月19日 · The majority of crimes recorded in Japan are theft offenses. Among violent crimes, the most reported offenses are assaults and bodily injuries followed by rapes and homicides.

2024年2月8日 · The number of crimes in Japan surged by 17 percent to 703,351 in 2023, marking the second straight year of increase and pushing the figure closer to pre-pandemic levels, National Police Agency ...

2025年2月6日 · Serious crimes, including robbery, rose by 18.1% to 14,614 cases. For sex crimes, whose laws were revised in July 2023, nonconsensual indecent acts increased by 14.7% to 6,992 cases, and rape and ...

2025年2月6日 · Japan's National Police Agency says the number of penal code offenses in the country last year topped 730,000 cases and marked the third straight year-on-year increase. The NPA's crime situation ...

2024年12月20日 · The number of reported crimes in Japan rose for the second year in a row in 2023, an annual government white paper revealed on Friday. Crime numbers in Japan had been steadily declining...

2024年3月12日 · These crimes included cases of murder, robbery, arson, rape and indecent assault, and kidnapping and trafficking. Cases of murder and robbery increased slightly to 912 and...

2025年1月27日 · The 2024 white paper on crime published by Japan’s Ministry of Justice shows that the number of reported crimes in 2023 increased by more than 100,000 to 703,351, in the second successive...