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# Safest cities in Japan by recorded crime

Japan cities ranked by recorded incidents per 100,000 residents. Differences in reporting practice remain visible in the sources.

- Canonical: /reports/japan-safest-cities/
- Last checked: 2026-10-15

## Answers

### 東置賜郡高畠町, Japan

197.1 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.yamagata.jp/documents/5698/hp_r07.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### Sakata, Japan

199.5 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.yamagata.jp/documents/5698/hp_r07.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-16

### 鹿角市, Japan

203.2 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.akita.lg.jp/uploads/contents/pages_0000000338_00/HP02%EF%BC%BF%E5%88%91%E6%B3%95%E3%83%BB%E7%BD%AA%E7%A8%AE%E3%83%BB%E5%B8%82%E7%94%BA%E6%9D%91_2025-01-12%E3%80%90%E7%A2%BA%E5%AE%9A%E5%80%A4%E3%80%91.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 河東郡音更町, Japan

206.2 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/statis/hanzai/shityouson-betu/r03-r07.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### 中新川郡立山町, Japan

209.9 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://police.pref.toyama.jp/6108/toukei/hanzaijousei/kj00020958-003-01.html
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 竹田市, Japan

211.5 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.oita.jp/uploaded/life/2346732_4784558_misc.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 西彼杵郡長与町, Japan

217.8 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.nagasaki.jp/police/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/956268cc050fe0004d005468188d320b-1.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 相楽郡精華町, Japan

218.2 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/fukei/anzen/toke/documents/28-r7-10.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### 杵島郡白石町, Japan

218.9 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.saga.jp/var/rev0/0020/0286/12622594221.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 上天草市, Japan

224.7 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/uploaded/life/270526_839894_misc.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### 安来市, Japan

230.7 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.shimane.lg.jp/police/01_safety_of_life/incident_statistics/index.data/R07K_02.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 東田川郡庄内町, Japan

235.1 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.yamagata.jp/documents/5698/hp_r07.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### ootashi, Japan

235.1 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.shimane.lg.jp/police/01_safety_of_life/incident_statistics/index.data/R07K_02.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 河北郡内灘町, Japan

241.6 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www2.police.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp/information/upload/e3c21f519fdccc805367195c4e3bcbe9_2.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 上益城郡益城町, Japan

246.3 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/uploaded/life/270526_839894_misc.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### 与謝郡与謝野町, Japan

247.4 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/fukei/anzen/toke/documents/28-r7-10.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### 南都留郡富士河口湖町, Japan

250.8 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/documents/65795/2025-3.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 香美市, Japan

251.3 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.kochi.lg.jp/docs/2023111300409/file_contents/20260210_keihouhanngaikyou_R07.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### Ichinoseki, Japan

258.2 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.iwate.jp/kenkei/_res/projects/project_kenkei/_page_/003/000/679/s_r07keihouhanninti.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-16

### 宇佐市, Japan

259.8 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.oita.jp/uploaded/life/2346732_4784558_misc.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 能美市, Japan

263.6 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www2.police.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp/information/upload/e3c21f519fdccc805367195c4e3bcbe9_2.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 下新川郡入善町, Japan

265.1 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://police.pref.toyama.jp/6108/toukei/hanzaijousei/kj00020958-003-01.html
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 嬉野市, Japan

265.9 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.saga.jp/var/rev0/0020/0286/12622594221.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 江津市, Japan

268.8 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.shimane.lg.jp/police/01_safety_of_life/incident_statistics/index.data/R07K_02.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-15

### 浜松市天竜区（再編後）, Japan

269.7 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/police/_res/projects/project_police/_page_/002/001/146/r7zyoukyouhyou.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### 亀田郡七飯町, Japan

280 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/statis/hanzai/shityouson-betu/r03-r07.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### Ikoma, Japan

294.8 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.nara.jp/cmsfiles/contents/0000000/452/R7.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-16

### 浜松市浜名区（再編後）, Japan

297.4 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/police/_res/projects/project_police/_page_/002/001/146/r7zyoukyouhyou.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### 標津郡中標津町, Japan

301 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/statis/hanzai/shityouson-betu/r03-r07.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

### 横浜市青葉区, Japan

303 incidents per 100,000
- Source: https://www.police.pref.kanagawa.jp/assets/entry/c0030_67.pdf
- Checked: 2026-10-10

## Method

Every row is a published recorded incidents per 100,000 residents observation measured in incidents per 100,000, ranked lowest first. The values were observed in 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

## Sources

市町村別 刑法犯 認知件数・犯罪率（令和7年12月末確定値） — https://www.pref.yamagata.jp/documents/5698/hp_r07.pdf
Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed) — https://www.police.pref.akita.lg.jp/uploads/contents/pages_0000000338_00/HP02%EF%BC%BF%E5%88%91%E6%B3%95%E3%83%BB%E7%BD%AA%E7%A8%AE%E3%83%BB%E5%B8%82%E7%94%BA%E6%9D%91_2025-01-12%E3%80%90%E7%A2%BA%E5%AE%9A%E5%80%A4%E3%80%91.pdf
Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed) — https://www.police.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/statis/hanzai/shityouson-betu/r03-r07.pdf
Municipal Penal Code offence recognition counts for 2025 and 2024 — https://police.pref.toyama.jp/6108/toukei/hanzaijousei/kj00020958-003-01.html
2025 Crime Statistics Book, table 7: Penal Code cases recorded by municipality and crime type (confirmed) — https://www.pref.oita.jp/uploaded/life/2346732_4784558_misc.pdf
Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2021–2025; 2025 confirmed) — https://www.police.pref.nagasaki.jp/police/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/956268cc050fe0004d005468188d320b-1.pdf
Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (Reiwa 7 / 2025, confirmed) — https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/fukei/anzen/toke/documents/28-r7-10.pdf
県内市町別 刑法犯認知件数及び犯罪率（令和3年～令和7年確定値） — https://www.police.pref.saga.jp/var/rev0/0020/0286/12622594221.pdf
Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed) — https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/uploaded/life/270526_839894_misc.pdf
Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences by municipality and major offence category — https://www.pref.shimane.lg.jp/police/01_safety_of_life/incident_statistics/index.data/R07K_02.pdf
2025 confirmed Penal Code offences recorded by municipality — https://www2.police.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp/information/upload/e3c21f519fdccc805367195c4e3bcbe9_2.pdf
Municipality Penal Code offence recognition counts, past ten years — https://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/documents/65795/2025-3.pdf
令和7年刑法犯の概況 — 市町村別刑法犯認知件数 — https://www.police.pref.kochi.lg.jp/docs/2023111300409/file_contents/20260210_keihouhanngaikyou_R07.pdf
JP-03-Iwate-2025 — https://www.pref.iwate.jp/kenkei/_res/projects/project_kenkei/_page_/003/000/679/s_r07keihouhanninti.pdf
Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed) — https://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/police/_res/projects/project_police/_page_/002/001/146/r7zyoukyouhyou.pdf
JP-29-Nara-2025 — https://www.police.pref.nara.jp/cmsfiles/contents/0000000/452/R7.pdf
Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed) — https://www.police.pref.kanagawa.jp/assets/entry/c0030_67.pdf

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