ImmigrationDBVerified immigration data
On this page

Safest cities in Japan by recorded crime

東置賜郡高畠町, Japan has the lowest recorded incidents per 100,000 residents of the 30 cities compared: 197.1 incidents per 100,000 (市町村別 刑法犯 認知件数・犯罪率（令和7年12月末確定値）, 2025-12-31).

JSON Markdown

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

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-10-15

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placeSource and scope
1東置賜郡高畠町, Japan197.1 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
2Sakata, Japan199.5 incidents per 100,0002026-09-16
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
3鹿角市, Japan203.2 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
4河東郡音更町, Japan206.2 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
5中新川郡立山町, Japan209.9 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
6竹田市, Japan211.5 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
7西彼杵郡長与町, Japan217.8 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
8相楽郡精華町, Japan218.2 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
9杵島郡白石町, Japan218.9 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
10上天草市, Japan224.7 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
11安来市, Japan230.7 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
12東田川郡庄内町, Japan235.1 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
13ootashi, Japan235.1 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
14河北郡内灘町, Japan241.6 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
15上益城郡益城町, Japan246.3 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
16与謝郡与謝野町, Japan247.4 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
17南都留郡富士河口湖町, Japan250.8 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
18香美市, Japan251.3 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
19Ichinoseki, Japan258.2 incidents per 100,0002026-09-16
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
20宇佐市, Japan259.8 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
21能美市, Japan263.6 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
22下新川郡入善町, Japan265.1 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
23嬉野市, Japan265.9 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
24江津市, Japan268.8 incidents per 100,0002026-10-15
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
25浜松市天竜区（再編後）, Japan269.7 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
26亀田郡七飯町, Japan280 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
27Ikoma, Japan294.8 incidents per 100,0002026-09-16
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
28浜松市浜名区（再編後）, Japan297.4 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
29標津郡中標津町, Japan301 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
30横浜市青葉区, Japan303 incidents per 100,0002026-10-10
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31

What the numbers say

  • 東置賜郡高畠町, Japan leads at 197.1 incidents per 100,000.
  • 横浜市青葉区, Japan sits at the other end with 303 incidents per 100,000.
  • The middle of this ranking is 247.4 incidents per 100,000, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 105.8 incidents per 100,000.

Quick answer

What does Safest cities in Japan by recorded crime show?

東置賜郡高畠町, Japan has the lowest recorded incidents per 100,000 residents of the 30 cities compared: 197.1 incidents per 100,000 (市町村別 刑法犯 認知件数・犯罪率（令和7年12月末確定値）, 2025-12-31).

How this list is built

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.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
municipality
Observation period
2025-12-31
Last checked
2026-10-15
With an official source link
30 of 30

Cite this page

Open a format to select or copy this ImmigrationDB compilation citation. The native disclosure and text fallback work without JavaScript.

APA citation
ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Safest cities in Japan by recorded crime [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ad32cb642c0c43eb418afe2ad861dad5]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/japan-safest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_safest-cities-in-japan-by-recorded-crime_dae050f73ec0,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Safest cities in Japan by recorded crime},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {ad32cb642c0c43eb418afe2ad861dad5},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/japan-safest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
Markdown citation
[Safest cities in Japan by recorded crime](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/japan-safest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version ad32cb642c0c43eb418afe2ad861dad5; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. View the underlying source records.

Sources

  1. 市町村別 刑法犯 認知件数・犯罪率（令和7年12月末確定値）Yamagata Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-15
  2. Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)Akita Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-15
  3. Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)Hokkaido Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-10
  4. Municipal Penal Code offence recognition counts for 2025 and 2024Toyama Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-15
  5. 2025 Crime Statistics Book, table 7: Penal Code cases recorded by municipality and crime type (confirmed)Oita Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-15
  6. Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2021–2025; 2025 confirmed)Nagasaki Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-15
  7. Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (Reiwa 7 / 2025, confirmed)Kyoto Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-10
  8. 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）Saga Prefectural Police Headquarters · Checked 2026-10-15
  9. Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)Kumamoto Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-10
  10. Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences by municipality and major offence categoryShimane Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-15
Show 2 more sources
  1. 2025 confirmed Penal Code offences recorded by municipalityIshikawa Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-15
  2. Municipality Penal Code offence recognition counts, past ten yearsYamanashi Prefectural Police · Checked 2026-10-15