The police in Japan recorded 970 murder cases in 2024, a light increase from the previous year. A regional breakdown of murder cases showed that the majority of cases in 2024 occurred in Japan's Kanto region.

In 2023, approximately 0.7 homicide cases were recognized by the police per 100,000 inhabitants in Japan. The murder rate in the country did not fluctuate much in the observed period.

The police in Japan's Kanto region recorded 280 homicide cases in 2024. The Kanto region was followed by the the Kinki region, with more than 240 recognized murder cases. That year, the total number of murder cases recorded across Japan amounted to 970.

The police in Japan cleared 937 homicide cases in 2024, an increase from 872 in the previous year. In 2024, the police recorded 970 murder cases.

Japan crime rate per 100K population for 2021 was 0.23, a 9.93% decline from 2020.

• Japan crime rate per 100K population for 2020 was 0.25, a 0.12% increase from 2019.
• Japan crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was 0.25, a 4.12% decline from 2018.
• Japan crime rate per 100K population for 2018 was 0.26, a 9.48% increase from 2017.

Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

The police in Japan cleared 814 homicide cases in 2023, excluding unfounded or unpunishable cases. 268 murder cases involved the use of kitchen knives, followed by 69 cases using other types of knives.

Homicides of Japan increased by 1.40% from 285 number in 2021 to 289 number in 2022. Since the 0.31% fall in 2020, homicides dropped by 9.12% in 2022. “Intentional homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person

PERIOD: 1921-1930. SOURCE: [Statistical Report of the Ministry for Home Affairs].

In 2023, the police in Japan cleared 204 homicide cases that involved suspects and victims who were acquainted. In 13 cleared murder cases that year, suspects and victims did not know each other.

PERIOD: Japan proper. 1923-1927. SOURCE: [Survey by the Ministry of Home Affairs].

The police in Japan cleared 808 homicide cases in 2021, excluding unfounded or unpunishable cases. 289 murder cases involved the use of kitchen knives, followed by 71 cases using other types of knives.

PERIOD: 1925-1934. SOURCE: [Survey by the Ministry of Home Affairs]; [Statistical Report of the Ministry for Home Affairs].

The average for 2017 based on 23 countries was 2.3 homicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in the Philippines: 8.4 homicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Japan: 0.2 homicides per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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This statistic presents the results of a survey on perceived leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Japan as of 2018. According to data published by Ipsos, Japanese respondents overestimated the number of violent deaths caused by knives. Around 41 percent of respondents thought that most people killed through interpersonal violence died from knife attacks, when the actual share of stabbing victims was around 23 percent of all violent deaths in Japan.

The average for 2017 based on 10 countries was 1.5 homicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in the USA: 5.3 homicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Japan: 0.2 homicides per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2023, the Japanese police recognized 565.5 Penal Code offenses among 100,000 inhabitants, reaching the 500 mark for the first time in the 2020s. After reaching its peak in 2002 at 2,238.5 per 100,000 of the population, the crime rate in Japan continuously declined until 2021.

In 2023, Japan recorded no execution of death sentences. 15 executions were reported in 2018, the highest number in the last decade.

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