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Security & crime

Japan · Clearance rate

Share of cases solved by the police; measures investigative effectiveness.
38.9%
2025
±0.0 ptsvs 2024
min 38.3 2023max 46.6 2021
%
Range
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Source: National Police Agency (Japan), National Police Agency · 犯罪統計資料· Data 2025
Penal-code offences cleared ÷ recognised in the year (検挙率); cases cleared may have been recognised in an earlier yearY-axis truncated
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