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Japan · Penal Code offences recognised by the police (Japan)

Number of Penal Code offences recognised by the police over the year (刑法犯認知件数), published by the National Police Agency and carried by the Statistics Bureau in its social indicators. It is Japan's reference crime figure, reported every year by the press: after a peak in the early 2000s, it fell for almost twenty years before rising again since 2022. It counts recorded offences, not actual crime: a change can also come from reporting or police activity.· Recorded offences, not actual crime
703.4K
2023
+17 %vs 2022
min 568.1K 2021max 2.9M 2002
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan (MIC), National Police Agency · Crime statistics (Statistics Bureau social indicators)· Data 2023
Penal Code offences recognised by the police over the calendar year, whole of JapanRecorded offences, not actual crimeUpd. 06/2026
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