Crime in Tokyo, Japan

Crime rates in Tokyo, Japan

Level of crime	21.03	Low
Crime increasing in the past 3 years	45.70	Moderate
Worries home broken and things stolen	20.93	Low
Worries being mugged or robbed	20.67	Low
Worries car stolen	18.22	Very Low
Worries things from car stolen	19.66	Very Low
Worries attacked	23.21	Low
Worries being insulted	27.38	Low
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	25.61	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	24.72	Low
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	23.63	Low
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	21.36	Low
Problem corruption and bribery	30.59	Low

Safety in Tokyo, Japan

Safety walking alone during daylight		78.39	High
Safety walking alone during night		72.88	High

Contributors: 479

Last update: March 2023

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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22 Comments so far

Puerto rico on Nov 20, 2022:

I only go there 5 time a year for the part 24 years ago

. Nice place to eat shrimp and lobster.

AzumiRM . on Aug 27, 2022:

I'm viewing the "Crime" page and can confirm that Japan is fairly crime free. Even in Tokyo, where I live. You can go for a walk carrying 20,000 yen with you at 23:30 down a deserted alley (although why you would want to do that is beyond my comprehension) and not have to worry about a thing. Even if you're a 5'4" female, drunk and alone.
In comparison, in the UK (my home country) you wouldn't want to be out and vulnerable like that at night unless you're with a male or group of friends.

Anonymous on Mar 11, 2022:

Tokyo is genuinely really safe. I've visited many times and never had a problem. There are probably a few pickpockets about, and of course some crimes do happen, but sensible precautions will reduce the risk. Mugging seems very rare - it feels safe to walk the streets at any time.

Anonymous on Feb 05, 2022:

@Gangster bill even you ruin the day of all of the Japanese japanese people are nice and helpful

Anonymous on Feb 05, 2022:

@gangster bill that;s not nice☹️ Even ww3 won’t happen

Anonymous on Dec 09, 2021:

Hmmm, it's almost like Ethnically pure nations have less crime than multicultural ones. Really makes me think.....

Anonymous on Oct 13, 2021:

Japan has excellent friendly people and they are excellent at cooking

Anonymous on Oct 12, 2021:

Tokyo is a wonderful place to stay hotels, nice cars and delicious food.

Anonymous on Oct 12, 2021:

Tokyo is a wonderful place to stay you get to eat delicious food and play and stay in a hotel.

Anonymous on Oct 09, 2021:

I lived there for a few years, and I believe it's one of the safest capitals in the world, where you can walk the streets in the middle of the night without fear.

Anonymous on Aug 24, 2021:

In response to Rohail, its safe because of their culture of fear of shame.

Rohail Syed on Jun 14, 2021:

I don't get how even with the high population, the crime rates are low?

Anonymous on Jan 31, 2021:

Visited 5 times.
Very, very safe -about as safe as you can get for a big city.
Not saying there's no crime, but so long as you are not a total idiot, you will be completely fine.

SuperSud on Oct 16, 2020:

Tokyo is paradise for one and all! Most of these comments are ridiculous! When Western cities like Portland, London and San francisco are burning due to riots and Covid has hit the UK, continental Europe(Paris to Stockholm) and with Neo nazis and street gangs roaming the streets of western Europe/American cities intimidating people, robbing and raping as they please, homeless everywhere across Europe, Australia and Americas etc, Japan alone stands as a beacon of hope and positivity amongst civilizations. All people, including foreign women and people of color are extremely safe in Tokyo or anywhere else in Japan. Most of these commentators are probably angry whites who have'nt travelled beyond their trailer parks/flea infested shitties(cities?)

Anonymous on Oct 06, 2020:

Safe, but women should just stay as far away from the subway as possible during rush hour. Groping is very common.

Dave on Aug 11, 2020:

Tokyo is so safe that people have nothing else to write but silly things

chicken nuggets on Jul 28, 2020:

numbeo is a great website to go to because it has all the information that you need for graphs, tables and things like that

Willis Deefitinurmouth on Feb 24, 2020:

I did the fattest nut in a hotel in tokyo and put the nut in the apple juice

Mah Poop on Oct 27, 2019:

The government actually created rommba for lazy people who don't want to vacuum so they can map out their house and eliminate them.If you have a Roomba then the government already knows where you live, what you identify as, your name, your gender, your phone model, your fetishes and when you sleep. He knows your local supermarket and how much you spend on groceries when when you do shopping. He knows what shoes wear because rommba has high sensing devices that can detect anything as said in their advertisement. He also knows that you listen to despacito on loop even though you try to hide it. To conclude, Roombas are actually created by the government to eliminate people who can't vacuum, so you should just sell it to your neighbour or on Gumtree. Or you can give it to me

dirk on Oct 25, 2019:

I really must say, Japan has changed a lot over the last 40 years. I remember I used to be able get a hooker for 20 bucks but not in this day and age!

Anonymous on Sep 26, 2019:

No longer safe as it used to be. Insults and hate speech becoming a popular trend

blu on Jul 02, 2019:

Compared to most other major cities, Tokyo is very safe.
There are of course crimes in the city like any city.
I'm a woman and I often walk around in the late evenings and nights in central Tokyo in crowded and uncrowded area and I've rarely felt I need to look over my shoulder. I even visited and small empty park at night and was okay!
I think areas like Kinshicho, Shinjuku and Shibuya have a lot of activity as night so if you're alone, drunk and not aware of your surrounding very late into the night, then yes, it can be dangerous. However, most areas are very safe.

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