Foreign criminality in Japan
Looking at the statistics from the NPA (in Japanese), we realise that among 20,007 people arrested, 11,282 were for offences, including 9,211 for immigration-related issues like overstaying their visa.
Thefts accounted for over 50% of the overall crimes (4,555 out of 8,725). No more than 477 (0,02%) of the total arrests were for vicious crimes, and they were mostly committed by Chinese (52%) and Brazilians (22%). Of the 477 vicious crimes, there were 61 murders, 34 rapes, 13 arsons and 369 robberies.
Where are foreign criminals from ?
Among the 20,007 people arrested in 2003 :
Considering only the 8,725 crimes (刑法犯), so not the offences such like visa overstaying, however, - 74,5% were from Asia - 17,7% were from South America - 2,2% were from North America (1,4% from USA) - 2% were from Europe - 1,8% were from Russia - 0,9% were from Africa - 0,8% were from Oceania
The following table gives the number of foreigners by nationality for the main countries represented in Japan. The foreign population is based on the number of residents (stats from the Japan Statistical Bureau for 2003) and visitors (stats from the JNTO for 2004) combined as shown below.
We will not take into account some of the main group of foreign residents in Japan due to a lack of information on the number of visitors. The countries affected are Peru, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Iran.
Number of foreign residents and visitors in Japan by nationality
Country or Region
Japan
Korea
China
USA
Philippines
Brazil
UK
Thailand
Russia
Asia
North America
Europe (except Russia)
South America
Oceania
Africa Residents in Japan
127,435,000
613,000
462,000
48,000
185,000
274,000
18,000
34,000
7,000
1,422,000
63,000
50,000
344,000
16,000
10,000 Visitors in Japan
-
1,468,000
577,000
704,000
141,000
12,000
201,000
97,000
52,000
3,887,000
854,000
624,000
25,000
210,000
18,000 Total
127,435,000
2,081,000
1,039,000
752,000
326,000
286,000
219,000
132,000
59,000
5,309,000
917,000
674,000
369,000
226,000
28,000
Let us now calculated the crime and offence rates based on the total of residents and visitors for the main countries represented in Japan and each continent.
Number of crimes and offences committed in Japan by nationality
Country or Region
Japan
Korea
China
USA
Philippines
Brazil
UK
Thailand
Russia
Asia
North America
Europe (except Russia)
South America
Oceania
Africa Population
127,435,000
2,081,000
1,039,000
752,000
326,000
286,000
219,000
132,000
59,000
5,309,000
917,000
674,000
369,000
226,000
28,000 People arrested
433,305
1,793
8,996
166
1,333
1,224
72
699
244
16,666
262
285
2,180
100
267 "for Crimes"
370,877
496
4,444
119
329
1,005
47
68
160
6,498
191
176
1,542
75
81 "for Offences"
62,428
1,297
4,552
47
1,004
219
25
631
84
10,168
71
109
638
25
186
Crimes and offences rate in Japan by nationality
Country
Japan
Korea
China
USA
Philippines
Brazil
UK
Thailand
Russia
Asia
North America
Europe (except Russia)
South America
Oceania
Africa Crime/offence rate
0.340%
0.086%
0.860%
0.022%
0.409%
0.428%
0.032%
0.530%
0.871%
0.314%
0.029%
0.042%
0.590%
0.044%
0.954% Crime rate
0.291%
0.024%
0.428%
0.016%
0.101%
0.351%
0.021%
0.051%
0.271%
0.122%
0.021%
0.026%
0.418%
0.033%
0.289% Offence rate
0.049%
0.062%
0.432%
0.006%
0.308%
0.077%
0.011%
0.479%
0.600%
0.192%
0.008%
0.016%
0.172%
0.011%
0.665%
Highest rate of crimes/offences per country
Having a look at the statistics above, the highest rate of criminals and offenders combined by nationality is found respectively among Russians (0.871%), Chinese (0.860%), Thais (0.530%), Brazilians (0.428%) and Philippinos (0.409%). Considering continents, the highest crime and offence rate is however held by the Africans (0.954%).
The Japanese crime rate is 0.340%, which is similar to the Asian average of 0.314%, but about 10 times higher than that of Western countries, with Oceanians at 0.0044%, Europeans at 0.042% and North Americans at 0.029%.
The Koreans have the lowest crime and offence rate (0.086%) of any non-Western country, which is worth mentioning as they are the single largest group of foreigners in Japan, accounting for 1/3 of all foreign residents.
Highest rate of crimes only per country
If we omit the offences, as most of them are visa-related and cannot compare to Japanese rates. Offences include all violations of the law that do not cause any harm to other people, such as getting a parking ticket or consuming alcohol under the legal age.If we concentrate on real crimes, we find a completely different ranking though. Iranians, Russians or Philippinos have been arrested for a much higher number of offences than crimes, for instance. We also see that Brazilians and Japanese were arrested for proportionally more crimes than offences. Here is the real crime rate :
<해석>
일본내 거주하는 외국인과 방문자수
나라 또는 지구
일본
한국
중국
미국
필리핀
브라질
UK
타이란드
러시아
아시아
북아메리카
유럽 (러시아를 제외하고)
남아메리카
오세아니아
아프리카 일본안에 거주자
127,435,000
613,000
462,000
48,000
185,000
274,000
18,000
34,000
7,000
1,422,000
63,000
50,000
344,000
16,000
10,000 일본안에 방문자
-
1,468,000
577,000
704,000
141,000
12,000
201,000
97,000
52,000
3,887,000
854,000
624,000
25,000
210,000
18,000 합계
127,435,000
2,081,000
1,039,000
752,000
326,000
286,000
219,000
132,000
59,000
5,309,000
917,000
674,000
369,000
226,000
28,000
국적별 일본내 외국인 범죄건수
나라 또는 지구
일본
한국
중국
미국
필리핀
브라질
UK
타이란드
러시아
아시아
북아메리카
유럽 (러시아를 제외하고)
남아메리카
오세아니아
아프리카 인구
127,435,000
2,081,000
1,039,000
752,000
326,000
286,000
219,000
132,000
59,000
5,309,000
917,000
674,000
369,000
226,000
28,000 검거
433,305
1,793
8,996
166
1,333
1,224
72
699
244
16,666
262
285
2,180
100
267 범죄
370,877
496
4,444
119
329
1,005
47
68
160
6,498
191
176
1,542
75
81 단순위반
62,428
1,297
4,552
47
1,004
219
25
631
84
10,168
71
109
638
25
186
국적별 일본내 외국인 범죄율
나라
일본
한국
중국
미국
필리핀
브라질
UK
타이란드
러시아
아시아
북아메리카
유럽 (러시아를 제외하고)
남아메리카
오세아니아
아프리카 Crime/offence비율
0.340%
0.086%
0.860%
0.022%
0.409%
0.428%
0.032%
0.530%
0.871%
0.314%
0.029%
0.042%
0.590%
0.044%
0.954% 범죄율
0.291%
0.024%
0.428%
0.016%
0.101%
0.351%
0.021%
0.051%
0.271%
0.122%
0.021%
0.026%
0.418%
0.033%
0.289% 위반 비율
0.049%
0.062%
0.432%
0.006%
0.308%
0.077%
0.011%
0.479%
0.600%
0.192%
0.008%
0.016%
0.172%
0.011%
0.665%
한국인은 일본내에 가장 많은 외국인이지만, 가장 낮은 범죄와 위반율 (0.086%)을 보여준다
원 문The Koreans have the lowest crime and offence rate (0.086%) of any non-Western country, which is worth mentioning as they are the single largest group of foreigners in Japan, accounting for 1/3 of all foreign residents
국적별 일본내 범죄율
일본인 0.291% 한국인 0.024%
따라서 일본인이 말하는 일본내 범죄는 한국인이다 라고 말하는것은 날조라는것이 밝혀졌습니다.