Number of recognized murder cases Japan 2015-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 10, 2025

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.

Number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Japan from 2015 to 2024

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February 2025

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Japan

Survey time period

2015 to 2024

Supplementary notes

Data prior to 2019 come from previous reporting.

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