Japan has a high crime rate?

Question:

I've always heard Japan had virtually zero crime. Yet I just found out it has one of the top 10 highest crime rates in the world. Higher even than South Africa, India, Italy, and Canada.

Really??? Since when?

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten…

Answer:

That map is DEAD WRONG, it is the number of total crimes rather then listing "crime rates".

For example it says India ( a country with over 1 billion people had only 1.7 million reported crimes), WHICH IS DEAD WRONG. India had nearly 19million cognitable reportable crimes in 2006, including nearly 33 THOUSAND murders in India.

South Africa is one of the most dangerous countries on the planet to be on!

"Crime Rate" is defined as "the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area".
The map there does not show crime rates.

Here is an example of actual crime rates of Japan compared to other countries:

Homicide rates in counties, rate per 100,000 population (2009 data):
Japan (0.4) (yes zero point four) - Which is one of the lowest in the world.
Switzerland 2.3
United States 5.4
Honduras 58 (yes FIFTY EIGHT), the highest in the world.

Theft of Personal Property (percentages) one year-victimization survey
Japan 0.3
Italy 2.4
Canada 4.0
USA 4.8
World Average 3.8 (again as you can see Japan has lower rates)

In general, Japan as some of the LOWEST crime rates in the entire world.