Osaka

Japan · Asia

96Safety indexLower concern

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

5/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

34.69°, 135.50°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Osaka scores 96 out of 100 in our index, near the top of the scale and safer than about 81% of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 1.7 per 100,000 and its robbery rate is just 2.3 per 100,000, both very low. Each figure is reported for the wider state area and calculated by us from a count and a population, so treat them as upper bounds on the city itself. All four governments we track hold Japan at their lowest advisory level, with no disagreement between them, though their guidance still notes pickpocketing and scams for visitors. In a national survey, 81.7% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night, sentiment that lines up with the low recorded crime.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime3

Robbery & theft0

Travel advisory0

The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)

1.7/100k

Figure is for Osaka (prefecture) (state / province), wider than Osaka itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 148 (count, 2024) ÷ 8837685 population (Statistics Bureau of Japan — 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査), 2020) × 100k.

Primary source: 警察庁 (National Police Agency, Japan) — 犯罪統計 / Criminal Statistics (annual confirmed values)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded

01·3·8·20·40 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 47% of tracked cities

1.7/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

2.3/100k

Figure is for Osaka (prefecture) (state / province), wider than Osaka itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 201 (count, 2024) ÷ 8837685 population (Statistics Bureau of Japan — 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査), 2020) × 100k.

Primary source: 警察庁 (National Police Agency, Japan) — 犯罪統計 / Criminal Statistics (annual confirmed values)

Where this sits on the scaleLow

040·120·250·400·600 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 93% of tracked cities

2.3/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Japan Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Japan Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Japan travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Japan travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.

Feel safe walking alone at night

National survey

81.7%feel safe

81.7% of people surveyed · Japan · 2024

Survey figure is for Japan (country), wider than Osaka itself.

Primary source: UN SDG 16.1.4 — feel safe walking alone at night (UNODC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.

Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories

2 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 2 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Japan travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Japan travel advice (Safety and security)