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But despite the belief of many that leaving a bicycle is unsafe Japan does have bicycle thieves and hundreds of thousands of bicycles are reported stolen each year.
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In 2013, according to police statistics, 305,033 bicycles were reported stolen. Osaka had the highest rate of bicycle theft with 4.65 bicycles stolen per 1000 residents, followed by Tokyo and Saitama. Cities with the lowest incidents of bicycle theft were Akita and Nagasaki with just 0.57 reported thefts per 1000 residents. As registering your bicycle as a theft deterrent is compulsory for all bicycles purchased in Japan it would be great to see statistics from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police as to how many of these stolen bicycles were recovered and returned to their owners. Reported stolen bicycles in 2013 Population (unit:1000) Rate per 1000 residents Osaka 41,191 8,856 4.65 Tokyo 50,859 13,230 3.84 Saitama 23,506 7,212 3.26 Hyogo 16,329 5,571 2.93 Kyoto 7,632 2,625 2.91 Chiba 17,791 6,195 2.87 Fukuoka 14,516 5,085 2.85 Okayama 5,026 1,936 2.60 Shiga 3,562 1,415 2.52 Aichi 17,832 7,427 2.40 Kochi 1,667 752 2.22 Kanagawa 19,900 9,067 2.19 Mie 3,810 1,840 2.07 Saga 1,702 843 2.02 Miyazaki 2,123 1,126 1.89 Ehime 2,654 1,415 1.88 Gifu 3,798 2,061 1.84 Hiroshima 5,074 2,848 1.78 Tokushima 1,363 776 1.76 Nara 2,364 1,390 1.70 Wakayama 1,664 988 1.68 Kagawa 1,658 989 1.68 Shizuoka 6,058 3,735 1.62 Ibaraki 4,751 2,943 1.61 Miyagi 3,722 2,325 1.60 Tochigi 3,130 1,992 1.57 Yamaguchi 2,215 1,431 1.55 Tottori 898 582 1.54 Kumamoto 2,711 1,807 1.50 Ishikawa 1,724 1,163 1.48 Hokkaido 7,965 5,460 1.46 Gunma 2,890 1,992 1.45 Yamanashi 1,223 852 1.44 Niigata 3,298 2,347 1.41 Nagano 2,854 2,132 1.34 Kagoshima 2,114 1,690 1.25 Fukui 996 799 1.25 Toyama 1,344 1,082 1.24 Oita 1,420 1,185 1.20 Fukushima 2,263 1,962 1.15 Okinawa 1,603 1,409 1.14 Shimane 778 707 1.10 Iwate 1,233 1,303 0.95 Aomori 1,267 1,350 0.94 Yamagata 971 1,152 0.84 Akita 758 1,063 0.71 Nagasaki 796 1,408 0.57 2013 2012 Total 305,003 303,745 Hokkaido 7,965 8,810 Aomori 1,267 1,434 Iwate 1,233 1,442 Miyagi 3,722 3,837 Akita 758 844 Yamagata 971 909 Fukushima 2,263 2,410 Tokyo 50,859 53,184 Ibaraki 4,751 4,819 Tochigi 3,130 3,046 Gunma 2,890 2,806 Saitama 23,506 24,706 Chiba 17,791 18,890 Kanagawa 19,900 20,643 Niigata 3,298 3,256 Yamanashi 1,223 1,337 Nagano 2,854 3,109 Shizuoka 6,058 6,383 Toyama 1,344 1,419 Ishikawa 1,724 1,811 Fukui 996 965 Gifu 3,798 3,951 Aichi 17,832 18,823 Mie 3,810 4,363 Shiga 3,562 3,593 Kyoto 7,632 7,359 Osaka 41,191 30,191 Hyogo 16,329 15,930 Nara 2,364 2,514 Wakayama 1,664 1,760 Tottori 898 862 Shimane 778 835 Okayama 5,026 5,477 Hiroshima 5,074 5,307 Yamaguchi 2,215 2,234 Tokushima 1,363 1,496 Kagawa 1,658 1,652 Ehime 2,654 2,545 Kochi 1,667 1,736 Fukuoka 14,516 14,216 Saga 1,702 1,697 Nagasaki 796 881 Kumamoto 2,711 2,693 Oita 1,420 1,516 Miyazaki 2,123 2,220 Kagoshima 2,114 2,267 Okinawa 1,603 1,567
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