According to the National Police Agency, 333,003 cases were reported in the first part of the year, 21. 1 more than the previous year, emerging for the first time in 21 years between January and June.
The crime rate has increased in part due to an increase in street crime and home invasions following the lifting of covid-19 restrictions.
According to the agency, street crime, which also included bicycle theft, increased 29. 7 percent from the same time last year, to 110,744 cases.
Robberies rose to 27,741 cases, up 28 percent, Kyodo news agency reported.
These figures come with thefts similar to “yami baito,” or “dark part-time job. “
According to the Japan Times, yami baito are part-time jobs that recruit other people through social networking sites that many other young people use, such as Twitter and Facebook. Time to attract other people.
The term yami baito gained traction when the Japanese were arrested for organizing scams from the Philippines. In addition, they were suspected of recruiting Americans for such paintings to provoke a series of robberies across Japan, Kyodo news firm reported.
The police extra-police said the accumulation of sensational crimes, as well as those committed in familiar places, likely to create a sense of diminished public safety.
A spokesman for the firm said: “It will be a turning point (in security) if the number of reported crimes continues while other people start to return to normal. “
Theft up 23. 8% from last year to 228,889 Matrix which represents three quarters of the total increase.
In addition, atrocity crimes, added to murders, rose from 16. 5 to 5,137 cases, Kyodo News Agency reported. (ANI)