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Police officers (per 1,000 people)
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Safety · National ranking
Police officers (per 1,000)
As of 2024
Official latest
Police officers per 1,000 people. The human resources for maintaining public safety.
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Tokyo
3.08
people
2
Kyoto
2.62
people
3
Wakayama
2.48
people
4
Kochi
2.47
people
5
Nagasaki
2.47
people
6
Yamaguchi
2.46
people
7
Osaka
2.44
people
8
Fukui
2.37
people
9
Shimane
2.33
people
10
Tottori
2.29
people
11
Tokushima
2.27
people
12
Akita
2.22
people
13
Hyogo
2.21
people
14
Fukuoka
2.20
people
15
Saga
2.18
people
16
Yamanashi
2.13
people
17
Hokkaido
2.07
people
18
Kagawa
2.01
people
19
Niigata
2.00
people
20
Okinawa
1.99
people
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