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Safest neighborhoods in Saitama City: Top 20

We scored every chōme-level neighborhood in the city of Saitama using official police open data (recorded crimes), normalized by residential and working population. Only neighborhoods with measured data are ranked. The top 20 cluster in Saitama-shi Urawa-ku (10) and Saitama-shi Chuo-ku (5).

Updated 2026-08-06

  1. 1Saitama-shi Kita-kuOnaricho11 min walk to Tetsudo Hakubutsukan Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 6,215 residents
  2. 2Saitama-shi Kita-kuKushihikicho13 min walk to Tetsudo Hakubutsukan Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 5,037 residents
  3. 3Saitama-shi Urawa-kuKozancho22 min walk to Yono Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 1,888 residents
  4. 4Saitama-shi Urawa-kuDaito 2-chōme30 min walk to Kita-Urawa Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 1,830 residents
  5. 5Saitama-shi Chuo-kuHommachinishi 3-chōme16 min walk to Yono-Hommachi Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 1,791 residents
  6. 6Saitama-shi Chuo-kuOto 4-chōme10 min walk to Kita-Urawa Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 1,782 residents
  7. 7Saitama-shi Urawa-kuTokiwa 4-chōme14 min walk to Urawa Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 1,656 residents
  8. 8Saitama-shi Chuo-kuHommachihigashi 5-chōme11 min walk to Kita-Yono Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 1,636 residents
  9. 9Saitama-shi Chuo-kuShimochiai 7-chōme7 min walk to Yono-Hommachi Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 1,467 residents
  10. 10Saitama-shi Urawa-kuKamikizaki 5-chōme14 min walk to Yono Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 1,325 residents
  11. 11Saitama-shi Chuo-kuSuzuya 5-chōme8 min walk to Minami-Yono Sta.0crimes/yrzero crimes among 1,088 residents
  12. 12Saitama-shi Omiya-kuShimocho 3-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 2,829｜19 min walk to Saitama-Shintoshin Sta.0.04crimes/100 people·yr89% below the metro average
  13. 13Saitama-shi Urawa-kuMotobuto 3-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 2,767｜14 min walk to Urawa Sta.0.04crimes/100 people·yr89% below the metro average
  14. 14Saitama-shi Urawa-kuKishicho 7-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 2,709｜10 min walk to Urawa Sta.0.03crimes/100 people·yr90% below the metro average
  15. 15Saitama-shi Urawa-kuRyoke 7-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 2,486｜14 min walk to Yono Sta.0.04crimes/100 people·yr88% below the metro average
  16. 16Saitama-shi Urawa-kuKizaki 5-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 2,146｜37 min walk to Kita-Urawa Sta.0.05crimes/100 people·yr86% below the metro average
  17. 17Saitama-shi Urawa-kuNakacho 3-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 1,930｜13 min walk to Urawa Sta.0.05crimes/100 people·yr86% below the metro average
  18. 18Saitama-shi Minami-kuShikatebukuro 3-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 1,929｜6 min walk to Naka-Urawa Sta.0.05crimes/100 people·yr85% below the metro average
  19. 19Saitama-shi Urawa-kuSegasaki 2-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 1,817｜24 min walk to Kita-Urawa Sta.0.06crimes/100 people·yr83% below the metro average
  20. 20Saitama-shi Minuma-kuHigashiomiya 1-chōme2 recorded crimes/year · population 2,963｜14 min walk to Higashi-Omiya Sta.0.06crimes/100 people·yr81% below the metro average

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Methodology

Source: Crime open data from the Metropolitan Police Department and prefectural police. Ranked with the same objective scores as the sonar app; uninhabitable areas are excluded (one entry per town).The safety ranking only includes neighborhoods with measured crime statistics. Estimates are never ranked.For detailed sources and data vintages, see the privacy policy & sources.