Table 5-1-3-1 shows the trends of reported offenses regarding property (robbery, extortion, theft, fraud, embezzlement and embezzlement of lost property) and the amount of property damage (including cases in which victims are corporations or other organizations and bodies) over the last 10 years.
  Reviewing the trends over the last 10 years, both the number of reported property offenses and the amount of property damage were on an upward trend until 2002, but have been decreasing since 2003. By type of offense, the amount of damage by theft was largest in 2006, accounting for 67.8% of the total. The percentage of property damage by fraud was 24.9%, and that by embezzlement was 5.3%. The amount of damage in cash by fraud increased significantly in 2004, and in 2006, the amount accounted for 51.5% of the total.

Table 5-1-3-1  Number of cases reported for property offenses and the amount of damage (1997-2006)

  By modus operandi for theft in 2006, the amount of damage in cash by burglary theft was about 19.89 billion yen, while that by non-burglary theft was about 17.86 billion yen and that by vehicle-related theft was 0.24 billion yen (Source: Criminal Statistics by National Police Agency).