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Is Sumie 4-chōme (Osaka-shi Sumiyoshi-ku) safe? Crime data, rent & livability

Overall score
59
Bottom 42% in Kansai
🧒 Childcare top 5%

How safe is Sumie 4-chōme? 6 crimes were reported in 2024. Adjusted for population, it ranks in the least safe 40% of neighborhoods in Kansai (safety score: 67/100).

Sumie 4-chōme is a neighborhood in Osaka-shi Sumiyoshi-ku, Japan, with 21 everyday amenities within walking distance. Nearest station: Sawanocho (2 min walk). Rent for one or two people runs ¥35K–¥80K.

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Rent

¥35K–¥80K
Single / couple (Studio–1LDK)

Family (2LDK–3LDK) ¥50K–¥116K

train

Getting around

2 min walk
Sawanocho Sta. · Nankai Koya Line

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people

Total population

1,465
Foreign residents 14 (1.0%)
Resident age groupsAvg. age 47.9
15%
11%
11%
14%
14%
11%
23%
~1940s70+

Census 2020 · age groups are for Osaka-shi Sumiyoshi-ku

terrain

Terrain (slopes & elevation)

5m
Mostly flat
FlatSteep

The ground barely rises, so walking or cycling from the station is easy.

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Local amenities

Bottom 38%
Kansai · 16 pts
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Convenience1
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Park1
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Hospital3

Within walking distance

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Childcare

Top 5%
Kansai · 86 pts
🧒Nurseries5
🏫Schools11
🌳Park1

For families: 5 nurseries/kindergartens, 11 schools nearby.

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Noise sources nearby

Bottom 14%
Kansai · 66 pts
Road noiseNear a major road
Railway noiseTracks nearby
Night noiseNone

There is a main road and a ground-level railway about 125 m away. Worth checking for noise when you view a place.

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Safety (crime data)

Bottom 40%
Kansai · 67 pts · 0.40 per 100 people/yr · 大阪府警察 2024年
CautionArea avgSafe
Bag snatching / Bike theft6
infoViolent crime isn't disclosed at the neighborhood level, so it isn't reflected in this score.

The local force publishes only a total for this block — 6 reported offences a year, without a breakdown by offence type. Annual counts per neighborhood from Metropolitan and prefectural police open data. Counts run higher where daytime foot traffic is heavy, so for a per-resident view see sonar's safety score (population-normalized). See the Kansai safety ranking →

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Disaster risk (hazard map)

2
floodFlood0.5〜1.0m
tsunamiTsunamiNone
landslideLandslideNone
wavesStorm surge1.0m+
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Scored from police, municipal and OpenStreetMap open data, using the same formula for every neighborhood.

Sources: OpenStreetMap, National Police Agency open data, MLIT hazard maps, and the Real Estate Information Library, aggregated per neighborhood. May differ from current conditions.