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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 (11) and Saitama-shi Chuo-ku (4).

Updated 2026-11-02

  1. 1Saitama-shi Urawa-kuMotobuto 1-chōme1.3 recorded crimes/year · population 4,159 · 12 min walk to Urawa Sta.0.03per 100 people/yr96% below the metro average
  2. 2Saitama-shi Urawa-kuKozancho0.3 recorded crimes/year · population 1,888 · 22 min walk to Yono Sta.0.02per 100 people/yr98% below the metro average
  3. 3Saitama-shi Urawa-kuDaito 2-chōme0.3 recorded crimes/year · population 1,830 · 30 min walk to Kita-Urawa Sta.0.02per 100 people/yr98% below the metro average
  4. 4Saitama-shi Urawa-kuRyoke 6-chōme0.7 recorded crimes/year · population 2,210 · 15 min walk to Kita-Urawa Sta.0.03per 100 people/yr96% below the metro average
  5. 5Saitama-shi Omiya-kuShimocho 3-chōme1.3 recorded crimes/year · population 2,829 · 19 min walk to Saitama-Shintoshin Sta.0.05per 100 people/yr94% below the metro average
  6. 6Saitama-shi Chuo-kuSuzuya 7-chōme1.3 recorded crimes/year · population 2,749 · 12 min walk to Yono-Hommachi Sta.0.05per 100 people/yr94% below the metro average
  7. 7Saitama-shi Chuo-kuHommachihigashi 7-chōme1.7 recorded crimes/year · population 3,101 · 12 min walk to Kita-Yono Sta.0.05per 100 people/yr93% below the metro average
  8. 8Saitama-shi Urawa-kuMotocho 1-chōme1.3 recorded crimes/year · population 2,500 · 13 min walk to Kita-Urawa Sta.0.05per 100 people/yr93% below the metro average
  9. 9Saitama-shi Urawa-kuKizaki 5-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 2,146 · 37 min walk to Kita-Urawa Sta.0.05per 100 people/yr94% below the metro average
  10. 10Saitama-shi Kita-kuNaracho9.3 recorded crimes/year · population 9,465 · 18 min walk to Miyahara Sta.0.09per 100 people/yr88% below the metro average
  11. 11Saitama-shi Omiya-kuHorinouchicho 1-chōme3.7 recorded crimes/year · population 4,466 · 25 min walk to Kita-omiya Sta.0.08per 100 people/yr90% below the metro average
  12. 12Saitama-shi Chuo-kuOto 4-chōme0.7 recorded crimes/year · population 1,782 · 10 min walk to Kita-Urawa Sta.0.04per 100 people/yr95% below the metro average
  13. 13Saitama-shi Kita-kuBesshocho6 recorded crimes/year · population 6,221 · 31 min walk to Ageo Sta.0.09per 100 people/yr89% below the metro average
  14. 14Saitama-shi Urawa-kuKamikizaki 6-chōme1.7 recorded crimes/year · population 2,528 · 17 min walk to Yono Sta.0.07per 100 people/yr91% below the metro average
  15. 15Saitama-shi Urawa-kuNakacho 3-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 1,930 · 13 min walk to Urawa Sta.0.05per 100 people/yr94% below the metro average
  16. 16Saitama-shi Urawa-kuTokiwa 1-chōme2.7 recorded crimes/year · population 3,347 · 10 min walk to Urawa Sta.0.08per 100 people/yr90% below the metro average
  17. 17Saitama-shi Omiya-kuMihashi 2-chōme6 recorded crimes/year · population 6,083 · 42 min walk to Tetsudo Hakubutsukan Sta.0.09per 100 people/yr88% below the metro average
  18. 18Saitama-shi Urawa-kuKishicho 7-chōme2 recorded crimes/year · population 2,709 · 10 min walk to Urawa Sta.0.06per 100 people/yr92% below the metro average
  19. 19Saitama-shi Chuo-kuShimochiai 2-chōme1 recorded crime/year · population 1,860 · 8 min walk to Yono Sta.0.05per 100 people/yr94% below the metro average
  20. 20Saitama-shi Urawa-kuMaeji 2-chōme0.3 recorded crimes/year · population 1,241 · 10 min walk to Urawa Sta.0.02per 100 people/yr97% 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; unpopulated areas are excluded (one entry per neighborhood).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.