Six out of 10 people who have been caught secretly taking pictures of women on subways and trains commit repeat offenses in the same location, according to the Justice Ministry.
The widespread use of smartphones and digital cameras has led to an almost sixfold increase of upskirt peeping over the last five years, while the rate of repeat offenses reached 75 percent.
The figures come from a tally of sex crimes committed by 74,956 offenders and 2,901 repeat offenders during 2008 to 2018.
The rate of repeat offenses in the same locations on subways and trains was a whopping 62.5 percent. The rate of repeat offenses was 60.9 percent in bathhouses, 53.1 percent on buses and 44.8 percent in public toilets.
Hidden-camera crimes soared fivefold from 412 in 2013 to 2,388 in 2018. Some 56.5 percent of offenders were men in their 20s and 30s, while the repeat offense rate was 75 percent.
