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Collection: Convicted Penal Population

Dataset: Convicted Penal Population by Age Group (2006-2020)

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Convicted Penal Population by Age Group (2006-2020)

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Convicted Penal Population as at 31 December of each year breakdown by Age Group.

Data from Jan 2006 to Dec 2020

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Convicted Penal Population by Age Group (2006-2020)

Data explorer

ConvictedPenalPopulationbyAgeGroup20062020.csv (90 rows, 1.5 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Population by age group Text	Number of population Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2006	Below 21	562
2006	21-30	2929
2006	31-40	4003
2006	41-50	2752
2006	51-60	900
2006	60 Above	126
2007	Below 21	554
2007	21-30	2467
2007	31-40	3540
2007	41-50	2775

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Population by age group	population_by_age_group	Text	-	-
Number of population	number_of_population	Numeric	Numbers of Inmates	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_067f98c95cfbf567a54f74d25221e133"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Prison Service. (2016). Convicted Penal Population by Age Group (2006-2020) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_067f98c95cfbf567a54f74d25221e133/view

About this dataset

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Created on

29 Mar 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)