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Persons Arrested For Selected Major Offences By Sex And Broad Age Group, Annual

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Jul 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

Data Last Updated: 09/05/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M890901

Data explorer

PersonsArrestedForSelectedMajorOffencesBySexAndBroadAgeGroupAnnual.csv (130 rows, 12.8 KB)

Data Series Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total Persons Arrested For Murder	11	3	8	9	9	28	9	14	43	18	24	29	16	30
Above 21 Years Old	11	3	7	8	7	27	8	12	41	16	23	27	15	18
21 Years Old And Below	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	12
Youths (7 To 19 Years Old)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9
Male Arrested For Murder	10	2	6	6	7	21	7	13	37	14	19	25	16	28
Above 21 Years Old	10	2	5	5	5	21	7	11	36	12	18	23	15	17
21 Years Old And Below	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	11
Youths (7 To 19 Years Old)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8
Female Arrested For Murder	1	1	2	3	2	7	2	1	6	4	5	4	0	2
Above 21 Years Old	1	1	2	3	2	6	1	1	5	4	5	4	0	1

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_08433c469bbe2768daf9e2b86217991d"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Persons Arrested For Selected Major Offences By Sex And Broad Age Group, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_08433c469bbe2768daf9e2b86217991d/view

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Created on

03 Jul 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)