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Data on Drug Abusers Arrested (By Ethnic Group)

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Aug 2025, 15:11 SGT

CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau)

Data explorer

DataonDrugAbusersArrestedByEthnicGroup.csv (176 rows, 3.9 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Status Text	Ethnic Group Text	No Of Drug Abusers Text
(Null)0.0% 20034.5% 20044.5% 20054.5% 20064.5%	(Null)0.0% New50.0% Total 50.0%	(Null)0.0% Malay25.0% Indian25.0% Others25.0% Chinese25.0%	(Null)0.0%
2003	Total	Chinese	1098
2004	Total	Chinese	689
2005	Total	Chinese	581
2006	Total	Chinese	647
2007	Total	Chinese	813
2008	Total	Chinese	1048
2009	Total	Chinese	1036
2010	Total	Chinese	1050
2011	Total	Chinese	1109
2012	Total	Chinese	1099

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Status	status	Text	-	-
Ethnic Group	ethnic_group	Text	-	-
No Of Drug Abusers	no_of_drug_abusers	Text	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0e3352ebb178b555f5bd0ed97c20dd8c"
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.

Central Narcotics Bureau. (2024). Data on Drug Abusers Arrested (By Ethnic Group) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 19, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0e3352ebb178b555f5bd0ed97c20dd8c/view

About this dataset

Contact

chiam_pei_san@cnb.gov.sg kelvin_foo@cnb.gov.sg

Created on

05 Feb 2024

Licence

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

Agency

CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau)