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Tier 2 Child Abuse Data by Sex and Type of Abuse (Domestic Violence Trends Report)

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

Breakdown of new child abuse cases investigated by MSF Protective Service by sex and type of abuse. The number of new cases may not equate to the unique number of survivors. For example, if a case was closed by MSF, and subsequently re-opened due to new incidences of abuse, it would be counted as two cases. If a case is overseen by both MSF and a community agency, it would be reflected as a case each in both the Tier 1 and Tier 2 datasets.

Data from Jan 2021 to Dec 2024

Last updated 7 months ago (9 Feb 2026)

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Tier2ChildAbuseDatabySexandTypeofAbuseDomesticViolenceTrendsReport.csv (32 rows, 1.1 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Sex
Text
Type Of Abuse
Text
No Of Child Abuse Cases
Text
(Null)0.0%
202125.0%
202225.0%
202325.0%
202425.0%
(Null)0.0%
Male50.0%
Female50.0%
(Null)0.0%
Neglect25.0%
Sexual Abuse25.0%
Physical Abuse25.0%
Emotional & Psychological Abuse25.0%
(Null)0.0%
2021MalePhysical Abuse408
2021FemalePhysical Abuse380
2021MaleNeglect311
2021FemaleNeglect318
2021MaleSexual Abuse159
2021FemaleSexual Abuse284
2021MaleEmotional & Psychological Abuse139
2021FemaleEmotional & Psychological Abuse142
2022MalePhysical Abuse403
2022FemalePhysical Abuse355
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0e83a60152fd6e5a3a763a27ff41a71f"
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.

Ministry of Social and Family Development. (2026). Tier 2 Child Abuse Data by Sex and Type of Abuse (Domestic Violence Trends Report) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0e83a60152fd6e5a3a763a27ff41a71f/view

About this dataset

Contact

Bryan_NG@msf.gov.sg

Created on

09 Feb 2026

Licence

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

Agency

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)