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Collection: Remand Population

Dataset: Remand Population by Offence Group

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Remand Population by Offence Group

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Remand Population as at 31 December of each year breakdown by offence group.

Data from 2007 to 2025

Last updated 3 months ago (25 May 2026)

Remand Population by Offence Group

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RemandPopulationbyOffenceGroup.csv (190 rows, 5.4 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Population By Main Offence Group
Text
Number Of Population
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
20075.3%
20085.3%
20095.3%
20105.3%
(Null)0.0%
Drug Offences10.0%
Other Offences10.0%
Property Crimes10.0%
Customs Offences10.0%
(Null)0.0%
2007Crimes Against Person57
2007Property Crimes122
2007Commercial Crimes22
2007Drug Offences164
2007Immigration Offences96
2007Crimes Against Public Order18
2007Customs Offences0
2007Crimes Under Women's Charter6
2007Traffic Offences1
2007Other Offences38
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_18077ea3d5e77ee03558d4f5b3b6683f"
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). Remand Population by Offence Group (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_18077ea3d5e77ee03558d4f5b3b6683f/view

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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)