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Economy

Unlicensed Moneylending And Harassment, Annual

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Aug 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/M890921

Data explorer

UnlicensedMoneylendingAndHarassmentAnnual.csv (4 rows, 693 B)

Data Series
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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Unlicensed Moneylending Cases Recorded3673506738491027751563614555631790125418511566
Unlicensed Moneylending Harassment Cases Recorded346731602861282633365281460838143388424257637052898911776
Number Of Persons Arrested For Unlicensed Moneylending8576607779001177131010531194109112551387161515671608
Number Of Persons Arrested For Unlicensed Moneylending Harassment271196198220240349277295302213256338348373

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2e8c7fffdfb3f4a85b06a7647072b731"
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 Department of Statistics. (2024). Unlicensed Moneylending And Harassment, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 29, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2e8c7fffdfb3f4a85b06a7647072b731/view

About this dataset

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Created on

03 Jul 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)