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Convicted Penal Admission by Age Group (2020 onwards)

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Convicted penal inmates admitted in each year breakdown by age group. Age group are revised in 2020 in accordance to the national statistical standards.

Data from 2020 to 2025

Last updated 3 months ago (25 May 2026)

Convicted Penal Admission by Age Group (2020 onwards)

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ConvictedPenalAdmissionbyAgeGroup2020onwards.csv (54 rows, 977 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Admissions by age group Text	Number of admissions Numeric
(Null)0.0% 202016.7% 202116.7% 202216.7% 202316.7%	(Null)0.0% 20-2911.1% 30-3911.1% 40-4911.1% 50-5911.1%	(Null)0.0%
2020	19 & below	137
2020	20-29	1544
2020	30-39	1833
2020	40-49	1238
2020	50-59	990
2020	60-64	287
2020	65-69	144
2020	70-74	33
2020	75 & above	13
2021	19 & below	91

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Admissions by age group	admissions_by_age_group	Text	-	-
Number of admissions	number_of_admissions	Numeric	Number of Inmates	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_30868b21a990a0bd15f8e5e2ff1ce489"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Prison Service. (2023). Convicted Penal Admission by Age Group (2020 onwards) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_30868b21a990a0bd15f8e5e2ff1ce489/view

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Created on

23 Mar 2023

Licence

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

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SPS (Singapore Prison Service)