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2 Year Recidivism Rate

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Recidivism rate is defined as the percentage of local offenders under the custody of the Singapore Prison Service, who were subsequently detained or sentenced to imprisonment or day reporting order within two years of release into the community. This definition has been applied to the 2018 release cohort onwards.

Data from 2005 to 2023

Last updated 3 months ago (25 May 2026)

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2YearRecidivismRate.csv (57 rows, 1.4 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Types Of Recidivism Rates
Text
2 Year Recidivism Rates
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
OVERALL33.3%
DRC INMATES33.3%
PENAL INMATES33.3%
(Null)0.0%
2005OVERALL24.20
2005PENAL INMATES24.30
2005DRC INMATES13.20
2006OVERALL25.10
2006PENAL INMATES25.50
2006DRC INMATES9.90
2007OVERALL26.50
2007PENAL INMATES26.70
2007DRC INMATES20.40
2008OVERALL27.30
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3bd216e17b3c7caf9f010a49a6b1a9cc"
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. (2026). 2 Year Recidivism Rate (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3bd216e17b3c7caf9f010a49a6b1a9cc/view

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Created on

25 May 2026

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

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SPS (Singapore Prison Service)