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

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

Breakdown of new child abuse cases investigated by MSF Protective Service by age and sex. 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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Tier2ChildAbuseDatabyAgeandSexDomesticViolenceTrendsReport.csv (32 rows, 908 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Age Group
Text
Sex
Text
No Of Child Abuse Cases
Text
(Null)0.0%
202125.0%
202225.0%
202325.0%
202425.0%
(Null)0.0%
0-6 years25.0%
7-12 years25.0%
13-16 years25.0%
17-18 years25.0%
(Null)0.0%
Male50.0%
Female50.0%
(Null)0.0%
20210-6 yearsMale351
20217-12 yearsMale381
202113-16 yearsMale231
202117-18 yearsMale53
20210-6 yearsFemale334
20217-12 yearsFemale370
202113-16 yearsFemale347
202117-18 yearsFemale73
20220-6 yearsMale371
20227-12 yearsMale360
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_4593e1723b33ed73f030c8752ed0692c"
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 Age and Sex (Domestic Violence Trends Report) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4593e1723b33ed73f030c8752ed0692c/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)