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Five Preventable Crime Cases Recorded By Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC), Annual

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Oct 2025, 19:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

Data Last Updated: 09/05/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Compilation of Five Preventable Crimes (5Ps) by NPC started with effect from 2010. Figures are based on annual revisions and pertain to cases with known locations.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M890931

Data explorer

FivePreventableCrimeCasesRecordedByNeighbourhoodPoliceCentreNPCAnnual.csv (342 rows, 29.8 KB)

Data Series Text	2024 Text	2023 Text	2022 Text	2021 Text	2020 Text	2019 Text	2018 Text	2017 Text	2016 Text	2015 Text	2014 Text	2013 Text	2012 Text	2011 Text
(Null)0.0% Robbery16.7% Snatch Theft16.7% Housebreaking16.7% Outrage Of Modesty16.7%	(Null)12.3%	(Null)12.3%	(Null)14.0%	(Null)14.0%	(Null)14.0% 023.1% 112.0% 28.8% 35.3%	(Null)14.0%	(Null)5.3%	(Null)19.3%	(Null)19.3%	(Null)19.3%	(Null)19.3%	(Null)19.3%	(Null)21.1%	(Null)22.8%
Central Police Division - Total	263	299	326	230	216	304	347	313	216	304	342	333	337	373
Robbery	0	3	4	7	3	8	17	14	15	21	26	37	34	50
Housebreaking	17	13	20	25	29	29	24	18	18	33	40	49	32	48
Snatch Theft	3	1	4	0	5	5	15	10	6	19	24	36	31	47
Theft Of Motor Vehicle	5	5	10	8	3	6	7	17	13	25	33	25	47	48
Outrage Of Modesty	238	277	288	190	176	256	284	254	164	206	219	186	193	180
Central Police Division - Bukit Merah East NPC	53	66	76	65	60	73	97	89	55	83	103	95	84	124
Robbery	0	0	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	3	7	6	8	15
Housebreaking	1	4	5	9	12	13	12	7	2	12	17	7	9	13
Snatch Theft	1	0	2	0	1	0	8	3	2	6	10	13	7	20

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2024	2024	Text	Number	-
2023	2023	Text	Number	-
2022	2022	Text	Number	-
2021	2021	Text	Number	-
2020	2020	Text	Number	-
2019	2019	Text	Number	-
2018	2018	Text	Number	-
2017	2017	Text	Number	-
2016	2016	Text	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5767147db6e5b4c4cfa874db132fef39"
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 Department of Statistics. (2024). Five Preventable Crime Cases Recorded By Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved October 7, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5767147db6e5b4c4cfa874db132fef39/view

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Created on

03 Jul 2024

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