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Tier 2 non-elderly Vulnerable Adult (VA) abuse cases by sex and type of abuse 2021 - 2023 (Domestic Violence Trends Report)

Data from Jan 2021 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 26 Sep 2024, 16:22 SGT

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

Breakdown of Non-Elderly Vulnerable Adult (VA) abuse cases by sex and type of abuse overseen by MSF Adult Protective Service (APS) from 2021 to 2023

Data explorer

Tier2nonelderlyVulnerableAdultVAabusecasesbysexandtypeofabuse20212023DomesticViolenceTrendsReport.csv (24 rows, 802 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Type Of Abuse Text	Sex Text	No Of Non Elderly VA Cases Numeric
(Null)0.0% 202133.3% 202233.3% 202333.3%	(Null)0.0% Neglect25.0% Sexual Abuse25.0% Physical Abuse25.0% Emotional & Psychological Abuse25.0%	(Null)0.0% Male50.0% Female50.0%	(Null)0.0%
2021	Physical Abuse	Female	20
2021	Physical Abuse	Male	11
2022	Physical Abuse	Female	11
2022	Physical Abuse	Male	13
2023	Physical Abuse	Female	7
2023	Physical Abuse	Male	3
2021	Neglect	Female	3
2021	Neglect	Male	4
2022	Neglect	Female	3
2022	Neglect	Male	3

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	Year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Type Of Abuse	Type_of_Abuse	Text	-	-
Sex	Sex	Text	-	-
No Of Non Elderly VA Cases	No_of_non_elderly_VA_cases	Numeric	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_59c0011eff1eb369c25b2eced194fb76"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Ministry of Social and Family Development. (2024). Tier 2 non-elderly Vulnerable Adult (VA) abuse cases by sex and type of abuse 2021 - 2023 (Domestic Violence Trends Report) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 18, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_59c0011eff1eb369c25b2eced194fb76/view

About this dataset

Contact

Bryan_NG@msf.gov.sg

Created on

26 Sep 2024

Licence

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

Agency

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)