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Convicted Penal Population By Age And Offence Group, Annual

Data from Jan 2012 to Dec 2023Updated 7 months ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS - SINGAPORE PRISON SERVICE

Data Last Updated: 01/04/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891091

Data explorer

ConvictedPenalPopulationByAgeAndOffenceGroupAnnual.csv (100 rows, 8.4 KB)

Data Series
Text
2023
Numeric
2022
Numeric
2021
Numeric
2020
Numeric
2019
Numeric
2018
Text
2017
Text
2016
Text
2015
Text
2014
Text
2013
Text
2012
Text
(Null)0.0%
Drug Offences10.0%
Other Offences10.0%
Property Crimes10.0%
Customs Offences10.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)90.0%
581.0%
641.0%
1381.0%
1491.0%
(Null)90.0%
621.0%
1021.0%
1261.0%
1301.0%
(Null)90.0%
721.0%
1231.0%
1471.0%
1591.0%
(Null)90.0%
731.0%
881.0%
1291.0%
1341.0%
(Null)90.0%
691.0%
1711.0%
1741.0%
1841.0%
(Null)90.0%
661.0%
1661.0%
1751.0%
2251.0%
(Null)90.0%
551.0%
1711.0%
1911.0%
2111.0%
Total4545503859456934807887818885950296029754100429901
Crimes Against Person735726702692701705655607560575603543
Commercial Crimes450336343370448447440508488537704742
Crimes Against Public Order146174171138145149126147129174175171
Customs Offences17615916018627122022621588171166211
Drug Offences229928673682464654206030617866666675652765106287
Immigration Offences264124235964102123134184225295
Other Offences12791136115133138130159319279244191
Property Crimes48157963971286297096610051136123813491406
Traffic Offences1056588523958627273696655

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextNumber Of Inmates-
20232023NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20222022NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20212021NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20202020NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20192019NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20182018TextNumber Of Inmates-
20172017TextNumber Of Inmates-
20162016TextNumber Of Inmates-
20152015TextNumber Of Inmates-
20142014TextNumber Of Inmates-
20132013TextNumber Of Inmates-
20122012TextNumber Of Inmates-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_59db45f1498eabba3db63286fa29fad3"
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 Department of Statistics. (2024). Convicted Penal Population By Age And Offence Group, Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 11, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_59db45f1498eabba3db63286fa29fad3/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)