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Economy

Convicted Penal Population By Age And Offence Group, Annual

Data from Jan 2012 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 15 Apr 2026, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS - SINGAPORE PRISON SERVICE

Data Last Updated: 13/04/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Age groups are based on recommendations on definition and classification of age from the Singapore Department of Statistics.

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

Data explorer

ConvictedPenalPopulationByAgeAndOffenceGroupAnnual.csv (100 rows, 9.4 KB)

Data Series
Text
2025
Numeric
2024
Numeric
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)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%
Total Convicted Penal Inmate Population488744484545503859456934807887818885950296029754100429901
Crimes Against Person819795735726702692701705655607560575603543
Commercial Crimes703453450336343370448447440508488537704742
Crimes Against Public Order153142146174171138145149126147129174175171
Customs Offences21419117615916018627122022621588171166211
Drug Offences21512072229928673682464654206030617866666675652765106287
Immigration Offences4637264124235964102123134184225295
Other Offences24216212791136115133138130159319279244191
Property Crimes43247148157963971286297096610051136123813491406
Traffic Offences1271251056588523958627273696655

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextNumber Of Inmates-
20252025NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20242024NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20232023NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20222022NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20212021NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20202020NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20192019NumericNumber Of Inmates-
20182018TextNumber Of Inmates-
20172017TextNumber 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 (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 6, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_59db45f1498eabba3db63286fa29fad3/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)