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Data on Drug Abusers Arrested (By Age Group)

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Aug 2025, 15:15 SGT

CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau)

Data explorer

DataonDrugAbusersArrestedByAgeGroup.csv (264 rows, 5.8 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Status
Text
Age Group
Text
No Of Drug Abusers
Text
(Null)0.0%
20034.5%
20044.5%
20054.5%
20064.5%
(Null)0.0%
New50.0%
Total 40.2%
Total9.8%
(Null)0.0%
20-2916.7%
30-3916.7%
40-4916.7%
50-5916.7%
(Null)0.0%
2003Total Below 20191
2004Total Below 20107
2005Total Below 2057
2006Total Below 2050
2007Total Below 2079
2008Total Below 2089
2009Total Below 20119
2010Total Below 20163
2011Total Below 20260
2012Total Below 20190

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
StatusstatusText--
Age Groupage_groupText--
No Of Drug Abusersno_of_drug_abusersText--
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9b3318cd3d13833e312104da05049c40"
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.

Central Narcotics Bureau. (2024). Data on Drug Abusers Arrested (By Age Group) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 3, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9b3318cd3d13833e312104da05049c40/view

About this dataset

Licence

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

Agency

CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau)