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Tier 1 Spousal Abuse Data (Domestic Violence Trends Report)

Data from Feb 2021 to Jan 2024

Last updated: 30 Sep 2024, 11:09 SGT

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

Total no. of new spousal abuse cases overseen by Protection Specialist Centres and Family Service Centres from 2021 to 2023

Data explorer

Tier1SpousalAbuseDataDomesticViolenceTrendsReport.csv (3 rows, 78 B)

Year No Of New Spousal Abuse Cases Text
(Null)0.0%
2021,1632
2022,1741
2023,2008

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year No Of New Spousal Abuse Cases	Year_No_of_new_spousal_abuse_cases	Text	-	-

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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_a189fae0f610ba38a9e0ed5735798b84"
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.

Ministry of Social and Family Development. (2024). Tier 1 Spousal Abuse Data (Domestic Violence Trends Report) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 23, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a189fae0f610ba38a9e0ed5735798b84/view

About this dataset

Contact

Sherlyn_ANG@msf.gov.sg

Created on

30 Sep 2024

Licence

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

Agency

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)