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Tier 2 Child Abuse Data by Age and Type of Abuse (Domestic Violence Trends Report)

Data from Jan 2021 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 09 Feb 2026, 11:21 SGT

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

Breakdown of new child abuse cases investigated by MSF Protective Service by age and type of abuse. The number of new cases may not equate to the unique number of survivors. For example, if a case was closed by MSF, and subsequently re-opened due to new incidences of abuse, it would be counted as two cases. If a case is overseen by both MSF and a community agency, it would be reflected as a case each in both the Tier 1 and Tier 2 datasets.

Data explorer

Tier2ChildAbuseDatabyAgeandTypeofAbuseDomesticViolenceTrendsReport.csv (64 rows, 2.4 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Age Group Text	Type Of Abuse Text	No Of Child Abuse Cases Text
(Null)0.0% 202125.0% 202225.0% 202325.0% 202425.0%	(Null)0.0% 0-6 years25.0% 7-12 years25.0% 13-16 years25.0% 17-18 years25.0%	(Null)0.0% Neglect25.0% Sexual Abuse25.0% Physical Abuse25.0% Emotional & Psychological Abuse25.0%	(Null)0.0%
2021	0-6 years	Physical Abuse	304
2021	7-12 years	Physical Abuse	302
2021	13-16 years	Physical Abuse	152
2021	17-18 years	Physical Abuse	30
2021	0-6 years	Neglect	199
2021	7-12 years	Neglect	192
2021	13-16 years	Neglect	188
2021	17-18 years	Neglect	49
2021	0-6 years	Sexual Abuse	80
2021	7-12 years	Sexual Abuse	165

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	Year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Age Group	Age_Group	Text	-	-
Type Of Abuse	Type_of_Abuse	Text	-	-
No Of Child Abuse Cases	No_of_child_abuse_cases	Text	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a2bfd93915331b2f4ddb40f5ace01202"
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. (2026). Tier 2 Child Abuse Data by Age and Type of Abuse (Domestic Violence Trends Report) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 5, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a2bfd93915331b2f4ddb40f5ace01202/view

About this dataset

Contact

Bryan_NG@msf.gov.sg

Created on

09 Feb 2026

Licence

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

Agency

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)