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Unlicensed Moneylending Cases And Harassment By Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC), Annual

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Jun 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

Data Last Updated: 09/05/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Compilation of Unlicensed Moneylending (UML) Cases & Harassment By NPC started with effect from 2010. Figures are based on annual revisions and pertain to cases with known locations.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M890941

Data explorer

UnlicensedMoneylendingCasesAndHarassmentByNeighbourhoodPoliceCentreNPCAnnual.csv (150 rows, 15.4 KB)

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Central Police Division - Total137191191180233311230185161208329415446726
Unlicensed Moneylending20294650781026250596010713666242
Harassment117162145130155209168135102148222279380484
Central Police Division - Bukit Merah East NPC60921008310916812510385103212268216479
Unlicensed Moneylending132237294876503635367811734193
Harassment47706354619275675067134151182286
Central Police Division - Marina Bay NPC1710161621302620151813182234
Unlicensed Moneylending301566036456418
Harassment14101511152426179148121816
Central Police Division - Rochor NPC6089758110311379626187104129208213

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b6dc6308d208f668232b4f9e171af3a4"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Unlicensed Moneylending Cases And Harassment By Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b6dc6308d208f668232b4f9e171af3a4/view

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Created on

03 Jul 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)