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Tier 2 elderly Vulnerable Adult abuse cases by Sex and Type of Abuse (Domestic Violence Trends Report)

Data from Jan 2021 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 09 Feb 2026, 11:53 SGT

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

Breakdown of Tier 2 elderly Vulnerable Adult abuse cases by sex and type of abuse overseen by MSF Protective Service

Data explorer

Tier2elderlyVulnerableAdultabusecasesbySexandTypeofAbuseDomesticViolenceTrendsReport.csv (32 rows, 1 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Sex
Text
Type Of Abuse
Text
No Of Elderly VA Cases
Text
(Null)0.0%
202125.0%
202225.0%
202325.0%
202425.0%
(Null)0.0%
Male50.0%
Female50.0%
(Null)0.0%
Neglect25.0%
Sexual Abuse25.0%
Physical Abuse25.0%
Emotional & Psychological Abuse25.0%
(Null)0.0%
2021MalePhysical Abuse17
2021FemalePhysical Abuse24
2021MaleNeglect13
2021FemaleNeglect25
2021MaleSexual Abuse1
2021FemaleSexual Abuse3
2021MaleEmotional & Psychological Abuse0
2021FemaleEmotional & Psychological Abuse1
2022MalePhysical Abuse8
2022FemalePhysical Abuse15
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ba4f530a537ff032df6ea3a10ff417cc"
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 elderly Vulnerable Adult abuse cases by Sex and Type of Abuse (Domestic Violence Trends Report) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 5, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ba4f530a537ff032df6ea3a10ff417cc/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)