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Crime Cases Recorded, Annual

Data from Jan 2020 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: With effect from year 2022, crime statistics from Singapore Police Force are reported under the categories 'Physical Crimes' and 'Scams & Cybercrimes', instead of 'Overall Crime'.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891481

Data explorer

CrimeCasesRecordedAnnual.csv (18 rows, 1.1 KB)

Data Series
Text
2024
Numeric
2023
Numeric
2022
Numeric
2021
Text
2020
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)66.7%
(Null)66.7%
Physical Crime Cases Recorded1996919966201931934319498
Crimes Against Persons464646734869nana
Violent / Serious Property Crimes746360nana
Housebreaking And Related Crimes176191163nana
Theft And Related Crimes826485727878nana
Commercial Crimes321929213260nana
Miscellaneous Crimes359035463963nana
Scams & Cybercrimes Cases Recorded5581050376336692688617775
Scams5150146563317282393315651
Physical Crime Rate331337358355343

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextNumber Of Cases Recorded-
20242024NumericNumber Of Cases Recorded-
20232023NumericNumber Of Cases Recorded-
20222022NumericNumber Of Cases Recorded-
20212021TextNumber Of Cases Recorded-
20202020TextNumber Of Cases Recorded-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ca0b908cf06a267ca06acbd5feb4465c"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Crime Cases Recorded, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 27, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ca0b908cf06a267ca06acbd5feb4465c/view

About this dataset

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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)