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

Last updated: 27 Sep 2024, 17:41 SGT

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

Breakdown of new child abuse cases investigated by MSF Child Protective Service by age and type of abuse, from 2021 to 2023. 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 (48 rows, 1.9 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Age Text	Type of Abuse Text	Total Text
(Null)0.0% 202133.3% 202233.3% 202333.3%	(Null)0.0% 0 to 6 years25.0% 7 to 12 years25.0% 13 to 16 years25.0% 17 to 18 years25.0%	(Null)0.0% Neglect25.0% Sexual Abuse25.0% Physical Abuse25.0% Emotional & Psychological Abuse25.0%	(Null)0.0%
2021	0 to 6 years	Physical Abuse	325
2021	0 to 6 years	Neglect	210
2021	0 to 6 years	Sexual Abuse	96
2021	0 to 6 years	Emotional & Psychological Abuse	104
2022	0 to 6 years	Physical Abuse	318
2022	0 to 6 years	Neglect	217
2022	0 to 6 years	Sexual Abuse	68
2022	0 to 6 years	Emotional & Psychological Abuse	183
2023	0 to 6 years	Physical Abuse	361
2023	0 to 6 years	Neglect	231

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	Year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Age	Age	Text	-	-
Type of Abuse	Type_of_Abuse	Text	-	-
Total	Total	Text	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_da48d41d1dda17005755a603489c6a40"
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 2 Child Abuse Data by Age and Type of Abuse (Domestic Violence Trends Report) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 8, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_da48d41d1dda17005755a603489c6a40/view

About this dataset

Contact

Kenneth_TAN@msf.gov.sg

Created on

27 Sep 2024

Licence

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

Agency

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)