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Collection: Convicted Penal Population

Dataset: Convicted Penal Population by Gender and Offence Group

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Convicted Penal Population by Gender and Offence Group

Data from Jan 2012 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:09 SGT

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Population of convicted penal inmates as at 31 December 2022 breakdown by gender and offence group.

2020 Convicted Penal Population by Gender and Offence Group

Data explorer

ConvictedPenalPopulationbyGenderandOffenceGroup.csv (198 rows, 6.5 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Population By Gender
Text
Population By Main Offence Group
Text
Number Of Population
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2012FemaleCrimes Against Person24
2012FemaleCommercial Crimes84
2012FemaleCrimes Against Public Order2
2012FemaleCustoms Offences11
2012FemaleDrug Offences485
2012FemaleImmigration Offences118
2012FemaleOther Offences11
2012FemaleProperty Crimes88
2012FemaleTraffic Offences1
2012MaleCrimes Against Person519
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_fb22d4b01dd55db67c6b73ccd8a198e8"
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 Prison Service. (2016). Convicted Penal Population by Gender and Offence Group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 22, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_fb22d4b01dd55db67c6b73ccd8a198e8/view

About this dataset

Contact

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Created on

29 Mar 2016

Licence

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

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)