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Collection: Remand Population

Dataset: Remand Population by Age Group (2006-2020)

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Remand Population by Age Group (2006-2020)

Data from Jan 2007 to Dec 2020

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:09 SGT

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Remand Population as at 31 December of each year breakdown by age group.

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_f8cf15f013db8a073982514a0eb95876"
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). Remand Population by Age Group (2006-2020) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 18, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f8cf15f013db8a073982514a0eb95876/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

29 Mar 2016

Licence

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

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

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Social

Remand Population by Age Group (2006-2020)

Data from Jan 2007 to Dec 2020

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:09 SGT

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Remand Population as at 31 December of each year breakdown by age group.

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Data explorer

RemandPopulationbyAgeGroup20062020.csv (96 rows, 1.5 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Population By Age Group Text	Number Of Population Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2007	Below 21	55
2007	21-30	138
2007	31-40	177
2007	41-50	122
2007	51-60	29
2007	60 Above	3
2008	Below 21	78
2008	21-30	255
2008	31-40	238
2008	41-50	182

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Population By Age Group	population_by_age_group	Text	-	-
Number Of Population	number_of_population	Numeric	Number of Inmates	-

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