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Economy

Crime Cases Recorded, Annual

Data from Jan 2020 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Dec 2025, 19:01 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

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_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 December 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ca0b908cf06a267ca06acbd5feb4465c/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

03 Jul 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Crime Cases Recorded, Annual

Data from Jan 2020 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Dec 2025, 19:01 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

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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 Recorded	19969	19966	20193	19343	19498
Crimes Against Persons	4646	4673	4869	na	na
Violent / Serious Property Crimes	74	63	60	na	na
Housebreaking And Related Crimes	176	191	163	na	na
Theft And Related Crimes	8264	8572	7878	na	na
Commercial Crimes	3219	2921	3260	na	na
Miscellaneous Crimes	3590	3546	3963	na	na
Scams & Cybercrimes Cases Recorded	55810	50376	33669	26886	17775
Scams	51501	46563	31728	23933	15651
Physical Crime Rate	331	337	358	355	343

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number Of Cases Recorded	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Number Of Cases Recorded	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number Of Cases Recorded	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number Of Cases Recorded	-
2021	2021	Text	Number Of Cases Recorded	-
2020	2020	Text	Number Of Cases Recorded	-

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