Convicted Penal Population By Education Level And Offence Group, Annual
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 70 records. Fields include Data Series, 2025, 2024, 2023 (15 columns in total). Covers 2012-01-01 to 2025-12-31. Last updated 2026-09-15.
Description
Annual convicted penal population in Singapore by education level and offence group from 2012 through 2025, compiled by the Singapore Department of Statistics from Ministry of Home Affairs–Singapore Prison Service data. Education is as declared on admission. Justice and social researchers analyse inmate education profiles against offence categories; adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M891101.
Official description
Source: MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS - SINGAPORE PRISON SERVICE Data Last Updated: 13/04/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Educational level as declared by inmates upon admission. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891101
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2012-01-01 – 2025-12-31
- Rows
- 70
- Columns
- 15
Chart
Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Data Series | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Convicted Penal Inmate Population | 4887.000000 | 4448.000000 | 4545.000000 | 5038.000000 | 5945.000000 | 6934.000000 | 8078.000000 | 8781.000000 | 8885.000000 | 9502.000000 | 9602.000000 |
| Crimes Against Person | 819.000000 | 795.000000 | 735.000000 | 726.000000 | 702.000000 | 692.000000 | 701.000000 | 705.000000 | 655.000000 | 607.000000 | 560.000000 |
| Commercial Crimes | 703.000000 | 453.000000 | 450.000000 | 336.000000 | 343.000000 | 370.000000 | 448.000000 | 447.000000 | 440.000000 | 508.000000 | 488.000000 |
| Crimes Against Public Order | 153.000000 | 142.000000 | 146.000000 | 174.000000 | 171.000000 | 138.000000 | 145.000000 | 149.000000 | 126.000000 | 147.000000 | 129.000000 |
| Customs Offences | 214.000000 | 191.000000 | 176.000000 | 159.000000 | 160.000000 | 186.000000 | 271.000000 | 220.000000 | 226.000000 | 215.000000 | 88.000000 |
| Drug Offences | 2151.000000 | 2072.000000 | 2299.000000 | 2867.000000 | 3682.000000 | 4646.000000 | 5420.000000 | 6030.000000 | 6178.000000 | 6666.000000 | 6675.000000 |
| Immigration Offences | 46.000000 | 37.000000 | 26.000000 | 41.000000 | 24.000000 | 23.000000 | 59.000000 | 64.000000 | 102.000000 | 123.000000 | 134.000000 |
| Other Offences | 242.000000 | 162.000000 | 127.000000 | 91.000000 | 136.000000 | 115.000000 | 133.000000 | 138.000000 | 130.000000 | 159.000000 | 319.000000 |
| Property Crimes | 432.000000 | 471.000000 | 481.000000 | 579.000000 | 639.000000 | 712.000000 | 862.000000 | 970.000000 | 966.000000 | 1005.000000 | 1136.000000 |
| Traffic Offences | 127.000000 | 125.000000 | 105.000000 | 65.000000 | 88.000000 | 52.000000 | 39.000000 | 58.000000 | 62.000000 | 72.000000 | 73.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Data Series | Text | No |
| 2025 | Numeric | No |
| 2024 | Numeric | No |
| 2023 | Numeric | No |
| 2022 | Numeric | No |
| 2021 | Numeric | No |
| 2020 | Numeric | No |
| 2019 | Numeric | No |
| 2018 | Numeric | No |
| 2017 | Numeric | No |
| 2016 | Numeric | No |
| 2015 | Numeric | No |
| 2014 | Numeric | No |
| 2013 | Numeric | No |
| 2012 | Numeric | No |