Rape, molestation cases increased in 2025; physical crime rose 4.4% on-year
Sexual crimes rose in Singapore last year, contributing to an overall increase in physical crime. Rape cases jumped almost 20% while molestation cases climbed some 7% from the year before. These helped push overall physical crime to more than 20,800 cases. That's a roughly 4% on-year rise, despite declines in shop theft, voyeurism and theft-in-dwelling. Noah Kong reports on the police’s annual crime brief.
Sexual crimes rose in Singapore last year, contributing to an overall increase in physical crime. Rape cases jumped almost 20% while molestation cases climbed some 7% from the year before. These helped push overall physical crime to more than 20,800 cases. That's a roughly 4% on-year rise, despite declines in shop theft, voyeurism and theft-in-dwelling. Noah Kong reports on the police’s annual crime brief.
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