Singapore: crime, homicide rate and trend

Questions about crime in Singapore

Is Singapore safe?

Singapore: 0.1 homicides per 100,000 people (2023). 1st lowest rate of 11 in South-Eastern Asia. World median: 3.8 per 100,000. Safety 10 out of 10 compared with the world.

What is the murder rate in Singapore?

Singapore: 0.1 homicides per 100,000 people (2023). Source: World Bank, from UNODC, 2023.

Is crime going up in Singapore?

The homicide rate is down 78% since 2013: from 0.3 per 100,000 people in 2013 to 0.1 in 2023.

Which places in Singapore have the least crime?

Lowest crime among the 31 municipalities compared: Pasir Ris (10/10), Choa Chu Kang (10/10), Woodlands East (10/10). The lists on this page rank them all.

Which places in Singapore have the most crime?

Highest crime among the 31 municipalities compared: Marina Bay (1/10), Orchard (1/10), Rochor (1/10). The lists on this page rank them all.

Lowest crime places in Singapore

1. Pasir Ris 10/10
2. Choa Chu Kang 10/10
3. Woodlands East 10/10
4. Sembawang 10/10
5. Tampines 9/10
6. Bukit Batok and Bukit Panjang 9/10
7. Bedok 9/10
8. Clementi 8/10
9. Marine Parade 8/10
10. Jurong West 8/10

Ranked by crime per 100,000 people among the 31 municipalities compared, with each place's Safety score (1 to 10, 10 = lowest crime).

Highest crime places in Singapore

1. Marina Bay 1/10
2. Orchard 1/10
3. Rochor 1/10
4. Bukit Merah East 2/10
5. Jurong East 2/10
6. Bukit Merah West 2/10
7. Woodlands West 3/10
8. Geylang 3/10
9. Toa Payoh 3/10
10. Ang Mo Kio North 4/10

Ranked by crime per 100,000 people among the 31 municipalities compared, with each place's Safety score (1 to 10, 10 = lowest crime).

Places in Singapore

• Ang Mo Kio North 4/10
• Ang Mo Kio South 4/10
• Bedok 9/10
• Bishan 5/10
• Bukit Batok and Bukit Panjang 9/10
• Bukit Merah East 2/10
• Bukit Merah West 2/10
• Changi 7/10
• Choa Chu Kang 10/10
• Clementi 8/10
• Geylang 3/10
• Jurong East 2/10
• Jurong West 8/10
• Kampong Java and Bukit Timah 5/10
• Marina Bay 1/10
• Marine Parade 8/10
• Nanyang 4/10
• Orchard 1/10
• Pasir Ris 10/10
• Punggol 7/10
• Queenstown 6/10
• Rochor 1/10
• Sembawang 10/10
• Sengkang 7/10
• Serangoon and Hougang 5/10
• Tampines 9/10
• Toa Payoh 3/10
• Woodlands East 10/10
• Woodlands West 3/10
• Woodleigh 6/10
• Yishun 6/10

Homicides per 100,000 people by year