Average and Median Waiting Times between Adult Rape Victim First Approaching Police Station and Filing of First Information Report in Each of Last Five Years

6 Ms Yip Pin Xiu asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the last five years, what are the average and median waiting times between when an adult victim of rape first approaches a police station and when the first information report is filed.

Mr K Shanmugam: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) does not track the time taken for a person to file a report upon arriving at a Police station.

For rape cases, the victims should approach the service counters directly, and the officers will attend to them as soon as possible.

SPF takes all reports of sexual assault very seriously and investigates them expeditiously.