Husbands represented 18 percent of all spousal violence victims in 2025, accounting for 337 cases, while wives made up the remaining 82 percent. Across all demographic groups, physical abuse remained the most prevalent primary form of violence, followed by emotional and psychological mistreatment, with over half of affected spouses aged in their 30s or 40s. Beyond marital abuse, the report also detailed growing caseloads among seniors and vulnerable adults, who are frequently mistreated by their own children. Standardized reporting tools introduced in 2024 have aided social service professionals in uncovering these high-risk situations earlier.
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Greater awareness of psychological harm and coercive control is helping male victims over…: Greater awareness of psychological harm and coercive control is helping male victims overcome traditional social barriers to reporting spousal abuse.
Physical violence remains the leading primary form of domestic mistreatment, heavily conc…: Physical violence remains the leading primary form of domestic mistreatment, heavily concentrated among individuals in their 30s and 40s.
Vulnerable elderly individuals are experiencing increased rates of domestic harm, predomi…: Vulnerable elderly individuals are experiencing increased rates of domestic harm, predominantly perpetrated by their own children.
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SINGAPORE – More abused husbands sought help in 2025, accounting for about one in five of the spousal violence cases that year.
There were 337 spousal violence cases in 2025 where the victim was the husband, a 12% rise from the 302 in 2024.
Overall, more people – both men and women – reported that their spouses were violent to them in 2025, according to the latest Domestic Violence Trends Report, released on Oct 29 by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF).
Spousal violence cases in Tier 1, which refer to lower-risk cases, rose 23% over two years – from 1,560 cases in 2023 to 1,871 in 2024 and 1,920 in 2025.
The latest report provided a gender breakdown of spousal violence cases for the first time – 82% of victims were wives in 2025, while 18% were husbands.
More than half of the abused spouses are in their 30s or 40s.
Physical violence was the most common primary form of abuse for all victims, with about two in three of them experiencing this.
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