SINGAPORE, Aug. 26 -- The first six months of 2025 saw increases in the city-state's knife-related crimes, rape, molestation and theft compared with the same period in 2024.

In a mid-year crime brief released on Aug 26, police reported 10,341 physical crime cases from January to June 2025, a 5.4 per cent rise from 9,809 in the same period of 2024, with theft and molestation among the top concerns, The Straits Times reported.

The first half of 2025 recorded 75 knife-related incidents, up from 59 a year earlier, and there were 131 such incidents in the whole of 2024, though police noted that knife-related crimes have remained relatively stable over the past three years and most culprits were known to victims.

In March, a woman was charge...