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Table 1 Number of violent crimes by sex of victim and relationship to accused, reported to a subset of police services, 2007

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Number of violent crimes by sex of victim and relationship to accused, reported to a subset of police services, 2007
Relationship of accused to victim	Total		Sex of victim
			Female		Male
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total victims of violent crime	335,676	100	167,994	100	167,682	100
Total family	75,779	23	54,186	32	21,593	13
Total spouse	40,165	12	33,227	20	6,938	4
Current spouse¹	28,637	9	23,726	14	4,911	3
Ex-spouse²	11,528	3	9,501	6	2,027	1
Total other family	35,614	11	20,959	12	14,655	9
Parent	11,064	3	6,412	4	4,652	3
Child	6,640	2	4,282	3	2,358	1
Sibling	8,317	2	4,782	3	3,535	2
Extended family	9,593	3	5,483	3	4,110	2
Total friends/acquaintances	125,918	38	66,412	40	59,506	35
Boyfriend/girlfriend	19,851	6	16,333	10	3,518	2
Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend	11,886	4	9,817	6	2,069	1
Close friend	11,143	3	5,534	3	5,609	3
Casual acquaintance	64,858	19	27,754	17	37,104	22
Business relationship	12,534	4	4,767	3	7,767	5
Criminal relationship	1,863	1	399	0	1,464	1
Authority figure	3,783	1	1,808	1	1,975	1
Stranger	77,250	23	22,888	14	54,362	32
Unknown	56,729	17	24,508	15	32,221	19

Includes legally married and common-law partners.

Includes separated and divorced partners.

Note(s):

Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. Current spouse and ex-spouse categories include victims aged 15 to 98.