Table 1
Police-reported clearance rates for selected offences, Canada, 2010

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Police-reported clearance rates for selected offences, Canada, 2010
  Incidents Cleared by charge Cleared by other means Total cleared
  number %
Violent crime        
Homicide 554 69.0 6.3 75.3
Other violations causing death 91 82.4 9.9 92.3
Attempted murder 693 71.4 4.2 75.6
Sexual assault – level 3 – aggravated 188 72.9 9.6 82.4
Sexual assault – level 2 – weapon or bodily harm 388 63.1 5.9 69.1
Sexual assault – level 1 21,604 43.2 20.9 64.1
Sexual violations against children 3,648 40.3 21.8 62.1
Assault – level 3 – aggravated 3,410 76.3 4.2 80.5
Assault – level 2 – weapon or bodily harm 51,340 59.5 16.4 75.9
Assault – level 1 173,843 48.4 31.2 79.5
Assault – police officer 17,377 78.5 16.5 94.9
Other assaults 3,257 73.4 9.2 82.6
Firearms – use of, discharge or pointing 1,952 45.6 13.5 59.1
Robbery 30,405 35.4 4.6 40.0
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 4,308 80.9 6.2 87.1
Abduction 446 30.9 30.7 61.7
Extortion 1,548 43.3 15.3 58.7
Criminal harassment 21,108 36.8 36.6 73.4
Uttering threats 75,927 35.5 35.2 70.7
Theatening or harassing phone calls 21,436 5.7 36.6 42.3
Other violent Criminal Code violations 3,793 40.9 28.4 69.3
Property crime        
Breaking and entering 196,881 10.5 6.2 16.7
Possess stolen property 29,823 67.6 19.4 87.0
Theft of motor vehicle 92,683 7.4 6.1 13.5
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 15,790 9.3 5.1 14.5
Theft $5,000 and under (non-motor vehicle) 536,151 11.4 10.0 21.3
Fraud 81,554 24.0 11.2 35.1
Identity theft or fraud 6,937 19.1 6.3 25.5
Mischief 339,831 6.7 19.1 25.7
Arson 12,241 9.5 6.6 16.0
Other Criminal Code offences        
Weapons violations 14,861 48.9 26.7 75.6
Child pornography1(correction) .. .. .. ..
Prostitution 3,043 68.7 10.3 79.0
Disturb the peace 117,903 4.6 47.9 52.5
Administration of justice violations 176,560 85.7 9.9 95.6
Other violations 32,157 40.0 21.5 61.4
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not available for a specific reference period
1.
Due to incorrect reporting by a police service of incidents of child pornography from 2008 to 2011, the data originally contained in this report have been suppressed and revised data were made available on July 25, 2013 with the release of 2012 crime statistics.