Table 1
Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2011

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Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2011
  2011 % change in rate 2010 to 2011
number rate
Total crime (excluding traffic) - "Crime rate" 1,984,916 5,756 -6
Violent crime      
Homicide 598 2 7
Other violations causing death 78 0 -23
Attempted murder 655 2 -3
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 140 0 -23
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 398 1 -2
Sexual assault - level 1 21,283 62 -3
Sexual violations against children 3,822 11 3
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 3,486 10 -1
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 50,184 146 -4
Assault - level 1 172,770 501 -2
Assault police officer 11,943 35 -26
Other assaults 3,097 9 -7
Firearms - use of, discharge, pointing 1,936 6 -5
Robbery 29,746 86 -3
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 3,774 11 -13
Abduction 402 1 -11
Extortion 1,525 4 -4
Criminal harassment 21,690 63 1
Uttering threats 71,945 209 -7
Threatening or harassing phone calls 20,341 59 -7
Other violent Criminal Code violations 4,597 13 19
Total 424,410 1,231 -4
Property crime      
Breaking and entering 181,217 526 -9
Possession of stolen property 21,496 62 -30
Theft of motor vehicle 82,411 239 -12
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 15,153 44 -4
Theft under $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 497,452 1,443 -7
Fraud 89,801 260 -1
Mischief 315,977 916 -8
Arson 10,378 30 -16
Total 1,213,885 3,520 -8
Other Criminal Code offences      
Counterfeiting 620 2 -25
Weapons violations 14,471 42 -5
Child pornography1(correction) .. .. ..
Prostitution 2,459 7 -19
Disturb the peace 117,476 341 -3
Administration of justice violations 177,159 514 -2
Other violations 31,304 91 -1
Total 346,621 1,005 -2
Criminal Code traffic violations      
Impaired driving 90,277 262 2
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 55,938 162 0
Total 146,215 424 1
Drug offences      
Possession - cannabis 61,406 178 7
Possession - cocaine 7,392 21 0
Possession - other drugs 10,352 30 5
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis 16,548 48 -11
Trafficking, production or distribution - cocaine 10,251 30 3
Trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs 7,215 21 1
Total 113,164 328 3
Other federal statute violations      
Youth Criminal Justice Act 11,619 34 -4
Other federal statutes 21,344 62 2
Total 32,963 96 0
Total - all violations 2,277,258 6,604 -5
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not available for a specific reference period
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.
Note(s): 
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population.