Chart 1
Median delay in reporting of sexual assault incidents to police, by selected victim characteristics and relationship to accused, Canada, 2009 to 2014
Note(s):
Medians calculated in days based on sexual assault incidents where the date reported to police was at least 1 day after the date the incident is known or believed to have occured. Data excludes incidents whose report dates were erroneously reported as prior to the incident date (<1%). Accused/victim relationship figures include incidents with single victims only in order to accurately deduce relationship types.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Chart description
This is a bar clustered chart.
| number of days | |
|---|---|
| Victim was child of the accused | 365 |
| Victim related to the accused (other than being a child of) | 304 |
| Child victim aged 13 and younger | 217 |
| Victim was current or previous intimate partner of the accused | 21 |
| Victim aged 14 and older¹ | 13 |
| Victim was stranger to the accused | 3 |
| Overall median delay | 25 |
Note(s):
Medians calculated in days based on sexual assault incidents where the date reported to police was at least 1 day after the date the incident is known or believed to have occured. Data excludes incidents whose report dates were erroneously reported as prior to the incident date (<1%). Accused/victim relationship figures include incidents with single victims only in order to accurately deduce relationship types.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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