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Victims of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group, gender and type of offence, Canada, 2021

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0 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 29 30 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 64 65 to 69 70 to 74 75 to 79 80 to 84 85 to 89 90 and older 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 rate Male victims, physical assault offencesMale victims, physical assault offences Male victims, sexual assault offencesMale victims, sexual assault offences Female victims, physical assault offencesFemale victims, physical assault offences Female victims, sexual assault offencesFemale victims, sexual assault offences
Note(s):
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Physical assault offences include all physical assault-related violations (e.g., all assault levels, unlawfully causing bodily harm, discharge firearm with intent, other). Sexual assault offences include all sexual assault-related violations (e.g., all sexual assault levels, sexual offences against children). Victims where gender or age was coded as unknown and those where age was greater than 110 are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as "0". Excludes victim data reported by the Canadian Forces Military Police.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

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Victims of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group, gender and type of offence, Canada, 2021, rate
  Male victims, physical assault offences Male victims, sexual assault offences Female victims, physical assault offences Female victims, sexual assault offences
0 to 4 149 41 116 111
5 to 9 266 101 181 323
10 to 14 661 139 541 983
15 to 19 1,002 93 1,096 1,022
20 to 24 1,179 37 1,479 410
25 to 29 1,276 29 1,526 279
30 to 34 1,193 22 1,392 208
35 to 39 1,054 17 1,175 154
40 to 44 925 14 982 111
45 to 49 837 9 754 86
50 to 54 744 9 590 59
55 to 59 581 6 379 38
60 to 64 424 3 246 20
65 to 69 272 3 150 13
70 to 74 188 1 115 12
75 to 79 134 2 93 16
80 to 84 113 2 96 18
85 to 89 110 3 100 25
90 and older 111 5 132 25
Note(s):
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Physical assault offences include all physical assault-related violations (e.g., all assault levels, unlawfully causing bodily harm, discharge firearm with intent, other). Sexual assault offences include all sexual assault-related violations (e.g., all sexual assault levels, sexual offences against children). Victims where gender or age was coded as unknown and those where age was greater than 110 are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as "0". Excludes victim data reported by the Canadian Forces Military Police.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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