Table 1
Violent crime by selected offence and type of weapon, Canada, 2006
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Type of offence | Firearm | Knife1 | instrument | Other weapon2 | Total weapon | |||||
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number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | |
Homicide3 | 190 | 31.4 | 209 | 34.5 | 50 | 8.3 | 39 | 6.4 | 488 | 80.7 |
Attempted murder4 | 276 | 36.0 | 268 | 34.9 | 27 | 3.5 | 64 | 8.3 | 635 | 82.8 |
Robbery4,5 | 3,948 | 13.9 | 5,375 | 18.9 | 1,068 | 3.8 | 1,208 | 4.2 | 11,599 | 40.8 |
Forcible confinement4,6 | 417 | 10.2 | 456 | 11.1 | 113 | 2.8 | 230 | 5.6 | 1,216 | 29.7 |
Sexual assault4,7 | 65 | 0.3 | 211 | 1.1 | 51 | 0.3 | 273 | 1.4 | 600 | 3.1 |
Assault4 | 2,388 | 1.1 | 12,681 | 6.0 | 8,349 | 3.9 | 17,878 | 8.4 | 41,296 | 19.4 |
Uttering threats4 | 757 | 1.5 | 1,423 | 2.9 | 453 | 0.9 | 821 | 1.7 | 3,454 | 7.0 |
Criminal harassment4 | 41 | 0.2 | 55 | 0.3 | 30 | 0.2 | 386 | 2.3 | 512 | 3.1 |
Total4 | 8,105 | 2.4 | 20,707 | 6.2 | 10,163 | 3.0 | 21,243 | 6.3 | 60,218 | 17.9 |
Physical force | weapon | Total no weapon | Unknown | Total | ||||||
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number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | |
Homicide3 | 86 | 14.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 87 | 14.4 | 30 | 5.0 | 605 | 100.0 |
Attempted murder4 | 30 | 3.9 | 66 | 8.6 | 96 | 12.5 | 36 | 4.7 | 767 | 100.0 |
Robbery4,5 | 12,373 | 43.5 | 847 | 3.0 | 13,220 | 46.5 | 3,611 | 12.7 | 28,430 | 100.0 |
Forcible confinement4,6 | 2,249 | 54.9 | 95 | 2.3 | 2,344 | 57.2 | 537 | 13.1 | 4,097 | 100.0 |
Sexual assault4,7 | 15,442 | 80.7 | 101 | 0.5 | 15,543 | 81.3 | 2,984 | 15.6 | 19,127 | 100.0 |
Assault4 | 159,701 | 74.9 | 835 | 0.4 | 160,536 | 75.3 | 11,272 | 5.3 | 213,104 | 100.0 |
Uttering threats4 | 5,496 | 11.2 | 36,392 | 74.2 | 41,888 | 85.4 | 3,713 | 7.6 | 49,055 | 100.0 |
Criminal harassment4 | 1,948 | 11.8 | 12,150 | 73.7 | 14,098 | 85.5 | 1,879 | 11.4 | 16,489 | 100.0 |
Total4 | 198,947 | 59.2 | 51,968 | 15.5 | 250,915 | 74.7 | 24,754 | 7.4 | 335,887 | 100.0 |
1. Knife includes other piercing and cutting instruments such as hatchets and razor blades. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey. |
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