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Data table for chart 5

Police-reported robbery by type of location, Canada, 2008
Type of location percentage of robberies
Residence3 10.3
Other non-commercial place2 1.3
School 2.1
Other commercial place1 18.5
Bank 4.6
Convenience store and gas station 13.0
Transit facility 4.4
Open area (e.g. park) 6.1
Parking lot 6.2
Street 33.7
1. Examples of "other commercial places" include grocery stores and pharmacies.
2. Examples of "other non-commercial places" include community centres, hospitals and churches.
3. Includes private dwelling units and other private property structures.
Note: Based upon data collected from police services covering 98% of the Canadian population.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2 Incident-based) Survey.