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Data table for chart 5

Hate crimes reported by police, by type of offence, 2008
Type of offence percentage of total hate crimes
Other non-violent offences 4.8
Theft 0.8
Offences against person and reputation1 1.4
Public incitement of hatred 1.4
Break and enter 2.3
Mischief 47.1
Other violent offences 2.7
Robbery 1.6
Criminal harassment 3.9
Indecent or harassing phone calls 4.1
Serious assault (levels 2 and 3) 7.6
Utter threats 10.1
Assault (level 1) 12.4
1. Includes, for example, defamatory libel.
Note: Data are based upon information reported by police services covering 49% of the population of Canada. Counts are based upon the most serious offence in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2.2) Survey.