Data table for chart 2.7
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by type of offence and presence of weapon, Canada, 2010

Chart 2.7
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by type of offence and presence of weapon, Canada, 2010
  percent of incidents with a weapon present
Non-intimate partner violence victims Intimate partner
violence victims
Indecent calls 0.03 0.06
Common assault 4.85 2.93
Criminal harassment 2.63 3.09
Uttering threats 7.02 4.86
Sexual assault 3.03 8.51
Other assault 20.63 13.75
Other violent crime 30.51 19.37
Robbery 43.96 25.5
Major assault 75.75 68.33
Homicide 75.73 84.88
Attempted murder 93.52 69.16
Note: Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated, divorced, common-law partners, dating partners (current and previous) and other intimate partners. The intimate partner category is based upon victims aged 15 to 89. Non-intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by other family members (parents, children, siblings, extended family members), friends, casual acquaintances, neighbours, authority figures, criminal relationships, business relationships, strangers and others. The non-intimate partner category is based upon victims aged 0 to 89. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of victim was unknown and where the relationship between the victim and the accused was unknown. Presence of weapon does not include the use of physical force.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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