Table 2.4
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by intimate and non-intimate partners, type of offence and sex of victim, Canada, 2010
Type of offence | Victims of intimate partner violenceNote 1 | |||||
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Female victims | Male victims | Total | ||||
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Homicide/attempts | 146 | 0.2 | 53 | 0.3 | 199 | 0.2 |
Sexual assaultNote 3 | 2,309 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 2,369 | 2 |
Physical assault | 57,989 | 71 | 16,304 | 79 | 74,293 | 72 |
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)Note 4 | 8,506 | 10 | 3,809 | 19 | 12,315 | 12 |
Common assault (level 1)Note 5 | 46,685 | 57 | 11,764 | 57 | 58,449 | 57 |
Other assaultsNote 6 | 2,798 | 3 | 731 | 4 | 3,529 | 3 |
Criminal harassment | 7,075 | 9 | 1,057 | 5 | 8,132 | 8 |
Indecent/harassing phone calls | 4,022 | 5 | 1,316 | 6 | 5,338 | 5 |
Uttering threats | 7,820 | 10 | 1,580 | 8 | 9,400 | 9 |
Robbery | 257 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 306 | 0 |
Other violent offencesNote 7 | 2,550 | 3 | 126 | 1 | 2,676 | 3 |
Total offences | 82,168 | 100 | 20,545 | 100 | 102,713 | 100 |
Type of offence | Victims of non-intimate partner violenceNote 2 | |||||
Female victims | Male victims | Total | ||||
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Homicide/attempts | 184 | 0.2 | 746 | 0.4 | 930 | 0.3 |
Sexual assaultNote 3 | 19,056 | 16 | 3,586 | 2 | 22,642 | 8 |
Physical assault | 57,241 | 47 | 108,475 | 64 | 165,716 | 57 |
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)Note 4 | 10,177 | 8 | 30,667 | 18 | 40,844 | 14 |
Common assault (level 1)Note 5 | 43,506 | 36 | 66,471 | 39 | 109,977 | 38 |
Other assaultsNote 6 | 3,558 | 3 | 11,337 | 7 | 14,895 | 5 |
Criminal harassment | 7,431 | 6 | 3,545 | 2 | 10,976 | 4 |
Indecent/harassing phone calls | 8,720 | 7 | 4,334 | 3 | 13,054 | 4 |
Uttering threats | 18,752 | 15 | 28,116 | 17 | 46,868 | 16 |
Robbery | 7,930 | 7 | 18,842 | 11 | 26,772 | 9 |
Other violent offencesNote 7 | 2,295 | 2 | 2,507 | 1 | 4,802 | 2 |
Total offences | 121,609 | 100 | 170,151 | 100 | 291,760 | 100 |
1. 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 on victims aged 15 to 89. 2. Non-intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by other family members (parent, child, sibling, and extended family), friends, acquaintances, business relationships, criminal relationships, authority figures, and strangers. The non-intimate partner category is based on victims aged 0 to 89. 3. Includes sexual assault, classified as one of three levels according to the seriousness of the incidents. Level 1 sexual assault is the category of least physical injury to the victim; level 2 includes sexual assault with a weapon, threats to use a weapon, or causing bodily harm; and level 3 includes aggravated sexual assault which wounds, maims, disfigures, or endangers the life of the victim. Also includes other sexual crimes such as sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, incest, corrupting children, luring a child via a computer, and voyeurism. 4. Level 2 assault is defined as assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm and level 3 assault is defined as assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim. 5. Level 1 assault is the least serious form of assault and includes pushing, slapping, punching and face-to-face verbal threats. 6. Other assaults include unlawfully causing bodily harm, discharge firearm with intent, assault against peace-public officer, and other assaults. 7. Includes abduction, kidnapping, hostage-taking, arson and other violent violations. Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of victim was unknown and where the relationship between the victim and the accused was unknown. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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