Table 6
Violent incidents, by the type of offence, presence of a weapon, and co-offending, Canada, 2011
Offence and weapon type | Lone offence | Pair offence | Group offence | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Homicide and attempted murder | ||||||
Firearm | 127 | 19 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 44 |
Knife or equivalent | 316 | 47 | 30 | 38 | 19 | 40 |
Other weapon | 229 | 34 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 17 |
No weapon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 12 | Note ...: not applicable | 2 | Note ...: not applicable | 3 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total | 684 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 51 | 100 |
Sexual assault (level 1, 2, 3) | ||||||
Firearm | 21 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Knife or equivalent | 133 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Other weapon | 9,793 | 98 | 269 | 98 | 57 | 97 |
No weapon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 1,396 | Note ...: not applicable | 40 | Note ...: not applicable | 8 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total | 11,343 | 100 | 315 | 100 | 67 | 100 |
Physical assault | ||||||
Firearm | 779 | 1 | 131 | 1 | 49 | 2 |
Knife or equivalent | 7,986 | 6 | 672 | 6 | 202 | 8 |
Other weapon | 134,005 | 94 | 9,615 | 92 | 2,203 | 90 |
No weapon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 5,670 | Note ...: not applicable | 351 | Note ...: not applicable | 74 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total | 148,440 | 100 | 10,769 | 100 | 2,528 | 100 |
Kidnapping, abduction | ||||||
Firearm | 50 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 20 |
Knife or equivalent | 204 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Other weapon | 2,320 | 87 | 117 | 78 | 58 | 71 |
No weapon | 91 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unknown | 163 | Note ...: not applicable | 13 | Note ...: not applicable | 10 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total | 2,828 | 100 | 163 | 100 | 92 | 100 |
Robbery | ||||||
Firearm | 748 | 12 | 264 | 14 | 150 | 14 |
Knife or equivalent | 1,307 | 22 | 421 | 23 | 191 | 18 |
Other weapon | 3,937 | 66 | 1,155 | 63 | 720 | 68 |
No weapon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 386 | Note ...: not applicable | 95 | Note ...: not applicable | 39 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total | 6,378 | 100 | 1,935 | 100 | 1,100 | 100 |
Other violent offences | ||||||
Firearm | 1,089 | 2 | 113 | 4 | 67 | 10 |
Knife or equivalent | 960 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
Other weapon | 36,350 | 58 | 1,588 | 57 | 388 | 56 |
No weapon | 23,906 | 38 | 1,047 | 38 | 229 | 33 |
Unknown | 4,076 | Note ...: not applicable | 204 | Note ...: not applicable | 55 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total | 66,381 | 100 | 2,995 | 100 | 749 | 100 |
All violent incidents | ||||||
Firearm | 2,814 | 1 | 553 | 4 | 304 | 7 |
Knife or equivalent | 10,906 | 5 | 1,182 | 8 | 430 | 10 |
Other weapon | 186,634 | 83 | 12,768 | 82 | 3,434 | 78 |
No weapon | 23,997 | 11 | 1,049 | 7 | 230 | 5 |
Unknown | 11,703 | Note ...: not applicable | 705 | Note ...: not applicable | 189 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total | 236,054 | 100 | 16,257 | 100 | 4,587 | 100 |
... not applicable Note: Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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