Table 1
Police-reported cybercrimes, selected police services, 2012
Cyber-related violationNote 1 | Number | Rate per 100,000 population | Percentage of total |
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Total cybercrimes against the person | 3,284 | 11.8 | 36.2 |
Sexual violations | 1,441 | 5.2 | 15.9 |
Invitation to sexual touching | 67 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Sexual exploitation | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Luring a child/ Agreement or arrangement | 543 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
Voyeurism | 11 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Other sexual violationsNote 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Child pornographyNote 3 | 805 | 2.9 | 8.9 |
Intimidation violations | 1,839 | 6.6 | 20.2 |
Extortion | 136 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Intimidation of an individualNote 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Criminal harassment | 560 | 2.0 | 6.2 |
Threatening or harassing phone calls | 377 | 1.4 | 4.2 |
Uttering threats | 759 | 2.7 | 8.4 |
Other violent violationsNote 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Total cybercrimes against property | 5,544 | 20.0 | 61.0 |
Fraud | 4,878 | 17.6 | 53.7 |
Identity theft | 73 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
Identity fraud | 421 | 1.5 | 4.6 |
Mischief | 170 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
Trafficking stolen goods | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Total other Criminal Code violationsNote 6 | 256 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
Total - all Criminal Code violations | 9,084 | 32.7 | 100.0 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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