Table 1.4
Victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and type of offence, Canada, 2013
Type of offence | Female victims | Male victims | Total | |||
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number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Violations causing death and attempted murderNote 1 | 167 | 0.3 | 116 | 0.4 | 283 | 0.3 |
Sexual offencesNote 2 | 5,953 | 10 | 1,224 | 4 | 7,177 | 8 |
Physical assault | 41,643 | 70 | 21,644 | 77 | 63,287 | 72 |
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)Note 3 | 6,787 | 11 | 5,331 | 19 | 12,118 | 14 |
Common assault (level 1)Note 4 | 34,586 | 58 | 16,150 | 57 | 50,736 | 58 |
Other assaultsNote 5 | 270 | 0.5 | 163 | 1 | 433 | 0.5 |
Criminal harassment | 3,054 | 5 | 609 | 2 | 3,663 | 4 |
Indecent or harassing phone calls | 858 | 1 | 341 | 1 | 1,199 | 1 |
Uttering threats | 6,464 | 11 | 3,637 | 13 | 10,101 | 12 |
Robbery | 111 | 0.2 | 76 | 0.3 | 187 | 0.2 |
Other violent offencesNote 6 | 1,475 | 2 | 448 | 2 | 1,923 | 2 |
Total | 59,725 | 100 | 28,095 | 100 | 87,820 | 100 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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