Table 10
Reasons for not reporting victimization incidents to the police, by type of offence, 2014
Type of offence | Fear of revenge by the offender | Police wouldn’t have found property/offender | Lack of evidence | Police wouldn't have considered the incident important enough | Police would not have been effective | Unsatisfactory service (from police) in the past | Tried to report but could not get through | Could have caused victim trouble with the law | Did not want to get the offender in trouble | Did not want the hassle of dealing with the police | Reporting to the police would bring shame and dishonour to the family |
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percent | |||||||||||
Total victimizationNote 1 | 8 | 51 | 52 | 58 | 34 | 17 | 1Note E: Use with caution | 3Note E: Use with caution | 13 | 37 | 2Note E: Use with caution |
Violent victimization incidentsNote 1 | |||||||||||
Sexual assault | 22Note E: Use with caution | 21Note E: Use with caution | 43 | 43 | 26 | 13Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 30 | 45 | 12Note E: Use with caution |
Robbery | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 52 | 56 | 50 | 49Note E: Use with caution | 31Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 66 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Physical assault | 13Note E: Use with caution | 20 | 22 | 42 | 25 | 17Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 12Note E: Use with caution | 25 | 49 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Total | 18 | 23 | 33 | 43 | 27 | 17 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 8Note E: Use with caution | 27 | 49 | 8Note E: Use with caution |
Household victimization incidents | |||||||||||
Break and enter | 11Note E: Use with caution | 61 | 57 | 62 | 40 | 19 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 11Note E: Use with caution | 33 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Motor vehicle/parts theft | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 74 | 60 | 68 | 38 | 12Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 23 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Theft of household property | 3Note E: Use with caution | 65 | 62 | 68 | 40 | 18 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 4Note E: Use with caution | 30 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Vandalism | 6Note E: Use with caution | 66 | 62 | 63 | 37 | 18 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 8Note E: Use with caution | 29 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Total | 5 | 65 | 61 | 66 | 39 | 18 | 1Note E: Use with caution | 1Note E: Use with caution | 6 | 29 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Theft of personal property | 2Note E: Use with caution | 64 | 61 | 65 | 36 | 17 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 7 | 34 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Type of offence | Incident was a private or personal matter and was handled informally | Didn’t want others to know | Crime was minor and not worth taking the time to report | No one was harmed/no financial loss | No harm was intended | Offender would not be convicted or adequately punished | Feared or did not want the hassle of dealing with the court process | Police would be biased | Insurance wouldn’t cover it | Did not need a police report to file claim | Nothing was taken/all items were recovered | Reported to another official |
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percent | ||||||||||||
Total victimizationNote 1 | 43 | 8 | 78 | 49 | 35 | 38 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Violent victimization incidentsNote 1 | ||||||||||||
Sexual assault | 67 | 30 | 71 | 63 | 39 | 40 | 34 | 13Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Robbery | 65 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 65 | 45 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 51 | 52 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Physical assault | 59 | 11Note E: Use with caution | 66 | 45 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 11Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 19Note E: Use with caution |
Total | 63 | 19 | 68 | 52 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 12Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 13 |
Household victimization incidents | ||||||||||||
Break and enter | 38 | 8Note E: Use with caution | 76 | 51 | 35 | 39 | 24 | 6Note E: Use with caution | 13 | 4Note E: Use with caution | 14 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Motor vehicle/parts theft | 29 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 79 | 45 | 31 | 37 | 18Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 15Note E: Use with caution | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Theft of household property | 30 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 87 | 49 | 39 | 38 | 20 | 3Note E: Use with caution | 21 | 11 | 5Note E: Use with caution | 5Note E: Use with caution |
Vandalism | 33 | 4Note E: Use with caution | 77 | 45 | 34 | 45 | 23 | 4Note E: Use with caution | 20 | 12 | 34 | 7Note E: Use with caution |
Total | 32 | 3 | 82 | 48 | 36 | 40 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 5 |
Theft of personal property | 36 | 3Note E: Use with caution | 83 | 48 | 40 | 39 | 23 | 3Note E: Use with caution | 16 | 9 | 8 | 12 |
E use with caution F too unreliable to be published
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2014. |
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