Table 4.9
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence for selected violent offences, by sex of victim, 2009 to 2014

Table 4.9
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence for selected violent offences, by sex of victim, 2009 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence for selected violent offences. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and Percent change in rate (2009 to 2014), calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Percent change in rate (2009 to 2014)
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 percent
Male victim  
Physical assault 5,284 149.9 5,301 150.5 5,327 151.3 5,030 143.0 4,730 134.6 4,635 131.9 -12.0
Common assault (level 1) 4,268 121.1 4,201 119.3 4,192 119.0 4,007 113.9 3,735 106.3 3,691 105.1 -13.2
Major assault, levels 2 and 3 1,016 28.8 1,100 31.2 1,135 32.2 1,023 29.1 995 28.3 944 26.9 -6.8
Sexual assault 857 24.3 810 23.0 739 21.0 844 24.0 720 20.5 663 18.9 -22.4
Sexual assault, level 1 852 24.2 803 22.8 728 20.7 839 23.9 713 20.3 655 18.6 -22.9
Sexual assault, levels 2 and 3 5 0.1 7 0.2 11 0.3 5 0.1 7 0.2 8 0.2 60.5
Female victim  
Physical assault 5,360 160.0 5,452 163.1 5,405 161.8 5,129 153.7 4,735 142.0 4,487 134.5 -15.9
Common assault (level 1) 4,452 132.9 4,483 134.1 4,465 133.7 4,173 125.0 3,806 114.1 3,614 108.4 -18.5
Major assault, levels 2 and 3 908 27.1 969 29.0 940 28.1 956 28.6 929 27.9 873 26.2 -3.4
Sexual assault 3,292 98.3 3,408 101.9 3,154 94.4 3,115 93.3 2,886 86.5 2,892 86.7 -11.8
Sexual assault, level 1 3,263 97.4 3,373 100.9 3,131 93.7 3,078 92.2 2,863 85.9 2,864 85.9 -11.8
Sexual assault, levels 2 and 3 29 0.9 35 1.0 23 0.7 37 1.1 23 0.7 28 0.8 -3.0
Total  
Physical assault 10,644 154.8 10,753 156.6 10,732 156.4 10,159 148.2 9,465 138.2 9,122 133.2 -14.0
Common assault (level 1) 8,720 126.8 8,684 126.5 8,657 126.2 8,180 119.3 7,541 110.1 7,305 106.7 -15.9
Major assault, levels 2 and 3 1,924 28.0 2,069 30.1 2,075 30.2 1,979 28.9 1,924 28.1 1,817 26.5 -5.2
Sexual assault 4,149 60.3 4,218 61.4 3,893 56.7 3,959 57.8 3,606 52.7 3,555 51.9 -14.0
Sexual assault, level 1 4,115 59.9 4,176 60.8 3,859 56.2 3,917 57.1 3,576 52.2 3,519 51.4 -14.1
Sexual assault, levels 2 and 3 34 0.5 42 0.6 34 0.5 42 0.6 30 0.4 36 0.5 6.3
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Rate per 100,000 population.

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Note: Family violence refers to violence committed by parents, siblings, extended family and spouses. The Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database represents 99% of police services in Canada. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of victim was unknown. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.
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