Table 4.1
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by age group of victim and type of offence, Canada, 2015

Table 4.1
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by age group of victim and type of offence, Canada, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Adult victims (18 years and older), Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years), Child and youth victims by age group, Total victims, Less than 3 years, 3 to 11 years and 12 to 17 years, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Adult victims (18 years and older) Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) Child and youth victims by age group Total victims
Less than 3 years 3 to 11 years 12 to 17 years
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Violations causing death/attempted murder/conspiracy to commit murder 1,370 5 115 2 24 2 21 0.6 70 3 1,485 4
Murder, manslaughter, infanticide 551 2 48 0.7 19 2 8 0.2 21 0.9 599 2
Criminal negligence causing death 67 0.2 10 0.1 1 0.1 0 0 9 0.4 77 0.2
Other related offences causing death 7 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.02
Attempted murder or conspiracy to commit murder 745 3 57 0.8 4 0.3 13 0.4 40 2 802 2
Sexual offences 12,299 43 13,737 199 186 16 4,873 141 8,678 376 26,036 73
Sexual assault (level 3) - aggravated 83 0.3 17 0.2 0 0 2 0.1 15 0.7 100 0.3
Sexual assault (level 2) - weapon or causing bodily harm 276 1 93 1 0 0 23 0.7 70 3 369 1
Sexual assault (level 1) 11,273 40 9,262 134 123 11 3,046 88 6,093 264 20,535 58
Sexual interference Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 2,553 37 49 4 1,340 39 1,164 50 2,553 7
Invitation to sexual touching Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 458 7 3 0.3 200 6 255 11 458 1
Luring a child via a computer Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 659 10 0 0 113 3 546 24 659 2
Incest 40 0.1 183 3 5 0.4 78 2 100 4 223 0.6
Sexual exploitation 16 0.1 145 2 0 0 0 0 145 6 161 0.5
Voyeurism 395 1 153 2 2 0.2 27 0.8 124 5 548 2
Non-consensual distribution of intimate images 193 0.7 91 1 0 0 4 0.1 87 4 284 0.8
Other sexual offencesTable 4.1 Note 1 23 0.1 123 2 4 0.3 40 1 79 3 146 0.4
Assaults 187,173 656 27,386 396 850 74 6,796 197 19,740 856 214,559 605
Assault (level 3) - aggravated 3,002 11 238 3 40 3 20 0.6 178 8 3,240 9
Assault (level 2) - weapon or causing bodily harm 40,592 142 5,858 85 198 17 1,412 41 4,248 184 46,450 131
Assault (level 1) 132,961 466 20,872 302 574 50 5,275 153 15,023 652 153,833 434
Pointing a firearm 563 2 119 2 3 0.3 25 0.7 91 4 682 2
Unlawfully causing bodily harm 342 1 36 0.5 2 0.2 1 0.03 33 1 378 1
Criminal negligence causing bodily harm 136 0.5 63 0.9 15 1 19 0.6 29 1 199 0.6
Using firearm or imitation firearm in commission of offence 142 0.5 21 0.3 1 0.1 3 0.1 17 0.7 163 0.5
Discharge firearm with intent 322 1 62 0.9 7 0.6 12 0.3 43 2 384 1
Other assaultsTable 4.1 Note 2 9,113 32 117 2 10 0.9 29 0.8 78 3 9,230 26
Deprivation of freedom 3,124 11 760 11 77 7 331 10 352 15 3,884 11
Kidnapping and forcible confinement 3,124 11 379 5 21 2 72 2 286 12 3,503 10
Abduction or removal of child from Canada Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 381 6 56 5 259 8 66 3 381 1
Other violent offences 75,081 263 11,572 167 364 32 1,610 47 9,598 416 86,653 244
Robbery 16,626 58 3,054 44 15 1 110 3 2,929 127 19,680 56
Criminal harassment 12,144 43 1,320 19 5 0.4 158 5 1,157 50 13,464 38
Uttering threats 38,074 133 5,850 85 258 22 1,139 33 4,453 193 43,924 124
Indecent or harassing phone calls 4,717 17 423 6 3 0.3 33 1 387 17 5,140 14
Trafficking in persons 158 0.6 50 0.7 0 0 0 0 50 2 208 0.6
OtherTable 4.1 Note 3 3,362 12 875 13 83 7 170 5 622 27 4,237 12
Total 279,047 978 53,570 775 1,501 130 13,631 395 38,438 1,667 332,617 938
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes corrupting children, making sexually explicit material available to children, anal intercourse, bestiality, other unknown sexual assault, and as of December 2014, new violations classified as 'commodification of sexual activity.' These include the purchasing of sexual services or communicating for that purpose, receiving material benefit deriving from purchase of sexual services, procuring of persons for the purpose of prostitution, and advertising sexual services offered for sale.

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Note 2.

Includes trap likely to cause bodily harm, assaults against police and other peace officers, as well as other types of assaults such as administering a noxious substance.

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Note 3.

Other violent offences include extortion, arson—disregard for human life, intimidation of a justice system participant or journalist, intimidation of a non-justice participant, explosives causing death/bodily harm, hostage taking, and other violent violations.

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Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Victims refer to those aged 89 years and younger. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes spousal victims under the age of 15 years. Excludes victims where the sex or the age was unknown. In 2015, police-reported data included 880 victims with unknown sex and 3,133 victims with unknown age. 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.
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