Table 4
Offences making the largest contributions to the Violent Crime Severity Index and the violent crime rate

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Offences making the largest contributions to the Violent Crime Severity Index and the violent crime rate
  Contribution to the Violent Crime Severity Index Contribution to the violent crime rate
  percent
Robbery 39.6 7.5
Sexual assault - level 1 9.0 4.7
Assault - level 1 8.6 40.6
Assault - level 2 8.5 12.2
Homicide 7.9 0.1
Uttering threat to person 7.3 17.7
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 4.3 1.0
Assault - level 3 2.8 0.8
Attempted murder 2.3 0.2
Criminal harassment 1.6 4.2
Note(s):
The violent crime rate has been expanded to include a number of offences not previously included in the violent crime rate, including uttering threats, criminal harassment and forcible confinement. For further details on this revision refer to Appendix C of this report.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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