In 2007, Incident-based UCR2 coverage was at least 97% in all provinces and territories, with the exception of British Columbia which had 59% coverage.

Includes arson, other assaults, assault against a peace/public officer, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, discharge firearm with intent, extortion, kidnapping, unlawfully causing bodily harm, and other violent offences.

There is no statistically significant difference in reporting rates between seniors and non-seniors overall. However, police-reporting rates among 15 to 24 year-olds (the group with the higher risk of violent victimization), were considerably lower (24%) compared to seniors (51%).

Based on data from the UCR2 Trend Database. The UCR2 Trend Database is a non-representative sample based on 63 police services that have reported to the survey consistently since 1998, representing 53% of the population of Canada in 2007.

Assault is classified into either one of three levels according to the seriousness of the incident. Level 1 or common assault is the least serious form of assault and includes pushing, slapping, punching, and face-to-face verbal threats. Major assault includes assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) and aggravated assault, defined as assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim (level 3).

For 6% of senior victims of family violence, the level of injury was unknown.

These figures include the 6% of senior victims of family violence for whom the level of injury was unknown.