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Table 7.1
Victims of selected violent crimes, by type of crime, 20041
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| Type of crime | Female victims | Male victims | Female victims as a percent of all victims |
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| Total | % | Total | % | ||
| Homicide | 122 | 0.1 | 244 | 0.3 | 33.3 |
| Attempted murder | 139 | 0.2 | 387 | 0.4 | 26.4 |
| Sexual assaults – all levels | 11,738 | 12.8 | 1,900 | 2.2 | 86.1 |
| Other sexual offences | 1,273 | 1.4 | 356 | 0.4 | 78.1 |
| Aggravated assault | 330 | 0.4 | 1,278 | 1.4 | 20.5 |
| Assault with a weapon causing bodily harm | 10,009 | 10.9 | 19,138 | 21.7 | 34.3 |
| Common assault | 48,439 | 52.8 | 46,146 | 52.4 | 51.2 |
| Other assaults | 380 | 0.4 | 1,014 | 1.2 | 27.3 |
| Kidnapping/abduction2 | 2,111 | 2.3 | 929 | 0.2 | 69.4 |
| Robbery | 7,715 | 8.4 | 13,930 | 15.8 | 35.6 |
| Extortion | 191 | 0.2 | 498 | 0.6 | 27.7 |
| Criminal harassment | 9,145 | 10.0 | 2,838 | 3.2 | 76.3 |
| Other violent offences | 147 | 0.2 | 162 | 0.2 | 47.6 |
| Total | 91,739 | 100.0 | 88,820 | 100.0 | 50.8 |
| 1. These data are from a non-random sample of 120 police agencies, representing 58% of the national volume of crime. Incidents where the age of the victim is unknown were excluded. 2. Includes kidnapping; abduction under 14, not parent/guardian; abduction under 16; removal of children from Canada; abduction under 14 contravening a custody order; abduction under 14, by parent/guardian. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. |
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