Victims of police-reported crimes, by type of crime, 2015
Table 2Type of violent crime | Female victim | Male victim | Females as a percentage of all victims | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | percent | number | percent | ||
Homicide | 175 | 0.1 | 426 | 0.3 | 29.1 |
Attempted murder | 193 | 0.1 | 616 | 0.4 | 23.9 |
Other violations causing death | 36 | 0.0 | 52 | 0.0 | 40.9 |
Sexual assaults - all levels | 18,626 | 10.7 | 2,499 | 1.5 | 88.2 |
Other sexual violationsTable 2 Note 1 | 4,251 | 2.4 | 847 | 0.5 | 83.4 |
Assault - level 3 - aggravated | 894 | 0.5 | 2,356 | 1.5 | 27.5 |
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm | 17,744 | 10.2 | 28,882 | 17.9 | 38.1 |
Assault - level 1 - common assault | 84,435 | 48.4 | 70,000 | 43.4 | 54.7 |
Other types of assaultsTable 2 Note 2 | 2,255 | 1.3 | 8,878 | 5.5 | 20.3 |
Forcible confinement, kidnapping or abductionTable 2 Note 3 | 3,268 | 1.9 | 848 | 0.5 | 79.4 |
Robbery | 6,217 | 3.6 | 13,516 | 8.4 | 31.5 |
Extortion | 726 | 0.4 | 1,445 | 0.9 | 33.4 |
Criminal harassment | 10,244 | 5.9 | 3,283 | 2.0 | 75.7 |
Threatening or harassing phone calls | 3,655 | 2.1 | 1,512 | 0.9 | 70.7 |
Uttering threats | 20,404 | 11.7 | 24,117 | 15.0 | 45.8 |
Commodification of sexual activity | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
Other violent Criminal Code violationsTable 2 Note 4 | 1,366 | 0.8 | 2,026 | 1.3 | 40.3 |
Total | 174,500 | 100.0 | 161,303 | 100.0 | 52.0 |
Notes: Counts are based upon the most serious violation against the victim. Incidents where the sex of the victim is unknown were excluded. Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2015. |
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