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Unfounded police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime, Canada, 2017 to 2022

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% of incidents reported to police 0 5 10 15 20 25 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Sexual assaultSexual assault Physical assaultPhysical assault Criminal harassmentCriminal harassment Indecent or harassing communicationsIndecent or harassing communications Total violent crimeTotal violent crime
Note(s):
Unfounded crime refers to incidents where police investigation determined that the reported incident did not occur, nor was it attempted. Offences reflect the most serious violation against the victim. Sexual assault includes level 1, 2 and 3 sexual assault, and physical assault includes level 1, 2 and 3 assault.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, aggregate data file (3302).

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Unfounded police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime, Canada, 2017 to 2022, % of incidents reported to police
  Sexual assault Physical assault Criminal harassment Indecent or harassing communications Total violent crime
2017 14 9 21 24 12
2018 12 9 21 21 11
2019 10 8 18 16 10
2020 9 8 17 15 9
2021 8 7 14 13 8
2022 7 6 13 11 7
Note(s):
Unfounded crime refers to incidents where police investigation determined that the reported incident did not occur, nor was it attempted. Offences reflect the most serious violation against the victim. Sexual assault includes level 1, 2 and 3 sexual assault, and physical assault includes level 1, 2 and 3 assault.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, aggregate data file (3302).
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