Victims of police-reported violent crime, by type of intimate partner and most serious weapon present, Canada, 2014
Table 3.4Type of weapon | Victims of spousal violenceNote 1 | Victims of dating violenceNote 2 | Total victims of intimate partner violenceNote 3 | |||
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number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Threats (no weapon)Note 4 | 5,276 | 14 | 7,285 | 16 | 12,561 | 15 |
Physical force | 26,550 | 72 | 32,937 | 71 | 59,487 | 71 |
Weapon | 5,280 | 14 | 6,022 | 13 | 11,302 | 14 |
Firearm | 280 | 0.8 | 296 | 0.6 | 576 | 0.7 |
KnifeNote 5 | 1,741 | 5 | 1,961 | 4 | 3,702 | 4 |
Club/blunt instrument | 834 | 2 | 765 | 2 | 1,599 | 2 |
Other weaponNote 6 | 2,425 | 7 | 3,000 | 6 | 5,425 | 7 |
Unknown | 3,744 | Note ...: not applicable | 1,594 | Note ...: not applicable | 5,338 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total | 40,850 | 100 | 47,838 | 100 | 88,688 | 100 |
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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