Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence, by clearance status and type of intimate partner relationship, Canada, 2014
Table 3.5Type of incident clearance status | 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 | |
Not clearedNote 4 | 4,794 | 12 | 7,007 | 15 | 11,801 | 13 |
Cleared by charge | 28,630 | 70 | 35,000 | 73 | 63,630 | 72 |
Cleared otherwise | 7,426 | 18 | 5,831 | 12 | 13,257 | 15 |
Complainant requests charges not to be laid | 2,872 | 7 | 2,881 | 6 | 5,753 | 6 |
Reasons beyond the control of police department | 3,192 | 8 | 711 | 1 | 3,903 | 4 |
Departmental discretion | 1,154 | 3 | 2,004 | 4 | 3,158 | 4 |
OtherNote 5 | 208 | 0.5 | 235 | 0.5 | 443 | 0.5 |
Total | 40,850 | 100 | 47,838 | 100 | 88,688 | 100 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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