Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence for selected violent offences, by sex of victim, 2009 to 2014
Table 4.9Type of offence | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Percent change in rate (2009 to 2014) | ||||||
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number | rateNote 1 | number | rateNote 1 | number | rateNote 1 | number | rateNote 1 | number | rateNote 1 | number | rateNote 1 | percent | |
Male victim | |||||||||||||
Physical assault | 5,284 | 149.9 | 5,301 | 150.5 | 5,327 | 151.3 | 5,030 | 143.0 | 4,730 | 134.6 | 4,635 | 131.9 | -12.0 |
Common assault (level 1) | 4,268 | 121.1 | 4,201 | 119.3 | 4,192 | 119.0 | 4,007 | 113.9 | 3,735 | 106.3 | 3,691 | 105.1 | -13.2 |
Major assault, levels 2 and 3 | 1,016 | 28.8 | 1,100 | 31.2 | 1,135 | 32.2 | 1,023 | 29.1 | 995 | 28.3 | 944 | 26.9 | -6.8 |
Sexual assault | 857 | 24.3 | 810 | 23.0 | 739 | 21.0 | 844 | 24.0 | 720 | 20.5 | 663 | 18.9 | -22.4 |
Sexual assault, level 1 | 852 | 24.2 | 803 | 22.8 | 728 | 20.7 | 839 | 23.9 | 713 | 20.3 | 655 | 18.6 | -22.9 |
Sexual assault, levels 2 and 3 | 5 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.2 | 60.5 |
Female victim | |||||||||||||
Physical assault | 5,360 | 160.0 | 5,452 | 163.1 | 5,405 | 161.8 | 5,129 | 153.7 | 4,735 | 142.0 | 4,487 | 134.5 | -15.9 |
Common assault (level 1) | 4,452 | 132.9 | 4,483 | 134.1 | 4,465 | 133.7 | 4,173 | 125.0 | 3,806 | 114.1 | 3,614 | 108.4 | -18.5 |
Major assault, levels 2 and 3 | 908 | 27.1 | 969 | 29.0 | 940 | 28.1 | 956 | 28.6 | 929 | 27.9 | 873 | 26.2 | -3.4 |
Sexual assault | 3,292 | 98.3 | 3,408 | 101.9 | 3,154 | 94.4 | 3,115 | 93.3 | 2,886 | 86.5 | 2,892 | 86.7 | -11.8 |
Sexual assault, level 1 | 3,263 | 97.4 | 3,373 | 100.9 | 3,131 | 93.7 | 3,078 | 92.2 | 2,863 | 85.9 | 2,864 | 85.9 | -11.8 |
Sexual assault, levels 2 and 3 | 29 | 0.9 | 35 | 1.0 | 23 | 0.7 | 37 | 1.1 | 23 | 0.7 | 28 | 0.8 | -3.0 |
Total | |||||||||||||
Physical assault | 10,644 | 154.8 | 10,753 | 156.6 | 10,732 | 156.4 | 10,159 | 148.2 | 9,465 | 138.2 | 9,122 | 133.2 | -14.0 |
Common assault (level 1) | 8,720 | 126.8 | 8,684 | 126.5 | 8,657 | 126.2 | 8,180 | 119.3 | 7,541 | 110.1 | 7,305 | 106.7 | -15.9 |
Major assault, levels 2 and 3 | 1,924 | 28.0 | 2,069 | 30.1 | 2,075 | 30.2 | 1,979 | 28.9 | 1,924 | 28.1 | 1,817 | 26.5 | -5.2 |
Sexual assault | 4,149 | 60.3 | 4,218 | 61.4 | 3,893 | 56.7 | 3,959 | 57.8 | 3,606 | 52.7 | 3,555 | 51.9 | -14.0 |
Sexual assault, level 1 | 4,115 | 59.9 | 4,176 | 60.8 | 3,859 | 56.2 | 3,917 | 57.1 | 3,576 | 52.2 | 3,519 | 51.4 | -14.1 |
Sexual assault, levels 2 and 3 | 34 | 0.5 | 42 | 0.6 | 34 | 0.5 | 42 | 0.6 | 30 | 0.4 | 36 | 0.5 | 6.3 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database. |
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