Table 1
Attrition and retention rates of sexual assault incidents, between police charge and completed court case, by selected incident characteristics, Canada, 2009 to 2014
Selected incident characteristics | Total | Incidents charged by police that went to court | Incidents charged by police that did not go to court | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | number | retention rateTable 1 Note 1 | number | attrition rateTable 1 Note 2 | |
Total sexual assaults | 40,490 | 19,806 | 49 | 20,684 | 51 |
Sexual assault level 1 | 39,145 | 19,040 | 49 | 20,105 | 51 |
Sexual assault level 2 | 951 | 549 | 58 | 402 | 42 |
Sexual assault level 3 | 394 | 217 | 55 | 177 | 45 |
Total physical assaults | 452,745 | 341,101 | 75 | 111,644 | 25 |
Physical assault level 1 | 333,586 | 251,145 | 75 | 82,441 | 25 |
Physical assault level 2 | 108,929 | 82,817 | 76 | 26,112 | 24 |
Physical assault level 3 | 10,230 | 7,139 | 70 | 3,091 | 30 |
Incident characteristics | |||||
LocationTable 1 Note 3 | |||||
Private property | 28,567 | 13,075 | 46 | 15,492 | 54 |
Open area | 4,759 | 2,846 | 60 | 1,913 | 40 |
Commercial area | 2,810 | 1,685 | 60 | 1,125 | 40 |
School | 1,087 | 609 | 56 | 478 | 44 |
Other | 2,217 | 1,176 | 53 | 1,041 | 47 |
Unknown | 1,050 | 415 | 40 | 635 | 60 |
Population density regionTable 1 Note 4 | |||||
Census metropolitan area (CMA) | 20,713 | 10,737 | 52 | 9,976 | 48 |
Outside of CMA | 19,777 | 9,069 | 46 | 10,708 | 54 |
ProvinceTable 1 Note 5 | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 713 | 395 | 55 | 318 | 45 |
Nova Scotia | 1,242 | 650 | 52 | 592 | 48 |
New Brunswick | 1,157 | 470 | 41 | 687 | 59 |
Ontario | 18,090 | 9,048 | 50 | 9,042 | 50 |
Manitoba | 3,257 | 1,528 | 47 | 1,729 | 53 |
Saskatchewan | 2,536 | 1,355 | 53 | 1,181 | 47 |
Alberta | 5,893 | 3,193 | 54 | 2,700 | 46 |
British Columbia | 6,185 | 2,684 | 43 | 3,501 | 57 |
Yukon | 198 | 132 | 67 | 66 | 33 |
Northwest Territories | 524 | 188 | 36 | 336 | 64 |
Nunavut | 695 | 163 | 23 | 532 | 77 |
Weapon presence during sexual assaultTable 1 Note 6 | |||||
Weapon present | 1,719 | 1,023 | 60 | 696 | 40 |
Only physical force | 36,851 | 17,984 | 49 | 18,867 | 51 |
Unknown | 1,920 | 799 | 42 | 1,121 | 58 |
Delay in reporting to policeTable 1 Note 7 | |||||
Reported same day as incident occurred | 22,399 | 11,892 | 53 | 10,507 | 47 |
Reported at least one day after | 17,653 | 7,723 | 44 | 9,930 | 56 |
Reported more than week after | 10,928 | 3,736 | 34 | 7,192 | 66 |
Reported more than one year after | 4,476 | 862 | 19 | 3,614 | 81 |
Long-term incidentsTable 1 Note 8 | |||||
Isolated incident | 26,594 | 14,565 | 55 | 12,029 | 45 |
Occurred over a one week period or longer | 10,702 | 3,420 | 32 | 7,282 | 68 |
Incomplete information on incident fileTable 1 Note 9 | |||||
No unknowns | 23,846 | 12,606 | 53 | 11,240 | 47 |
At least one unknown | 12,939 | 5,494 | 42 | 7,445 | 58 |
Two or more unknowns | 2,605 | 992 | 38 | 1,613 | 62 |
Accused characteristics | |||||
Accused sexTable 1 Note 10 | |||||
Male accused | 39,724 | 19,568 | 49 | 20,156 | 51 |
Female accused | 603 | 238 | 39 | 365 | 61 |
Accused age groupsTable 1 Note 11 | |||||
Youth (12 to 17 years of age) | 5,152 | 2,627 | 51 | 2,525 | 49 |
Adults (18 and older) | 35,320 | 17,175 | 49 | 18,145 | 51 |
18 to 24 | 7,486 | 3,805 | 51 | 3,681 | 49 |
25 to 34 | 9,117 | 4,535 | 50 | 4,582 | 50 |
35 to 44 | 8,208 | 3,877 | 47 | 4,331 | 53 |
45 to 54 | 5,951 | 2,872 | 48 | 3,079 | 52 |
55 to 89 | 4,558 | 2,086 | 46 | 2,472 | 54 |
Victim characteristicsTable 1 Note 12 | |||||
Victim sexTable 1 Note 13 | |||||
Male victim | 3,362 | 1,368 | 41 | 1,994 | 59 |
Female victim | 33,353 | 16,698 | 50 | 16,655 | 50 |
Victim age groupsTable 1 Note 14 | |||||
Child (13 and younger) | 8,642 | 3,416 | 40 | 5,226 | 60 |
Older than child (14 and older) | 28,071 | 14,635 | 52 | 13,436 | 48 |
Youth (12 to 17) | 12,016 | 5,357 | 45 | 6,659 | 55 |
Adult (18 and older) | 19,278 | 10,616 | 55 | 8,662 | 45 |
18 to 24 | 7,588 | 4,117 | 54 | 3,471 | 46 |
25 to 34 | 5,600 | 3,102 | 55 | 2,498 | 45 |
35 to 44 | 3,419 | 1,896 | 55 | 1,523 | 45 |
45 to 54 | 1,863 | 1,036 | 56 | 827 | 44 |
55 to 89 | 808 | 465 | 58 | 343 | 42 |
Physical injury to victimTable 1 Note 15 | |||||
Minor or major | 9,719 | 5,071 | 52 | 4,648 | 48 |
No injury | 23,272 | 11,419 | 49 | 11,853 | 51 |
Unknown | 3,794 | 1,610 | 42 | 2,184 | 58 |
Victim and accused relationship characteristicsTable 1 Note 16 | |||||
Relationship of victim to accusedTable 1 Note 17 | |||||
Stranger | 4,876 | 3,110 | 64 | 1,766 | 36 |
Known to victim | 31,909 | 14,990 | 47 | 16,919 | 53 |
Intimate partner | 7,030 | 3,889 | 55 | 3,141 | 45 |
Parent | 2,815 | 924 | 33 | 1,891 | 67 |
Other family | 5,688 | 2,144 | 38 | 3,544 | 62 |
Casual acquaintance | 9,593 | 4,948 | 52 | 4,645 | 48 |
Group type (age-based) | |||||
Pedophile-perpetrated sexual assaultsTable 1 Note 18 | 6,493 | 2,396 | 37 | 4,097 | 63 |
Pedophile stranger | 350 | 207 | 59 | 143 | 41 |
Pedophile known to victim | 6,143 | 2,189 | 36 | 3,954 | 64 |
Pedophile parent | 1,419 | 472 | 33 | 947 | 67 |
Pedophile other family | 2,106 | 691 | 33 | 1,415 | 67 |
Pedophile casual acquaintance | 1,243 | 531 | 43 | 712 | 57 |
Peer-perpetrated sexual assaultsTable 1 Note 19 | 11,576 | 6,300 | 54 | 5,276 | 46 |
Peer stranger | 1,283 | 813 | 63 | 470 | 37 |
Peer known to victim | 10,293 | 5,487 | 53 | 4,806 | 47 |
Peer intimate partner | 4,106 | 2,320 | 57 | 1,786 | 43 |
Peer family | 1,040 | 440 | 42 | 600 | 58 |
Peer casual acquaintance | 3,362 | 1,850 | 55 | 1,512 | 45 |
Age gap between victim and accusedTable 1 Note 20 | |||||
Accused older than victim | 30,073 | 14,197 | 47 | 15,876 | 53 |
1 to 5 years apart | 7,539 | 3,991 | 53 | 3,548 | 47 |
6 to 10 years apart | 6,017 | 2,936 | 49 | 3,081 | 51 |
11 to 15 years apart | 3,468 | 1,664 | 48 | 1,804 | 52 |
16 or more years apart | 13,049 | 5,606 | 43 | 7,443 | 57 |
Same age | 1,569 | 867 | 55 | 702 | 45 |
Accused younger than victim | 5,056 | 2,983 | 59 | 2,073 | 41 |
1 to 5 years apart | 2,719 | 1,551 | 57 | 1,168 | 43 |
6 to 10 years apart | 980 | 562 | 57 | 418 | 43 |
11 to 15 years apart | 550 | 335 | 61 | 215 | 39 |
16 or more years apart | 807 | 535 | 66 | 272 | 34 |
Relationship by sex | |||||
Female victim, male accused | 32,960 | 16,595 | 50 | 16,365 | 50 |
Male victim, male accused | 3,076 | 1,260 | 41 | 1,816 | 59 |
Female victim, female accused | 275 | 103 | 37 | 172 | 63 |
Male victim, female accused | 259 | 108 | 42 | 151 | 58 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and Integrated Criminal Court Survey linked file. |
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