Table 1
Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2010 

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Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2010 
Type of offence number rate % change in rate 2009 to 2010
Total crime (excluding traffic) - "Crime rate" 2,095,921 6,145 -5
Violent crime      
Homicide 554 2 -10
Other violations causing death 91 0 -11
Attempted murder 693 2 -14
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 188 1 56
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 388 1 9
Sexual assault - level 1 21,604 63 4
Sexual violations against children¹ 3,648 11 ...
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 3,410 10 -7
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 51,340 151 -5
Assault - level 1 173,843 510 -5
Assault police officer 17,377 51 45
Other assaults 3,257 10 -6
Firearms - use of, discharge, pointing 1,952 6 11
Robbery 30,405 89 -7
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 4,308 13 -11
Abduction 446 1 1
Extortion 1,548 5 -11
Criminal harassment 21,108 62 5
Uttering threats 75,927 223 -5
Threatening or harassing phone calls 21,436 63 -9
Other violent Criminal Code violations 3,793 11 0
Total 437,316 1,282 -3
Property crime      
Breaking and entering 196,881 577 -6
Possession of stolen property 29,823 87 -4
Theft of motor vehicle 92,683 272 -15
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 15,790 46 -1
Theft under $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 536,151 1,572 -5
Fraud 88,491 259 -4
Mischief 339,831 996 -7
Arson 12,241 36 -10
Total 1,311,891 3,846 -6
Other Criminal Code offences      
Counterfeiting 820 2 -1
Weapons violations 14,861 44 -2
Child pornography² (correction) .. .. ..
Prostitution 3,043 9 -15
Disturb the peace 117,903 346 -1
Administration of justice violations 176,560 518 2
Other violations 31,337 92 -3
Total 346,714 1,016 0
Criminal Code traffic violations      
Impaired driving 84,397 247 -6
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 55,604 163 -5
Total 140,001 410 -5
Drug offences      
Possession - cannabis 56,870 167 14
Possession - cocaine 7,256 21 -6
Possession - other drugs 9,462 28 14
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis 18,256 54 10
Trafficking, production or distribution - cocaine 9,729 29 -4
Trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs 6,956 20 5
Total 108,529 318 10
Other federal statute violations      
Youth Criminal Justice Act 13,036 38 3
Other federal statutes 19,684 58 1
Total 32,720 96 2
Total — all violations 2,377,171 6,969 -4
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not available for a specific reference period
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not applicable
1.
Sexual offences against children is a relatively new crime category with only partial data available prior to 2010. As a result, numbers and rates should not be directly compared with data from previous years.
2.
Due to incorrect reporting by a police service of incidents of child pornography from 2008 to 2011, the data originally contained in this report have been suppressed and revised data were made available on July 25, 2013  with the release of 2012 crime statistics.
Note(s):
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population.