Table 2
Police-reported victims of violent violations associated with a cybercrime, by relationship of the accused to the victim, selected police services, 2012
| Number – Intimate partner1 | % – Intimate partner1 | Number – Family member | % – Family member | Number – Friend or acquaintance2 | % – Friend or acquaintance2 | Number – Stranger | % – Stranger | Number – Unknown3 | Number – Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total violent crimes | 448 | 23.7 | 90 | 4.8 | 843 | 44.5 | 512 | 27.0 | 177 | 2,070 |
| Sexual violations | 35 | 8.7 | 15 | 3.7 | 181 | 44.9 | 172 | 42.7 | 65 | 468 |
| Sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sexual assault (level 1) | 18 | 29.5 | 8 | 13.1 | 32 | 52.5 | 3 | 4.9 | 6 | 67 |
| Sexual interference | 4 | 21.1 | 3 | 15.8 | 12 | 63.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Invitation to sexual touching | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 24 | 51.1 | 21 | 44.7 | 1 | 48 |
| Sexual exploitation | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 77.8 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 10 |
| Luring a child / agreement or arrangement | 10 | 3.9 | 3 | 1.2 | 101 | 39.5 | 142 | 55.5 | 56 | 312 |
| Voyeurism | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 57.1 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Other sexual violations4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Non-sexual violent violations | 413 | 27.7 | 75 | 5.0 | 662 | 44.4 | 340 | 22.8 | 112 | 1,602 |
| Aggravated assault (level 3) | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) | 7 | 70.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 11 |
| Assault (level 1) | 8 | 47.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 47.1 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 17 |
| Extortion | 16 | 18.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 19 | 21.3 | 53 | 59.6 | 14 | 103 |
| Intimidation of an individual5 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Criminal harassment | 213 | 47.3 | 21 | 4.7 | 169 | 37.6 | 47 | 10.4 | 23 | 473 |
| Threatening or harassing phone calls | 76 | 26.4 | 8 | 2.8 | 128 | 44.4 | 76 | 26.4 | 14 | 302 |
| Uttering threats | 88 | 14.3 | 42 | 6.8 | 328 | 53.4 | 156 | 25.4 | 59 | 673 |
| Other violent violations6 | 2 | 16.7 | 3 | 25.0 | 5 | 41.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 1 | 13 |
Note(s):
Counts are based upon the violation against the victim, which is not necessarily the cyber-related violation in the incident. Records of victims of unknown age or sex are excluded.
Table note 1
Intimate partner includes current or former spouses, current or former dating relationship, and other intimate relationships.
Table note 2
Friend or acquaintance includes friends, casual acquaintances, neighbours, business relationships, criminal relationships, and authority figures.
Table note 3
The percentage was not calculated in cases where the relationship between the accused and the victim was unknown.
Table note 4
Other sexual violations include corrupting children, making sexually explicit material available to children, and bestiality—commit or compel person.
Table note 5
Intimidation of an individual includes intimidation of a justice system participant or journalist and intimidation of a non-justice system participant.
Table note 6
Other violent violations include forcible confinement or kidnapping, abduction, trafficking in persons, robbery and other violent violations.
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