Table 2
Police-reported cybercrimes, by clearance status, selected police services, 2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2 Police-reported cybercrimes. The information is grouped by Cyber-related violation (appearing as row headers), Cleared by charge, Cleared otherwise, Not cleared and Total, calculated using number, percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Cyber-related violationNote 1 Cleared by charge Cleared otherwise Not cleared Total
number percent number percent number percent number
Total cybercrimes against the person 697 21.2 762 23.2 1,825 55.6 3,284
Sexual violations 357 24.8 92 6.4 992 68.8 1,441
Invitation to sexual touching 53 79.1 2 3.0 12 17.9 67
Sexual exploitation 5 50.0 2 20.0 3 30.0 10
Luring a child/ Agreement or arrangement 146 26.9 41 7.6 356 65.6 543
Voyeurism 8 72.7 2 18.2 1 9.1 11
Other sexual violationsNote 2 1 20.0 0 0.0 4 80.0 5
Child pornographyNote 3 144 17.9 45 5.6 616 76.5 805
Intimidation violations 339 18.4 667 36.3 833 45.3 1,839
Extortion 23 16.9 14 10.3 99 72.8 136
Intimidation of an individualNote 4 1 14.3 1 14.3 5 71.4 7
Criminal harassment 200 35.7 193 34.5 167 29.8 560
Threatening or harassing phone calls 9 2.4 154 40.8 214 56.8 377
Uttering threats 106 14.0 305 40.2 348 45.8 759
Other violent violationsNote 5 1 25.0 3 75.0 0 0.0 4
Total cybercrimes against property 144 2.6 212 3.8 5,188 93.6 5,544
Fraud 126 2.6 115 2.4 4,637 95.1 4,878
Identity theft 0 0.0 2 2.7 71 97.3 73
Identity fraud 8 1.9 71 16.9 342 81.2 421
Mischief 8 4.7 24 14.1 138 81.2 170
Trafficking stolen goods 2 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2
Total other Criminal Code violationsNote 6 66 25.8 49 19.1 141 55.1 256
Total - all Criminal Code violations 907 10.0 1,023 11.3 7,154 78.8 9,084
Note 1.

Counts are based upon the violation in the incident where a computer or the Internet was the target of the crime or the instrument used to commit the crime. For an incident to be cleared an accused must be identified and there must be enough evidence to lay a charge in connection with the incident. Incidents may be cleared by charge or processed by other means (i.e. cleared otherwise).

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Note 2.

Other sexual violations include corrupting children, making sexually explicit material available to children, and bestiality - commit or compel person.

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Note 3.

Due to the complexity of these cybercrimes, the data likely reflect the number of active or closed investigations for the year rather than the total number of incidents reported to police. The violation "child pornography" includes offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code which makes it illegal to access, possess, make, print, or distribute child pornography. When the actual victim is not identified, this offence is reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey with the most serious violation being “Child pornography.” For the purposes of this analysis, these violations are included with 'sexual violations', which are grouped under cybercrimes against the person. In cases where an actual victim is identified, police will report the most serious violation as sexual assault, sexual exploitation or other sexual violations against children, and child pornography may be reported as a secondary violation.

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Note 4.

Intimidation of an individual includes intimidation of a justice system participant or journalist and intimidation of a non-justice system participant.

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Note 5.

Other violent violations include trafficking in persons and other violent violations.

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Note 6.

Other Criminal Code violations include offences such as corrupting morals, indecent acts, offences against the person and reputation, fail to comply with order, and breach of probation.

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Note: This table reflects data reported by police services covering 80% of the population of Canada. Data from Saint John, Québec City, Toronto, Calgary, and the Ontario Provincial Police were not available and thus were not included in the present analysis.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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