Table 3.4
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence for selected violent offences, by sex of victim, 2009 to 2013

Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence for selected violent offences. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and Percent change in rate (2009 to 2013), calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Percent change in rate (2009 to 2013)
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
Male victim  
Physical assault 5,273 149.9 5,283 150.4 5,306 151.1 5,009 142.8 4,678 133.6 -10.8
Common assault (level 1) 4,258 121.0 4,190 119.3 4,180 119.0 3,993 113.9 3,702 105.8 -12.6
Major assault, levels 2 and 3 1,015 28.9 1,093 31.1 1,126 32.1 1,016 29.0 976 27.9 -3.4
Sexual assault 856 24.3 808 23.0 737 21.0 837 23.9 733 20.9 -13.9
Sexual assault, level 1 851 24.2 801 22.8 726 20.7 832 23.7 725 20.7 -14.4
Sexual assault, levels 2 and 3 5 0.1 7 0.2 11 0.3 5 0.1 8 0.2 60.8
Female victim  
Physical assault 5,351 160.1 5,428 162.8 5,383 161.6 5,101 153.3 4,666 140.4 -12.3
Common assault (level 1) 4,445 133.0 4,463 133.8 4,446 133.4 4,151 124.8 3,759 113.1 -14.9
Major assault, levels 2 and 3 906 27.1 965 28.9 937 28.1 950 28.6 907 27.3 0.7
Sexual assault 3,285 98.3 3,395 101.8 3,138 94.2 3,100 93.2 2,877 86.6 -11.9
Sexual assault, level 1 3,257 97.4 3,360 100.8 3,115 93.5 3,063 92.1 2,855 85.9 -11.8
Sexual assault, levels 2 and 3 28 0.8 35 1.0 23 0.7 37 1.1 22 0.7 -20.9
Total  
Physical assault 10,624 154.8 10,711 156.4 10,689 156.2 10,110 147.9 9,344 136.9 -11.6
Common assault (level 1) 8,703 126.8 8,653 126.4 8,626 126.0 8,144 119.2 7,461 109.3 -13.8
Major assault, levels 2 and 3 1,921 28.0 2,058 30.1 2,063 30.1 1,966 28.8 1,883 27.6 -1.4
Sexual assault 4,141 60.4 4,203 61.4 3,875 56.6 3,937 57.6 3,610 52.9 -12.3
Sexual assault, level 1 4,108 59.9 4,161 60.8 3,841 56.1 3,895 57.0 3,580 52.5 -12.4
Sexual assault, levels 2 and 3 33 0.5 42 0.6 34 0.5 42 0.6 30 0.4 -8.6
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Rate per 100,000 population.

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Note: Family violence refers to violence committed by parents, siblings, extended family and spouses. The Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database represents 99% of police services in Canada. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of victim was unknown. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.
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