Table 9
Reasons for not reporting victimization incidents to the police, by territory, 2014

Table 9
Reasons for not reporting victimization incidents to the police, by territory, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Reasons for not reporting victimization incidents to the police. The information is grouped by Reason for not reporting (appearing as row headers), Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and All territories, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Reason for not reporting Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut All territoriesNote †
percent
Crime was minor and not worth taking the time to report 81 82 70Note * 78
Police wouldn't have considered the incident important enough 74 67 62 68
Incident was a private or personal matter and was handled informally 48 51 51 50
No one was harmed/no financial loss 53 49 46Note E: Use with caution 49
Lack of evidence 45 53 42 47
Police wouldn’t have found property/offender 46 50 41Note E: Use with caution 46
Did not want the hassle of dealing with the police 38 48 40 42
Police would not have been effective 36 38 39Note E: Use with caution 37
Offender would not be convicted or adequately punished 31 42 40Note E: Use with caution 38
No harm was intended 33Note E: Use with caution 37 34Note E: Use with caution 35
Feared or did not want the hassle of dealing with the court process 20Note E: Use with caution 33Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 25
Did not want to get the offender in trouble Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 15Note E: Use with caution
Unsatisfactory service (from police) in the past 15Note E: Use with caution 18Note E: Use with caution 10Note E: Use with cautionNote * 14Note E: Use with caution
Didn’t want others to know Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 8Note E: Use with caution
Reported to another official Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 8Note E: Use with caution
Police would be biased Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 7Note E: Use with caution
Insurance wouldn’t cover it Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 7Note E: Use with caution
Nothing was taken/all items were recovered Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 6Note E: Use with caution
Did not need a police report to file claim Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4Note E: Use with caution
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.1)

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reference category

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Note: Respondents were able to give more than one reason. Excludes incidents of sexual assault and physical assault between spouses.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2014.
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