Table 1
Reasons for not reporting incident(s) to the police, by perception of hate motivation, Canada, 2014

Table 1
Reasons for not reporting incident(s) to the police, by perception of hate motivation, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Reasons for not reporting incident(s) to the police. The information is grouped by Reason for not reporting incident(s) to the police (appearing as row headers), Hate crime and Not a hate crime, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Reason for not reporting incident(s) to the police	Hate crime^{Table 1 Note 1}	Not a hate crime^{Table 1 Note †}
Reason for not reporting incident(s) to the police	percent
Fear of revenge by the offender	28^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	7
Police wouldn’t have found property/offender	46	51
Lack of evidence	54	52
Police wouldn't have considered the incident important enough	64	58
Police would not have been effective	53^Note *	33
Unsatisfactory service (from police) in the past	29^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	16
Tried to report but could not get through	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1^{Note E: Use with caution}
Could have caused victim trouble with the law	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3^{Note E: Use with caution}
Did not want to get the offender in trouble	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	13
Did not want the hassle of dealing with the police	46	37
Reporting to the police would bring shame and dishonour to the family	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3^{Note E: Use with caution}
Family prevented victim from contacting the police	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Incident was a private or personal matter and was handled informally	53	43
Didn’t want others to know	19^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	8
Crime was minor and not worth taking the time to report	62^Note *	79
No one was harmed/no financial loss	50	49
No harm was intended	16^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	36
Offender would not be convicted or adequately punished	58^Note *	37
Feared or did not want the hassle of dealing with the court process	40^Note *	25
Police would be biased	21^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	6
Insurance wouldn’t cover it	Note F: too unreliable to be published	12
Did not need a police report to file claim	Note F: too unreliable to be published	6
Nothing was taken/all items were recovered	Note F: too unreliable to be published	8
Reported to another official	Note F: too unreliable to be published	10
Other	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 "Hate crime" refers to incidents where the victim believed that the incident was motivated by the offender's hatred. Return to note 1 referrer Note: Includes violent and non-violent incidents. Excludes incidents of spousal sexual and physical assault. Responses of "Don't know" or "Refusal" are included in the calculation of percentages. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-04-25

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Table 1
Reasons for not reporting incident(s) to the police, by perception of hate motivation, Canada, 2014

Table 1 Reasons for not reporting incident(s) to the police, by perception of hate motivation, Canada, 2014

Table 1
Reasons for not reporting incident(s) to the police, by perception of hate motivation, Canada, 2014