Table 4
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group and sex, and age group and sex of accused, Canada, 2017

Table 4
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group and sex, and age group and sex of accused, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Age group and sex of accused (appearing as row headers), Victim age group and sex, 24 and younger, 25 and older, 11 and younger, 12 to 17, 18 to 24, Total, Female and Male, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group and sex of accused Victim age group and sex
24 and younger 25 and olderTable 4 Note 2
11 and younger 12 to 17 18 to 24 TotalTable 4 Note 1
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
percent
Male accused 78 78 74 88 86 73 81 79 84 69
17 and youngerTable 4 Note 3 29 38 28 55 2 7 13 28 3 4
18 to 24 7 5 22 12 38 26 30 18 6 11
25 to 34 15 13 8 5 32 20 23 14 26 20
35 to 44 12 13 8 7 7 10 8 9 24 14
45 and olderTable 4 Note 4 15 10 9 8 6 11 8 10 26 20
Female accused 22 22 26 12 14 27 19 21 16 31
17 and youngerTable 4 Note 3 8 3 17 6 2 3 7 4 2 1
18 to 24 1 2 3 1 6 16 5 9 3 5
25 to 34 6 7 2 1 3 5 3 4 5 11
35 to 44 4 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 8
45 and olderTable 4 Note 4 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 7
Total accused 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
17 and youngerTable 4 Note 3 37 41 45 61 4 10 20 32 5 5
18 to 24 8 7 25 13 44 42 35 27 8 16
25 to 34 20 20 10 7 35 25 26 18 31 31
35 to 44 16 19 10 9 9 11 10 12 27 22
45 and olderTable 4 Note 4 18 13 10 10 8 12 9 12 30 26
Note 1

Includes victims aged 24 and younger.

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Note 2

Includes victims aged 25 to 89. Victims aged 90 and older are excluded due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category.

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Note 3

Includes accused younger than age 12. Accused younger than age 12 cannot be charged with an offence under the Criminal Code.

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Note 4

Includes accused aged 45 to 89. Accused aged 90 and older are excluded due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category.

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Note: For the purposes of analysis, includes incidents with a single victim and a single accused. Victims and accused refer to those aged 89 and younger. Excludes victims and accused where the age or the sex was unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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