Table 6
Incidents of police-reported intimate partner violence in Canada, by sex of accused, clearance status, and same-/opposite-sex status, 2009 to 2017
Clearance status | Same-sex | Opposite-sex | ||||||
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Females | Males | Females | Males | |||||
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Cleared by charge | 6,077 | 61 | 8,345 | 68 | 79,644 | 71 | 436,097 | 84 |
Cleared otherwise | 3,898 | 39 | 4,003 | 32 | 32,091 | 29 | 81,329 | 16 |
Victim/complainant requests no further actionTable 6 Note 1 | 2,110 | 21 | 2,307 | 19 | 13,574 | 12 | 36,733 | 7 |
Reasons beyond the control of department | 592 | 6 | 814 | 7 | 10,022 | 9 | 23,326 | 5 |
Departmental discretion | 1,035 | 10 | 737 | 6 | 7,731 | 7 | 18,021 | 3 |
OtherTable 6 Note 2 | 161 | 2 | 145 | 1 | 764 | 1 | 3,249 | 1 |
Total | 9,975 | 100 | 12,348 | 100 | 111,735 | 100 | 517,426 | 100 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (Trend Database). |
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