Table 4
Clearance status of police-reported online sexual offences against children, by type of offence, Canada, 2014 to 2020
Clearance status | Luring a child | Non-consensual distribution of intimate imagesTable 4 Note 1 | Invitation to sexual touching | Other sexual offences against childrenTable 4 Note 2 | Total online sexual offences against childrenTable 4 Note 3 |
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percent | |||||
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Not cleared | 62 | 52 | 15 | 35 | 56 |
Cleared | 38 | 48 | 85 | 65 | 44 |
Cleared by charge | 76 | 29 | 96 | 86 | 74 |
Cleared otherwise | 24 | 71 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
Incidents with multiple violations | 26 | 23 | 85 | 57 | 31 |
Not cleared | 31 | 48 | 9 | 11 | 26 |
Cleared | 69 | 52 | 91 | 89 | 74 |
Cleared by charge | 88 | 47 | 97 | 90 | 88 |
Cleared otherwise | 12 | 53 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
Incidents with one violation | 74 | 77 | 15 | 43 | 69 |
Not cleared | 73 | 53 | 48 | 69 | 70 |
Cleared | 27 | 47 | 52 | 31 | 30 |
Cleared by charge | 65 | 23 | 83 | 70 | 58 |
Cleared otherwise | 35 | 77 | 17 | 30 | 42 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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