Table 5
Firearm-related crime as proportion of victims of police-reported violent crime, by violation against the victim, Canada, 2009 to 2014, 2015 to 2020, 2019 and 2020
Violation | 2009 to 2014 | 2015 to 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
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average rateTable 5 Note 1 | percent of violent crimeTable 5 Note 2 | average rateTable 5 Note 1 | percent of violent crimeTable 5 Note 2 | number | rateTable 5 Note 3 | percent of violent crimeTable 5 Note 2 | number | rateTable 5 Note 3 | percent of violent crimeTable 5 Note 2 | |
Homicide and other violations causing death and attempted murder | 1.3 | 36.0 | 1.8 | 43.1 | 574 | 2.0 | 44.8 | 565 | 1.9 | 44.5 |
Sexual assaults and sexual violations against childrenTable 5 Note 4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 83 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 78 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Physical assaults | 5.9 | 0.9 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 1,982 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 2,345 | 8.1 | 1.2 |
Major assaults (assault levels 2 and 3) | 4.9 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 1,548 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 1,897 | 6.5 | 3.5 |
Common assault (level 1) and other assaults | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 434 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 448 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
Robbery | 9.9 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 18.8 | 3,004 | 10.4 | 18.3 | 2,459 | 8.4 | 18.4 |
Uttering threats | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 700 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 775 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
Firearm-specific violent offences | 2.6 | 98.4 | 5.0 | 99.3 | 1,719 | 6.0 | 99.2 | 1,858 | 6.4 | 99.3 |
Pointing a firearm | 1.5 | 97.3 | 2.4 | 98.6 | 792 | 2.8 | 98.3 | 896 | 3.1 | 98.7 |
Discharging a firearm with intent | 0.6 | 100.0 | 2.1 | 99.9 | 746 | 2.6 | 100.0 | 779 | 2.7 | 99.9 |
Use of a firearm in the commission of an offence | 0.4 | 99.7 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 181 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 183 | 0.6 | 100.0 |
Other violent crime | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 194 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 264 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
Total all violent offences | 22.6 | 2.1 | 27.2 | 2.8 | 8,256 | 28.7 | 2.7 | 8,344 | 28.7 | 2.8 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey trend file. |
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