Table 6
Persons accused of police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime, by gender, age group and incident clearance status, Canada, 2017 and 2022


Table 6
Persons accused of police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime, by gender, age group and incident clearance status, Canada, 2017 and 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Persons accused of police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime. The information is grouped by Gender, age group and incident clearance status (appearing as row headers), Sexual assault, Physical assault, Criminal harassment, Indecent or harassing communications, Total violent crime, 2017 and 2022, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Gender, age group and incident clearance status Sexual assault Physical assault Criminal harassment Indecent or harassing communications Total violent crime
2017 2022 2017 2022 2017 2022 2017 2022 2017 2022
number percent number percent percent
Gender
Women and girls 322 100 523 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 156 48 314 60 57 66 32 52 9 18 55 64
Cleared otherwise 166 52 209 40 43 34 68 48 91 82 45 36
Men and boys 11,612 100 12,908 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 7,784 67 10,010 78 69 76 58 73 18 29 68 75
Cleared otherwise 3,828 33 2,898 22 31 24 42 27 82 71 32 25
TotalTable 6 Note 1 11,992 100 13,555 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 7,962 66 10,396 77 66 73 53 69 14 25 65 72
Cleared otherwise 4,030 34 3,159 23 34 27 47 31 86 75 35 28
Age group
Youth aged 12 to 17 years 2,298 100 2,547 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 1,162 51 1,516 60 48 49 26 41 4 6 51 52
Cleared otherwise 1,136 49 1,031 40 52 51 74 59 96 94 49 48
Adults 9,694 100 11,008 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 6,800 70 8,880 81 68 76 55 71 16 27 67 75
Cleared otherwise 2,894 30 2,128 19 32 24 45 29 84 73 33 25
18 to 30 years 3,827 100 4,055 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 2,778 73 3,304 81 69 75 56 71 15 26 70 76
Cleared otherwise 1,049 27 751 19 31 25 44 29 85 74 30 24
31 to 45 years 2,999 100 3,761 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 2,235 75 3,160 84 71 79 59 75 16 30 69 78
Cleared otherwise 764 25 601 16 29 21 41 25 84 70 31 22
46 to 64 years 2,121 100 2,407 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 1,457 69 1,941 81 65 74 50 68 16 26 62 72
Cleared otherwise 664 31 466 19 35 26 50 32 84 74 38 28
65 years and older 747 100 785 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 330 44 475 61 39 55 38 53 10 14 40 56
Cleared otherwise 417 56 310 39 61 45 62 47 90 86 60 44
Total 11,992 100 13,555 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cleared by charge 7,962 66 10,396 77 66 73 53 69 14 25 65 72
Cleared otherwise 4,030 34 3,159 23 34 27 47 31 86 75 35 28
Note 1

Includes a small number of accused persons whose gender was coded as unknown.

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Note: Includes accused persons aged 12 and older as those younger than 12 years cannot be held criminally responsible. Accused persons older than 110 years were coded as unknown due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Cleared by charge includes charges laid or recommended. Offences reflect the most serious violation in the incident. Sexual assault includes level 1, 2 and 3 sexual assault, and physical assault includes level 1, 2 and 3 assault. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.
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