Table 7
Police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime, by type of violation, most serious weapon present and incident clearance status, Canada, 2017 and 2022


Table 7
Police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime, by type of violation, most serious weapon present and incident clearance status, Canada, 2017 and 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime. The information is grouped by Type of violation, most serious weapon present 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).
Type of violation, most serious weapon present 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
Type of violation
Level 1 22,015 100 32,618 100 100 100 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Not cleared 10,537 48 19,432 60 25 40 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Cleared by charge 7,426 34 9,762 30 47 41 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Cleared otherwise 4,052 18 3,424 10 29 19 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Level 2 387 100 563 100 100 100 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Not cleared 150 39 172 31 25 33 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Cleared by charge 207 53 368 65 60 57 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Cleared otherwise 30 8 23 4 15 10 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Level 3 141 100 112 100 100 100 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Not cleared 41 29 48 43 19 24 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Cleared by charge 88 62 60 54 78 74 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Cleared otherwise 12 9 4 4 4 2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Total 22,543 100 33,293 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 10,728 48 19,652 59 25 38 28 46 69 82 32 47
Cleared by charge 7,721 34 10,190 31 50 46 39 37 5 5 44 38
Cleared otherwise 4,094 18 3,451 10 25 16 33 17 26 13 24 15
Most serious weapon presentTable 7 Note 1
No weapon 70 100 2,273 100 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 54 77 1,259 55 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 34 55 71 84 51 71
Cleared by charge 8 11 602 26 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 30 26 3 4 21 15
Cleared otherwise 8 11 412 18 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 35 19 25 13 29 14
ThreatsTable 7 Note 2 72 100 70 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 40 56 34 49 28 35 29 46 64 82 42 64
Cleared by charge 20 28 27 39 53 49 39 36 5 3 31 20
Cleared otherwise 12 17 9 13 20 16 32 17 31 15 27 16
Physical force 16,052 100 20,280 100 100 100 100 100 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 100 100
Not cleared 7,801 49 11,632 57 25 38 14 24 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 28 40
Cleared by charge 5,800 36 6,530 32 52 43 72 66 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 51 44
Cleared otherwise 2,451 15 2,118 10 23 18 15 11 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 21 16
Weapon 574 100 759 100 100 100 100 100 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 100 100
Not cleared 198 34 275 36 28 39 30 44 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 33 42
Cleared by charge 334 58 441 58 58 49 50 37 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 55 48
Cleared otherwise 42 7 43 6 14 12 20 19 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 12 10
Unknown 1,258 100 2,606 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 812 65 2,146 82 62 78 38 71 96 83 57 77
Cleared by charge 232 18 257 10 19 12 17 13 4 2 22 13
Cleared otherwise 214 17 203 8 19 10 45 16 0 16 21 10
Total 18,026 100 25,988 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 8,905 49 15,346 59 26 40 32 53 70 83 34 50
Cleared by charge 6,394 35 7,857 30 52 44 34 28 4 4 45 35
Cleared otherwise 2,727 15 2,785 11 21 16 34 18 26 13 21 15
... not applicable
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Note 1

Due to data quality concerns, excludes the province of Quebec unless the most serious weapon present was a firearm, and data from the Québec City Police Service is excluded regardless of most serious weapon present.

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Note 2

Includes threats that are construed to imply that death or injury is possible.

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Note: 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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