Table 9
Police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime, by incomplete information on incident file and incident clearance status, Canada, 2017 and 2022


Table 9
Police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime, by incomplete information on incident file 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 Incomplete information on incident file 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).
Incomplete information on incident file 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
No unknowns 11,476 100 14,609 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 5,385 47 7,710 53 24 35 25 34 64 77 29 40
Cleared by charge 4,452 39 5,270 36 54 47 46 46 7 8 51 44
Cleared otherwise 1,639 14 1,629 11 22 17 29 20 29 15 21 16
Unknowns 5,851 100 10,348 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 3,334 57 7,203 70 44 62 30 45 74 81 46 63
Cleared by charge 1,567 27 2,146 21 34 25 40 40 7 8 35 26
Cleared otherwise 950 16 999 10 22 13 30 15 19 11 19 11
One unknown 4,185 100 6,641 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 2,148 51 4,122 62 39 57 29 44 72 80 41 57
Cleared by charge 1,328 32 1,769 27 38 29 40 41 7 8 39 30
Cleared otherwise 709 17 750 11 23 14 31 15 20 11 20 13
Two or more unknowns 1,666 100 3,707 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 1,186 71 3,081 83 68 81 33 56 92 87 67 80
Cleared by charge 239 14 377 10 15 10 45 31 2 7 18 12
Cleared otherwise 241 14 249 7 17 9 22 13 6 5 15 8
Total 17,327 100 24,957 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 8,719 50 14,913 60 27 41 26 37 66 78 32 45
Cleared by charge 6,019 35 7,416 30 51 42 45 45 7 8 48 40
Cleared otherwise 2,589 15 2,628 11 22 16 29 19 27 14 20 15
Note: Key factors for this indicator include the time of the incident, the location of the incident, the most serious weapon present, the accused–victim relationship and the level of injury sustained by the victim. Time, location and most serious weapon present are incident characteristics, while accused–victim relationship and level of injury are victim characteristics. Some incidents include multiple victims, and accused–victim relationship and level of injury might be known for some victims but not others in a given incident. As such, incidents with multiple victims are excluded. During processing for the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, a nearest-neighbour approach is used for unknown accused–victim relationships (that is, relationships initially reported as unknown by police are manually populated based on a number of similarities with other variables). For the purposes of this indicator, the relationship imputation has been undone and the initial unknown relationship is kept as an unknown measure for investigations. Due to data quality concerns for most serious weapon present, 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. 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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