Table 7
Perceptions of interactions with police and action taken by police, by type of victimization, Canada, 2025

Table 7
Perceptions of interactions with police and action taken by police, by type of victimization, Canada, 2025 Table summary
The information is grouped by Interactions and actions taken (appearing as row headers), Sexual assault, Physical assault , 95% confidence interval and 95% confidence interval, calculated using percent, percent, from, to, from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Interactions and actions taken Sexual assault Physical assault
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Note E

use with caution

Note F

too unreliable to be published

Note 1

Percent calculations are based on the number of victims who stated that they personally reported the incident to police or spoke with police in relation to the incident at any point.

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Note 2

Percent calculations are based on the number of victims who stated the incident was reported to police.

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Note: Excludes physical and sexual assault committed by an intimate partner, which was collected using a different methodology.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.
Perceptions of interactions with police Table 7 Note 1  
Informed about services, programs, or resources  
Yes 71.7 E use with caution 56.8 83.0 55.4 49.3 61.4
No 28.3 E use with caution 17.0 43.2 44.3 38.4 50.4
Treated with respect  
Yes 69.3 E use with caution 54.1 81.2 84.0 78.9 88.0
No 28.8 E use with caution 17.3 43.8 15.7 11.8 20.7
Felt as though report was believed  
Yes 70.8 E use with caution 55.8 82.4 81.6 76.4 85.8
No 27.2 E use with caution 16.1 42.0 17.8 13.6 23.0
Felt that speaking to police was worth the time and effort  
Yes 44.2 E use with caution 30.6 58.7 64.3 58.3 69.9
No 55.8 E use with caution 41.3 69.4 35.2 29.6 41.2
Overall satisfaction with police treatment  
Satisfied or very satisfied 50.9 E use with caution 36.1 65.6 63.1 57.2 68.7
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 14.4 10.6 19.3
Dissatisfied or very dissatisfied 36.1 E use with caution 23.1 51.5 22.5 17.9 27.9
Actions taken by police Table 7 Note 2  
Visited the scene 32.9 E use with caution 20.5 48.1 50.8 45.2 56.3
Made a report or conducted an investigation 59.5 E use with caution 45.1 72.4 49.4 43.6 55.1
Gave a warning to the offender 21.0 E use with caution 11.5 35.2 23.1 18.6 28.2
Took away the offender F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 20.2 15.8 25.5
Arrested the offender 26.3 E use with caution 15.2 41.6 26.3 21.3 31.9
Laid charges against the offender 31.4 E use with caution 19.7 46.1 23.6 19.3 28.6
Any other action F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 8.4 5.7 12.1
No action 14.2 E use with caution 7.2 26.2 16.0 12.3 20.7
Overall satisfaction with actions take by police  
Satisfied or very satisfied 42.0 E use with caution 28.7 56.5 51.5 45.8 57.3
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 18.4 14.5 23.1
Dissatisfied or very dissatisfied 47.7 E use with caution 33.6 62.3 29.9 24.9 35.3
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