Table 6
Child and youth victims of police-reported violent crime in 2010, by victim age group and type of violence at initial victimization, and subsequent contact with police, 2010 to 2024

Table 6 Child and youth victims of police-reported violent crime in 2010, by victim age group and type of violence at initial victimization, and subsequent contact with police, 2010 to 2024
Table summary
The information is grouped by Victim age group and type of violence at initial victimization (appearing as row headers), Subsequent contact with police as both a victim and an accused person, Subsequent contact with police as an accused person only, Subsequent contact with police as a victim of violent crime only, No subsequent contact with police and Total, calculated using number, percent, number, percent, number, percent, number, percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Victim age group and type of violence at initial victimization Subsequent contact with police as both a victim and an accused person Subsequent contact with police as an accused person only Subsequent contact with police as a victim of violent crime only No subsequent contact with police Total
number percent number percent number percent number percent number
Note: Initial victimization refers to the first incident of violent victimization in 2010 where a child or youth was identified as a victim of a police-reported violent offence. This initial incident is defined for analytical purposes and may not represent the true first experience of victimization as child and youth victims included in the cohort may have been victims of a violent crime or accused of a crime prior to this 2010 incident. Excludes historical offences (those that were reported in 2010 but occurred prior to January 1, 2010). Recontact or subsequent contact is any official contact with police that follows the initial victimization incident, either as a victim of a violent crime or as a person accused of any criminal incident, that occurs during the timeframe selected for analysis (2010 to 2024).
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Younger children (aged 0 to 5 at initial victimization)  
Sexual assault or other sexual offence 114 10 52 5 194 18 736 67 1,096
Physical assault 204 11 127 7 270 14 1,327 69 1,928
Criminal harassment 3 11 2 7 2 7 20 74 27
Indecent or harassing communications 1 7 0 0 2 13 12 80 15
Uttering threats 23 6 24 6 74 20 249 67 370
Other violent offence 24 6 27 7 46 12 284 75 381
Older children (aged 6 to 11 at initial victimization)  
Sexual assault or other sexual offence 385 21 187 10 271 15 995 54 1,838
Physical assault 1,424 27 791 15 643 12 2,460 46 5,318
Criminal harassment 27 18 13 9 24 16 85 57 149
Indecent or harassing communications 10 12 7 9 11 14 53 65 81
Uttering threats 201 20 111 11 140 14 555 55 1,007
Other violent offence 81 16 62 12 51 10 312 62 506
Youth (aged 12 to 17 at initial victimization)  
Sexual assault or other sexual offence 1,777 31 694 12 872 15 2,360 41 5,703
Physical assault 9,917 38 5,253 20 2,473 9 8,560 33 26,203
Criminal harassment 323 22 173 12 258 17 724 49 1,478
Indecent or harassing communications 257 25 121 12 155 15 482 47 1,015
Uttering threats 1,930 33 994 17 772 13 2,236 38 5,932
Other violent offence 1,168 18 1,225 19 560 9 3,516 54 6,469
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