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Table 2.1
Victims of physical and sexual assault by age group, reported to a subset of police services, 2006
Victims of physical and sexual assault by age group, reported to a subset of police services, 2006
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| Type of assault | Total victims | Adult victims | Children and youth | Children and youth victims by age group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 3 | 3 to 11 | 12 to 17 | |||||||||
| number | number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | |
| Assault - total | 223,940 | 172,300 | 714 | 51,640 | 792 | 1,145 | 118 | 13,106 | 418 | 37,389 | 1,548 |
| Sexual assault - total | 20,845 | 8,461 | 35 | 12,384 | 190 | 250 | 26 | 5,184 | 165 | 6,950 | 288 |
| Aggravated sexual assault (level 3) | 160 | 121 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) | 357 | 246 | 1 | 111 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 82 | 3 |
| Sexual assault (level 1) | 18,143 | 7,809 | 32 | 10,334 | 158 | 200 | 21 | 4,159 | 133 | 5,975 | 247 |
| Other sexual crimes1 | 2,185 | 285 | 1 | 1,900 | 29 | 46 | 5 | 988 | 32 | 866 | 36 |
| Physical assault - total | 203,095 | 163,839 | 679 | 39,256 | 602 | 895 | 92 | 7,922 | 253 | 30,439 | 1,260 |
| Aggravated assault (level 3) | 3,069 | 2,661 | 11 | 408 | 6 | 69 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 312 | 13 |
| Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) | 46,643 | 37,879 | 157 | 8,764 | 134 | 209 | 22 | 1,701 | 54 | 6,854 | 284 |
| Common assault (level 1) | 144,800 | 115,049 | 477 | 29,751 | 456 | 579 | 60 | 6,118 | 195 | 23,054 | 954 |
| Unlawfully causing bodily harm | 505 | 408 | 2 | 97 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 61 | 3 |
| Discharge firearm with intent | 143 | 94 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| Assault against peace/public officer | 6,294 | 6,270 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Criminal negligence causing bodily harm | 194 | 139 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Other assaults | 1,447 | 1,339 | 6 | 108 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 78 | 3 |
| 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero | |||||||||||
| 1. Other sexual crimes include such offences as sexual interference, sexual exploitation, invitation to sexual touching, incest, anal intercourse and bestiality. | |||||||||||
| Notes: Children and youth include all those under the age of 18. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. Data are not nationally representative.The Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey collected data from 149 police services representing approximately 90% of the population of Canada in 2006.Hamilton Police Service is excluded from the analysis due to data quality of the relationship variable. Rate per 100,000 population for the geographic areas policed by the UCR2 respondents, based on populations provided by Demography Division, Statistics Canada. | |||||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey. | |||||||||||
