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Table 3.1
Victims of physical and sexual assault by age group,
reported to a subset of police services, 2007
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| Type of assault | Total victims | Adult victims | Children and youth victims | Children and youth victims by age group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 3 | 3 to 11 | 12 to 17 | |||||||||
| number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | ||
| Assault - total | 235,946 | 182,555 | 761 | 53,391 | 833 | 1,113 | 114 | 13,119 | 433 | 39,159 | 1,628 |
| Sexual assault - total | 21,304 | 8,917 | 37 | 12,387 | 193 | 231 | 24 | 5,056 | 167 | 7,100 | 295 |
| Aggravated sexual assault (level 3) | 127 | 100 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) | 366 | 259 | 1 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 88 | 4 |
| Sexual assault (level 1) | 18,576 | 8,275 | 34 | 10,301 | 161 | 186 | 19 | 3,967 | 131 | 6,148 | 256 |
| Other sexual crimes 1 | 2,235 | 283 | 1 | 1,952 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 1,062 | 35 | 848 | 35 |
| Physical assault - total | 214,642 | 173,638 | 724 | 41,004 | 640 | 882 | 90 | 8,063 | 266 | 32,059 | 1,333 |
| Aggravated assault (level 3) | 3,394 | 2,981 | 12 | 413 | 6 | 66 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 322 | 13 |
| Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) | 50,241 | 40,635 | 169 | 9,606 | 150 | 216 | 22 | 1,873 | 62 | 7,517 | 313 |
| Common assault (level 1) | 151,489 | 120,897 | 504 | 30,592 | 477 | 573 | 59 | 6,104 | 202 | 23,915 | 994 |
| Unlawfully causing bodily harm | 507 | 416 | 2 | 91 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 77 | 3 |
| Discharge firearm with intent | 154 | 111 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Assault against peace/public officer | 6,722 | 6,705 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Criminal negligence causing bodily harm | 220 | 158 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| Other assaults | 1,915 | 1,735 | 7 | 180 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 139 | 6 |
Include such offences as sexual interference,
sexual exploitation, invitation to sexual touching, incest, anal intercourse
and bestiality.
Note(s):
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 Survey
collected data from 153 police services representing approximately 94%
of the population of Canada in 2007. 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 Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting
Survey respondents, based on populations provided by Demography Division,
Statistics Canada.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
