Canada: number of violent crimes by type

This statistic shows the number of violent crimes in Canada in 2021, by type of crime. There were 343 abductions in Canada in 2021.

Number of violent crimes in Canada in 2021, by type

Characteristic	Number of offences
Assault level 1	184,535
Uttering threats	87,701
Assault level 2 weapon or bodily harm	70,695
Sexual assault level 1	33,521
Indecent/Harassing communications	27,370
Criminal harassment	27,055
Total robbery	18,530
Total assaults against a peace officer	12,361
Total sexual violations against children	12,295
Total other violent violations	7,631
Extortion	6,747
Total firearms, use of, discharge, pointing	4,381
Assault level 3 aggravated	3,918
Total forcible confinement or kidnapping	3,576
Total other assaults	1,918
Homicide	788
Attempted murder	746
Total offences in relation to sexual services	704
Sexual assault level 2 weapon or bodily harm	598
Sexual offence which occurred prior to January 4, 1983	466
Total abduction	343
Sexual assault level 3 aggravated	123
Total other violations causing death	99

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Release date

August 2022

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Assault/sexual assault levels according to seriousness:
'Level 1' is the least serious form of assault and includes pushing, slapping, punching and face-to-face verbal threats.
'Level 2' is defined as assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm.
'Level 3' is defined as assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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