Statistics Canada says the number of sexual assaults reported to the police is likely a significant underestimate.
There were more than 34,200 reports of sexual assault countrywide in 2021, an 18 per cent increase from 2020, according to the newly released numbers.
The agency cited data that showed in 2019, only six per cent of sexual assault incidents experienced by Canadians 15 and older in the previous year had been reported to police.The sexual assaults account for a third of an overall five per cent increase in reports of violent crime, with homicides, criminal harassment, hate crimes and firearm offences also on the rise
While fewer Indigenous homicide victims were reported in 2021, the homicide rate for Indigenous people was still nearly six times higher than in the non-Indigenous population, Statistics Canada said. For the first time since 2006, violent crime and non-violent crime are trending in opposite directions overall.
Robbery, which is categorized as a violent offence, was also down by five per cent in 2021 after a 18 per cent drop in 2020.
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