Sexual assault rate in 2021 highest since 1996, violent crimes up: Stats Can
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OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the speed of police-reported sexual assault in Canada has reached its highest stage since 1996.
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There have been greater than 34,200 stories of sexual assault countrywide in 2021, an 18 per cent improve from 2020, in line with newly launched numbers from the company.
Whereas stories decreased in 2020, the speed of sexual assault has in any other case steadily elevated for 5 years.
The sexual assaults account for a 3rd of an total 5% improve in stories of violent crime, with homicides, prison harassment, hate crimes and firearm offences on the rise.
Non-violent crime is in the meantime on a distinct trajectory, down 3% throughout the board, with decrease charges of breaking and getting into and thefts underneath $5,000.
Statistics Canada says that regardless of a rise within the public dialogue of points round sexual violence, the variety of sexual assaults reported to police continues to be more likely to be a major underestimate.
