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Data table for chart 7

Police-reported robbery by type of weapon, Canada, 1999 to 2008
Year Robbery with a firearm Robbery with other weapon (non-firearm) Robbery with no weapon
rate per 100,000 population
1999 21.0 38.5 47.7
2000 17.5 36.0 46.1
2001 15.3 36.9 46.9
2002 13.8 35.9 46.1
2003 15.2 35.5 50.8
2004 14.2 29.1 53.7
2005 13.6 29.6 57.4
2006 14.1 30.1 62.2
2007 13.8 31.4 58.6
2008 13.6 28.3 55.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR1 Aggregate) Survey.