Table 8
Household victimization incidents reported by Canadians, by type of offence and selected household, dwelling and neighbourhood characteristics, 2014

Table 8
Household victimization incidents reported by Canadians, by type of offence and selected household, dwelling and neighbourhood characteristics, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Household victimization incidents reported by Canadians. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Break and enter, Motor vehicle/parts theft, Theft of household property and Vandalism, calculated using number (thousands) and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Break and enter		Motor vehicle/parts theft		Theft of household property		Vandalism
Characteristics	number (thousands)	rate	number (thousands)	rate	number (thousands)	rate	number (thousands)	rate
Living arrangement of household
Alone^Note †	117	33	43	12	144	40	103	29
Couple^Note 1	92	22^Note *	68	16	155	38	127	31
Couple with children	158	34	102	22^Note *	337	73^Note *	226	49^Note *
Lone-parent family	47	37	27^{Note E: Use with caution}	21^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	88	69^Note *	75	59^Note *
Other living arrangement^Note 2	27^{Note E: Use with caution}	44^{Note E: Use with caution}	21^{Note E: Use with caution}	33^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	42	67^Note *	30^{Note E: Use with caution}	49^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *
Household size
1 or 2 people^Note †	245	28	121	14	349	41	274	32
3 or 4 people	161	36^Note *	102	23^Note *	311	70^Note *	225	51^Note *
5 people or more	36	31	38^{Note E: Use with caution}	32^Note *	106	90^Note *	63	53^Note *
Dwelling type
Single detached^Note †	270	31	167	19	467	53	371	42
Semi-detached, row house, duplex	62	29	37	17	154	72^Note *	92	43
Apartment or condo in a building	99	33	53^{Note E: Use with caution}	18	125	42^Note *	89	30^Note *
Other	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	34^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	17^{Note E: Use with caution}	58^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Dwelling ownership
Owned^Note †	315	30	173	16	515	49	414	39
Rented	125	34	87	24^Note *	248	68^Note *	143	39
Living in the dwelling
Less than 1 year^Note †	47	39	36^{Note E: Use with caution}	30^{Note E: Use with caution}	84	70	53	45
1 year to less than 5 years	126	33	89	23	270	70	162	42
5 years to less than 10 years	83	29	35	12^Note *	156	55	118	42
10 years or more	186	29	100	16^Note *	253	40^Note *	226	36
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong^Note †	89	25	54	15	124	34	111	30
Somewhat strong	198	29	126	18	358	52^Note *	259	38^Note *
Somewhat weak	95	41^Note *	47	20	174	75^Note *	122	53^Note *
Very weak	47	56^Note *	28^{Note E: Use with caution}	33^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	86	102^Note *	56	67^Note *
People in neighbourhood help each other
Yes^Note †	327	28	204	17	578	49	431	37
No	101	57^Note *	47	27^Note *	156	89^Note *	112	64^Note *
Likelihood that neighbours call the police if witness what seems like criminal behaviour
Very likely^Note †	255	28	144	16	426	46	344	37
Somewhat likely	122	33	86	23^Note *	235	64^Note *	158	43
Somewhat unlikely or not at all likely	59	69^Note *	26^{Note E: Use with caution}	30^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	85	100^Note *	53	62^Note *
Social disorder in the neighbourhood
No^Note †	97	15	60	10	171	27	118	19
Yes^Note 3	342	46^Note *	198	26^Note *	586	78^Note *	439	59^Note *
Household income
Less than $20 000^Note †	43	44	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	48	50	32	33
$20 000 to $59 999	85	27^Note *	48	16	126	40	87	28
$60 000 to $99 999	61	23^Note *	30	11	110	42	97	37
$100 000 to $139 999	49^{Note E: Use with caution}	28^{Note E: Use with caution}	28^{Note E: Use with caution}	16^{Note E: Use with caution}	100	58	64	37
$140 000 to $179 999	27^{Note E: Use with caution}	29^{Note E: Use with caution}	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	52^{Note E: Use with caution}	56^{Note E: Use with caution}	41	44
$180 000 or more	32	32	21^{Note E: Use with caution}	21^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	42	43	46	47
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note 1. Includes couples living with unrelated persons. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes unrelated persons (e.g., roommates) and/or related persons that are neither spouses nor children living with their parents. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes persons who responded that at least one of the following situations was a problem in their neighbourhood: noisy neighbours or loud parties; people hanging around on the streets; garbage or litter lying around; vandalism; people being attacked because of their skin colour, ethnic origin or religion; people using or dealing drugs; people being drunk or rowdy in public places. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Rates are calculated per 1,000 households. Excludes data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut which will be published at a later date. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2014.

Date modified:: 2015-11-30

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Table 8
Household victimization incidents reported by Canadians, by type of offence and selected household, dwelling and neighbourhood characteristics, 2014

Table 8 Household victimization incidents reported by Canadians, by type of offence and selected household, dwelling and neighbourhood characteristics, 2014

Table 8
Household victimization incidents reported by Canadians, by type of offence and selected household, dwelling and neighbourhood characteristics, 2014