I've been searching "violent incident" within the context of the criminal code to better understand the concept. My impression is that the term "incident" is used to describe some type of act whereby one person violates another person's rights. Violent incident seems to relate to the use of a weapon.
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Characteristics of Weapons Used in Violent Crimes in 1995
Data from the Revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey provide details of violent crimes against victims, including the use of weapons and the level of injury sustained by the victim. As of 1995, the Revised UCR data represented approximately
44% of violent incidents reported to the police in Canada and, as a result, are not representative of Canada, or of any particular region within Canada1. These data do, however, provide useful information on the characteristics of offences involving weapons in 1995. The majority of violent crime victims did not encounter weapons
The majority of violent crime victims did not encounter weapons
In 1995,
for the 120,100 violent incidents recorded in the Revised UCR Survey, there was a total of 126,668 victims.
The type of weapon victims encountered varied depending on the nature of the violent incident. For example, homicide and attempted murder victims were most likely to have weapons used against them, however, they accounted for less than 1% of all violent crime victims. In fact, the majority of violent crime victims did not encounter a weapon. As indicated in Figure 2, more people were victims of common assaults, level 1, than of any other type of violent crime (52%). In addition, while sexual assaults accounted for 7% of all violent crimes, almost all of these were level 1 sexual assaults (96%). In both of these cases, weapons were not typically used (Table 1), and there was no physical harm or relatively minor injury suffered by the victim2 (Table 2).
Of the remaining violent offences, the most common were other types of assaults, such as aggravated assault or assault causing bodily harm (19%).
In these incidents, almost one-third of victims had a knife or blunt object used against them (31%), while a very small proportion encountered an assailant armed with a firearm (2%) (Table 1). Robberies were more likely than assaults to involve a firearm, however, the use of knives and blunt objects was much less prevalent (Table 1).
Type of weapons similar whether adults or youths accused
The
types of weapons present during violent incidents were similar whether adults or youths were accused. For example, both adults and youths accused of violent crimes were most likely to be involved in incidents where physical force or no weapons were present (65% each). In cases where a weapon was identified, 15% of adults and 17% of youths were involved in incidents where knives or blunt instruments were present.
Firearms were the weapon least likely to be present in incidents where either adults or youths were accused (4% and 5%, respectively)."
http://www.publications.gc.ca/Collection-R/Statcan/85-002-XIE/0079785-002-XIE.pdf
