Table 1
Youth accused, charged and cleared by means other than formal charges by selected Criminal Code incidents1, Canada, 2006

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Percent change in total youth crime rate
  Youth charged Youth cleared otherwise2 Total youth accused 2005 to 2006 1997 to 2006
number rate3 number rate3 number rate3,4 percentage
Homicide5 83 3 2 0.1 85 3 17 41
Attempted murder 69 3 5 0.2 74 3 -6 6
Assault - total 14,160 548 16,745 648 30,905 1,196 3 17
Level 1 8,964 347 14,184 549 23,148 896 3 11
Level 2-weapon 4,779 185 2,517 97 7,296 282 3 40
Level 3-aggravated 417 16 44 1.7 461 18 -4 21
Other assaults - total 1,152 45 271 10 1,423 55 -6 13
Unlawfully causing bodily harm 34 1 17 1 51 2 -38 -86
Discharge firearm with intent 31 1 22 0.9 53 2 15 28
Assault against police 825 32 173 7 998 39 -2 97
Assault against other peace-public officers 86 3 14 0.5 100 4 -14 17
Other assaults 176 7 45 2 221 9 -12 -17
Sexual assault - total 1,188 46 963 37 2,151 83 -6 -8
Level 1 1,166 45 944 37 2,110 82 -6 -6
Level 2-weapon 20 1 13 0.5 33 1 -6 -53
Level 3-aggravated 2 0.1 6 0.2 8 0 -1 -70
Other sexual offences 139 5 164 6 303 12 3 1
Abduction 5 0.2 5 0.2 10 0 -10 -5
Robbery 3,704 143 817 32 4,521 175 8 -2
Violent crime - total 20,500 794 18,972 734 39,472 1,528 3 12
Breaking and entering 7,434 288 5,399 209 12,833 497 -10 -47
Motor vehicle theft 3,012 117 2,100 81 5,112 198 -3 -41
Theft over $5,000 152 6 163 6 315 12 -26 -61
Theft $5,000 and under - total 9,164 355 27,805 1,076 36,969 1,431 -2 -33
Shoplifting 4,514 175 14,878 576 19,392 751 -1 -46
Other 4,650 180 12,927 500 17,577 680 -4 -7
Possession of stolen goods 4,899 190 2,912 113 7,811 302 8 9
Fraud 1,119 43 1,302 50 2,421 94 -2 -24
Property crime - total 25,780 998 39,681 1,536 65,461 2,534 -3 -34
Mischief 5,681 220 21,374 827 27,055 1,047 12 46
Counterfeiting currency 107 4 145 6 252 10 -23 39
Bail violations 11,327 438 1,325 51 12,652 490 5 33
Disturbing the peace 542 21 8,331 322 8,873 343 14 217
Offensive weapons 1,787 69 1,831 71 3,618 140 1 44
Prostitution 22 1 26 1 48 2 -40 -81
Arson 516 20 976 38 1,492 58 2 1
Kidnapping/forcible confinement 278 11 37 1 315 12 12 66
Other 7,401 286 11,226 435 18,627 721 7 -3
Other Criminal Code offences - total 27,661 1,071 45,271 1,752 72,932 2,823 9 34
Criminal Code - total (excluding traffic) 73,941 2,862 103,924 4,023 177,865 6,885 3 -6
Drug offences - total 6,382 247 11,509 446 17,891 693 2 97
Heroin 23 1 10 0.4 33 1 174 -54
Cocaine 794 31 202 8 996 39 26 135
Other drugs 828 32 1,075 42 1,903 74 10 156
Cannabis 4,737 183 10,222 396 14,959 579 -1 91
  1. Figures presented here include a small number of accused under the age of 12.
  2. An incident is "cleared otherwise" when police have identified at least one accused and there is sufficient evidence to lay a charge in connection with the incident, but the accused is processed by other means. In the case of youth, this could include formal measures such as a police caution or extrajudicial sanctions, or informal measures such as a police warning or diversion to a community program. Processing by other means could mean that the youth is involved in other incident(s) in which charges have been laid or it could refer to the committal to a mental hospital and death of accused.
  3. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth aged 12 to 17. In 2006 the population aged 12 to 17 was 2,583,351. The population estimates come from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
  4. Total youth crime rate.
  5. For 2006, the total includes one accused under the age of 12.
Note: Percent change based on unrounded rates.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.