Table 2
Selected Criminal Code incidents, by most serious offence, Canada, 2006 and 2007

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	2006^r		2007		Percent change in rate 2006 to 2007	Percent change in rate 1998 to 2007
	number	rate	number	rate	percent	percent
Population	32,649,482		32,976,026		…	…
*Total Criminal Code* (excluding traffic) - crime rate**	2,462,641	7,543	2,302,900	6,984	-7.4	-14.4
Violent crime	311,419	954	306,559	930	-2.5	-5.3
Homicide	606	1.9	594	1.8	-3.0	-2.6
Attempted murder	837	2.6	802	2.4	-5.1	-1.6
Robbery	30,752	94	29,600	90	-4.7	-6.5
Firearms	3,678	11	3,281	10	-11.7	-43.6
Other weapons	8,795	27	8,619	26	-3.0	-23.7
No weapons	18,279	56	17,700	54	-4.1	21.6
Sexual assault (levels 1,2,3)	22,245	68	21,449	65	-4.5	-23.2
Level 1	21,675	66	20,933	63	-4.4	-22.8
Level 2 - weapon	389	1	375	1	-4.6	-35.2
Level 3 - aggravated	181	1	141	0	-22.9	-41.1
Other sexual offences	2,758	8	2,784	8	-0.1	-26.1
Assault (levels 1,2,3)	240,629	737	236,934	719	-2.5	-3.2
Level 1	183,920	563	179,586	545	-3.3	-10.7
Level 2 - weapon/causing bodily harm	53,357	163	53,945	164	0.1	32.3
Level 3 - aggravated	3,352	10	3,403	10	0.5	18.6
Other assaults	13,075	40	13,917	42	5.4	4.8
Abduction	517	2	479	1	-8.3	-47.2
Property crime	1,174,068	3,596	1,094,703	3,320	-7.7	-27.3
Breaking and entering	251,361	770	230,920	700	-9.0	-39.8
Residential	147,230	451	135,109	410	-9.1	-44.2
Business	74,937	230	69,794	212	-7.8	-31.1
Other	29,194	89	26,017	79	-11.8	-35.4
Motor vehicle theft	158,638	486	146,142	443	-8.8	-19.4
Theft over $5,000	17,094	52	17,369	53	0.6	-32.7
Theft $5,000 and under	617,818	1,892	579,211	1,756	-7.2	-25.8
Possession of stolen goods	35,982	110	32,775	99	-9.8	2.8
Fraud	93,175	285	88,286	268	-6.2	-14.8
*Other Criminal Code* incidents**	977,154	2,993	901,638	2,734	-8.6	4.8
Mischief	379,043	1,161	375,816	1,140	-1.8	5.1
Counterfeiting currency	119,405	366	55,517	168	-54.0	27.5
Bail violations	108,810	333	110,115	334	0.2	37.9
Disturbing the peace¹	117,166	359	116,978	355	-1.1	63.3
Offensive weapons	19,344	59	18,709	57	-4.2	2.0
Prostitution	5,679	17	4,724	14	-17.6	-27.6
Arson	13,594	42	13,202	40	-3.8	-6.7
Forcible confinement/kidnapping	4,509	14	4,595	14	0.9	121.5
Other Criminal Code (not listed above)	209,604	642	201,982	613	-4.6	-24.4
… not applicable 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero r revised 1. Note that certain police services clear some minor offences, such as disturb the peace, under a municipal by-law or provincial statute offence rather than under the Criminal Code. Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. The population estimates come from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations as of July 1st: updated postcensal estimates for 2006 and preliminary postcensal estimates for 2007. Percent change based on unrounded rates. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Table 2Selected Criminal Code incidents, by most serious offence, Canada, 2006 and 2007

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Table 2
Selected Criminal Code incidents, by most serious offence, Canada, 2006 and 2007