Table 7
Youth accused of selected violations, by most serious offence, Canada, 2007 and 2008
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Type of violation | 2007r | 2008 | Percent change in rate 2007 to 2008 | ||||||
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Number charged | Number cleared otherwise1 | Total | Total rate | Number charged | Number cleared otherwise1 | Total | Total rate | ||
number | rate | number | rate | percent | |||||
Population (aged 12 to 17) | 2,615,278 | ... | ... | ... | 2,580,897 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Total - all violations | 88,715 | 115,979 | 204,694 | 7,827 | 85,000 | 109,635 | 194,635 | 7,541 | -4 |
Total Criminal Code violations (excluding traffic)–"Crime rate" | 75,630 | 101,767 | 177,397 | 6,783 | 71,340 | 95,221 | 166,561 | 6,454 | -5 |
Total violent Criminal Code violations2 | 24,689 | 26,313 | 51,002 | 1,950 | 23,681 | 25,016 | 48,697 | 1,887 | -3 |
Homicide3 | 74 | 3 | 77 | 3 | 55 | 1 | 56 | 2 | -26 |
Other violations causing death | 11 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -59 |
Attempted murder | 53 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 13 |
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 255 |
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm | 31 | 14 | 45 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 39 | 2 | -12 |
Sexual assault - level 1 | 1,131 | 1,016 | 2,147 | 82 | 1,155 | 1,041 | 2,196 | 85 | 4 |
Sexual violations against children4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 50 | 37 | 87 | 3 | 100 |
Assault - level 3 - aggravated | 475 | 44 | 519 | 20 | 466 | 32 | 498 | 19 | -3 |
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm | 5,086 | 2,691 | 7,777 | 297 | 4,510 | 2,366 | 6,876 | 266 | -10 |
Assault - level 1 | 8,783 | 13,693 | 22,476 | 859 | 8,731 | 13,068 | 21,799 | 845 | -2 |
Assault police officer | 851 | 216 | 1,067 | 41 | 834 | 149 | 983 | 38 | -7 |
Other assaults | 251 | 128 | 379 | 14 | 222 | 129 | 351 | 14 | -6 |
Firearms - use of, discharge, pointing | 99 | 182 | 281 | 11 | 95 | 129 | 224 | 9 | -19 |
Robbery | 4,107 | 633 | 4,740 | 181 | 3,827 | 587 | 4,414 | 171 | -6 |
Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 271 | 46 | 317 | 12 | 269 | 44 | 313 | 12 | 0 |
Abduction | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Extortion | 153 | 63 | 216 | 8 | 117 | 56 | 173 | 7 | -19 |
Criminal harassment | 279 | 894 | 1,173 | 45 | 301 | 895 | 1,196 | 46 | 3 |
Uttering threats | 2,694 | 5,336 | 8,030 | 307 | 2,660 | 5,371 | 8,031 | 311 | 1 |
Threatening or harassing phone calls | 66 | 1,108 | 1,174 | 45 | 76 | 861 | 937 | 36 | -19 |
Other violent Criminal Code violations | 258 | 227 | 485 | 19 | 207 | 234 | 441 | 17 | -8 |
Total non-violent Criminal Code violations (excluding traffic) | 50,941 | 75,454 | 126,395 | 4,833 | 47,659 | 70,205 | 117,864 | 4,567 | -6 |
Breaking and entering | 7,443 | 5,591 | 13,034 | 498 | 6,445 | 4,866 | 11,311 | 438 | -12 |
Possess stolen property | 4,918 | 3,163 | 8,081 | 309 | 4,500 | 3,100 | 7,600 | 294 | -5 |
Theft of motor vehicle | 2,280 | 2,013 | 4,293 | 164 | 1,871 | 1,899 | 3,770 | 146 | -11 |
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) | 164 | 132 | 296 | 11 | 150 | 181 | 331 | 13 | 13 |
Theft under $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) | 8,974 | 28,086 | 37,060 | 1,417 | 8,600 | 26,140 | 34,740 | 1,346 | -5 |
Fraud | 1,060 | 1,318 | 2,378 | 91 | 1,105 | 1,256 | 2,361 | 91 | 1 |
Mischief | 6,352 | 20,716 | 27,068 | 1,035 | 6,105 | 19,411 | 25,516 | 989 | -4 |
Arson | 553 | 939 | 1,492 | 57 | 483 | 805 | 1,288 | 50 | -13 |
Counterfeiting | 57 | 117 | 174 | 7 | 82 | 75 | 157 | 6 | -9 |
Weapons violations | 1,662 | 1,523 | 3,185 | 122 | 1,567 | 1,401 | 2,968 | 115 | -6 |
Child pornography | 23 | 61 | 84 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 2 | -37 |
Prostitution | 22 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 1 | -2 |
Disturb the peace | 655 | 7,312 | 7,967 | 305 | 618 | 6,902 | 7,520 | 291 | -4 |
Administration of justice violations | 15,296 | 2,714 | 18,010 | 689 | 14,712 | 2,542 | 17,254 | 669 | -3 |
Other non-violent Criminal Code violations | 1,482 | 1,756 | 3,238 | 124 | 1,384 | 1,578 | 2,962 | 115 | -7 |
Total Criminal Code traffic violations | 8 | 418 | 426 | 16 | 7 | 466 | 473 | 18 | 13 |
Impaired driving5 | … | 143 | 143 | 5 | … | 176 | 176 | 7 | 25 |
Other Criminal Code traffic violations | 8 | 275 | 283 | 11 | 7 | 290 | 297 | 12 | 6 |
Total federal statute violations | 13,077 | 13,794 | 26,871 | 1,027 | 13,653 | 13,948 | 27,601 | 1,069 | 4 |
Possession - cannabis | 3,844 | 9,868 | 13,712 | 524 | 4,169 | 9,894 | 14,063 | 545 | 4 |
Possession - cocaine | 285 | 104 | 389 | 15 | 209 | 105 | 314 | 12 | -18 |
Possession - other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act drugs |
402 | 920 | 1,322 | 51 | 453 | 915 | 1,368 | 53 | 5 |
Trafficking, production or distribution–cannabis | 1,251 | 593 | 1,844 | 71 | 1,257 | 551 | 1,808 | 70 | -1 |
Trafficking, production or distribution–cocaine | 617 | 53 | 670 | 26 | 547 | 60 | 607 | 24 | -8 |
Trafficking, production or distribution–other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act drugs | 416 | 192 | 608 | 23 | 357 | 166 | 523 | 20 | -13 |
Youth Criminal Justice Act | 5,347 | 927 | 6,274 | 240 | 5,591 | 1,056 | 6,647 | 258 | 7 |
Other federal statutes | 915 | 1,137 | 2,052 | 78 | 1,070 | 1,201 | 2,271 | 88 | 12 |
1. 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 youths, this could include formal measures such as a Crown caution or extrajudicial sanctions, or informal measures such as a police warning or diversion to a community program. 2. The violent crime rate has been expanded to include a number of offences not previously included in the violent crime rate, including uttering threats, criminal harassment and forcible confinement. Data using this definition of violent crime are available back to 1998. 3. The 2008 count includes one accused under the age of 12. 4. Sexual offences against children is a new crime category with only partial data available prior to 2008. As a result, numbers and rates should not be directly compared to data from previous years. 5. Counts of youths formally charged with impaired driving are not currently available. Notes: Figures presented here include a small number of accused under the age of 12. Youth accused equals youth cleared by charge and youth cleared otherwise (e.g. application of extrajudicial measures). Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth aged 12 to 17. The population estimates come from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations as of July 1st: updated postcensal estimates for 2007 and preliminary postcensal estimates for 2008. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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