Table 1
Percentage of youth accused of a criminal offence by offence location and type, Canada, 2008

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Offence type Total Private residence Commercial establishment Outdoor public space School Non-commercial building or institution (excluding schools) Public transportation facility
number percent of accused youth
Total youth crime 204,242 100 32 23 23 13 8 1
Total-Violent Criminal Code offences
49,117 100 34 8 25 23 7 2
Homicide and attempted murder
 116 100 37 3 53 4 1 2
Sexual assault
 2,145 100 58 3 12 21 5 1
Other sexual offences
 346 100 73 3 6 13 5 0
Assault-level 1,2,3
 29,165 100 33 7 26 25 8 1
Assault against police officer
 1,510 100 28 14 37 8 11 3
Robbery
 4,952 100 6 19 57 8 2 7
Criminal harassment
 2,092 100 58 4 9 26 2 0.4
Uttering threats
 8,086 100 44 6 11 30 8 1
Deprivation of freedom violations
 331 100 52 5 23 15 4 1
Other violent Criminal Code offences
 374 100 29 4 27 35 4 1
Total Non-violent, Property-related Criminal Code offences
96,673 100 35 40 14 7 4 0.5
Break and enter
 13,624 100 64 22 0.1 9 5 0.1
Have stolen goods
 8,120 100 20 44 29 5 2 0.4
Theft of motor vehicle
 4,474 100 52 7 38 1 2 0.4
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle)
 252 100 49 28 13 7 2 1
Theft $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle)
 17,554 100 36 36 14 10 3 0.4
Shoplifting
 20,270 100 1 97 1 0 1 0
Fraud
 2,310 100 17 60 12 4 4 2
Mischief
 28,411 100 47 13 22 11 6 0.8
Arson
 1,658 100 32 12 33 17 5 0.7
Total Non-violent, Non- property-related Criminal Code offences
31,249 100 32 10 28 9 20 1
Possession of weapons
 2,803 100 17 11 43 23 2 3
Disturb the peace
 6,942 100 33 14 37 11 4 1
Trespass at night
 309 100 77 8 10 5 0 0
Obstruct public or peace officer
 948 100 20 14 54 3 5 4
Failure to comply with conditions
 11,974 100 37 8 25 4 25 1
Breach of probation
 2,474 100 41 9 27 4 16 2
Failure to attend
 2,039 100 3 4 3 1 89 0
Other administration of justice violations
 1,648 100 26 11 19 9 35 1
Other Non-violent, Non- property-related Criminal Code offences
 2,112 100 32 13 28 21 6 1
Total-Criminal Code traffic offences
2,263 100 9 3 86 1 1 0
Total-other federal statutes
24,940 100 18 7 39 23 11 1
Drug violations
 17,740 100 12 7 45 31 4 1
Other federal statutes
 7,200 100 35 7 24 6 28 1
Note: Excludes 4% of offences where the location was unknown. Includes youth accused of Criminal Code offences (including traffic), as well as drug and other federal statute violations. Accused youth includes youth cleared by charge and youth cleared otherwise (e.g. application of extrajudicial measures). Includes the 4% of accused youth who were under the age of 12.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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