Table 10
Youth accused of police-reported crime, by selected offences and by province and territory, 2012

Table 10
Youth accused of police-reported crime, by selected offences and by province and territory, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of police-reported youth crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by province
or territory (appearing as row headers), homicide, robbery, major assault
(levels 2 and 3) and total violent crime, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province
or territory		 HomicideNote 1 Robbery Major assault
(Levels 2 and 3)Note 2		 Total violent crimeNote 3
number rate rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012Note 4 rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0.0 27 Note ...: not applicable 270 3 2,027 -3
Prince Edward Island 0 0.0 55 Note ...: not applicable 137 1 1,710 16
Nova Scotia 0 0.0 161 -7 294 -7 2,755 3
New Brunswick 0 0.0 34 -9 240 4 1,971 -11
Quebec 2 0.4 126 -7 206 -15 1,562 -7
Ontario 15 1.6 187 -12 155 -13 1,413 -9
Manitoba 6 6.0 286 -5 588 -5 3,070 -1
Saskatchewan 6 7.2 207 6 594 3 3,184 -7
Alberta 4 1.5 102 -7 232 -12 1,631 -9
British Columbia 0 0.0 119 2 168 -11 1,125 -9
Yukon 0 0.0 0 Note ...: not applicable 952 65 4,220 5
Northwest Territories 0 0.0 113 Note ...: not applicable 819 -31 7,480 2
Nunavut 1 24.7 74 Note ...: not applicable 519 -45 5,583 -3
Canada 34 1.4 153 -8 219 -10 1,639 -7
Table summary
This table displays the results of police-reported youth crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by province
or territory (appearing as row headers), break and enter, motor vehicle theft, total property crime and total crime
(youth crime rate), calculated using rate and percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province
or territory		 Break and enter Motor vehicle theft Total property crimeNote 3 Total crime
(youth crime rate)Note 3
rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012
Newfoundland and Labrador 448 -25 135 -23 2,823 -18 5,746 -11
Prince Edward Island 366 -28 165 -21 3,155 -5 5,487 2
Nova Scotia 606 17 172 -8 4,285 -3 8,824 -1
New Brunswick 459 -2 154 -14 3,070 -4 6,092 -8
Quebec 302 3 103 2 1,759 -5 3,725 -4
Ontario 232 -5 69 -13 2,056 -9 4,193 -8
Manitoba 705 -5 233 4 3,692 1 9,082 -2
Saskatchewan 1,290 -16 500 -17 7,479 -16 15,266 -11
Alberta 353 17 186 -1 3,305 -7 6,453 -7
British Columbia 219 -3 56 -8 2,140 -9 4,268 -9
Yukon 869 41 248 -57 7,116 -20 18,494 1
Northwest Territories 4,093 18 790 -2 18,657 3 34,660 -3
Nunavut 3,582 6 1,062 -23 12,376 -10 23,864 -5
Canada 345 -2 118 -8 2,541 -8 5,224 -7
... not applicable
Note 1.

Due to the variability in small numbers, percentage changes in the rates of youth accused of homicide are not calculated.

Note 2.

Excludes assaults against police officers.

Note 3.

Crime rates are based on Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffic offences. See Table 6 for a list of offences included in the total violent crime, total property crime and total crime categories.

Note 4.

Due to the variability in small numbers, percentage changes have not been calculated when the number of offences is below 5 in any given year.

Note: Refers to the number of youth aged 12 to 17 who were either charged (or recommended for charging) by police or diverted from the formal criminal justice system through the use of warnings, cautions, referrals to community programs, etc. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Provincial and territorial data for specific types of youth crime are available, in most cases, from 1977. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth population (12 to 17 years). Percentage changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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