Table 4
Incidents involving co-offending and group crime, by selected offences, Canada, 2011

Table 4
Incidents involving co-offending and group crime, by selected offences, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of incidents involving co-offending and group crime by selected offences. The information is grouped by type of offence (appearing as row headers), lone offence, co-offence, total, lone crime, pair crime and group crime, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Lone offence Co-offence Total
Lone crime Pair crime Group crime
number percent number percent number percent number
Total crime (excluding traffic) 707,825 89 66,098 8 19,779 2 793,702
Violent crime  
Homicide 369 86 37 9 25 6 431
Other violations causing deathNote 1 61 95 2 3 1 2 64
Attempted murder 315 82 43 11 26 7 384
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 93 95 4 4 1 1 98
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 203 85 30 13 7 3 240
Sexual assault - level 1 11,047 97 281 2 59 0.5 11,387
Sexual violations against childrenNote 2 1,877 98 30 2 2 0.1 1,909
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 1,952 80 357 15 143 6 2,452
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 29,013 89 2,619 8 832 3 32,464
Assault - level 1 110,101 93 7,177 6 1,398 1 118,676
Assault police officer 7,374 91 616 8 155 2 8,145
Other assaults 1,665 93 100 6 32 2 1,797
Firearms - use of, discharge, pointing 668 82 88 11 54 7 810
Robbery 6,378 68 1,935 21 1,100 12 9,413
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 2,676 92 155 5 89 3 2,920
Abduction 152 93 8 5 3 2 163
Extortion 661 81 108 13 44 5 813
Criminal harassment 13,307 95 527 4 155 1 13,989
Uttering threats 38,474 95 1,619 4 327 1 40,420
Indecent or harassing phone calls 7,163 95 325 4 55 1 7,543
Other violent Criminal Code violations 2,505 90 196 7 79 3 2,780
Total 236,054 92 16,257 6 4,587 2 256,898
Property crime  
Breaking and entering 20,465 74 4,657 17 2,686 10 27,808
Possession of stolen propertyNote 3 14,123 78 3,040 17 970 5 18,133
Theft of motor vehicle 8,819 82 1,402 13 547 5 10,768
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 1,615 79 328 16 112 5 2,055
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 93,404 85 13,412 12 2,852 3 109,668
FraudNote 4 24,639 88 2,632 9 721 3 27,992
MischiefNote 5 69,677 85 8,462 10 3,385 4 81,524
Arson 831 70 238 20 121 10 1,190
Total 233,573 84 34,171 12 11,394 4 279,138
Other Criminal Code offences  
Counterfeiting 435 76 116 20 21 4 572
Weapons violations 8,826 86 1,060 10 394 4 10,280
Child pornography 704 93 36 5 16 2 756
Prostitution 1,648 95 56 3 24 1 1,728
Disturb the peace 47,454 81 9,110 15 2,332 4 58,896
Administration of justice violations 162,716 97 3,794 2 580 0.3 167,090
Other violations 16,415 89 1,498 8 431 2 18,344
Total 238,198 92 15,670 6 3,798 1 257,666
Criminal Code traffic violations  
Impaired drivingNote 6 75,303 99 799 1 156 0.2 76,258
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 18,147 97 511 3 91 0.5 18,749
Total 93,450 98 1,310 1 247 0.3 95,007
Drug offences  
Possession - cannabis 41,995 79 7,766 15 3,242 6 53,003
Possession - cocaine 5,189 86 683 11 177 3 6,049
Possession - other drugsNote 7 7,119 86 871 11 271 3 8,261
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis 6,348 67 2,308 24 858 9 9,514
Trafficking, production or distribution - cocaine 4,510 64 1,700 24 788 11 6,998
Trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs 2,907 66 1,054 24 450 10 4,411
Total 68,068 77 14,382 16 5,786 7 88,236
Other federal statute violations  
Youth Criminal Justice Act 7,870 96 245 3 61 1 8,176
Other federal statutes 7,829 88 742 8 302 3 8,873
Total 15,699 92 987 6 363 2 17,049
Total - all violations 885,042 89 82,777 8 26,175 3 993,994
Note 1.

Includes, for example, criminal negligence causing death.

Note 2.

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, and luring a child via a computer. Excludes incidents of child pornography due to limited information on victim characteristics.

Note 3.

Includes trafficking and the intent to traffic stolen goods.

Note 4.

Includes identity theft and identity fraud.

Note 5.

Includes altering, removing or destroying a vehicle identification number (VIN).

Note 6.

Includes alcohol and/or drug impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol and/or drug impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample.

Note 7.

Includes precursors and equipment.

Note: Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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