Table 4
Percentage of accused in incidents involving multiple accused, by most serious violation, Canada, 2014

Table 4
Percentage of accused in incidents involving multiple accused, by most serious violation, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of accused in incidents involving multiple accused. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Youth aged 12 to 17, Young adults aged 18 to 24, Older adults aged 25 and older, Total adults and Total accused, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Youth aged 12 to 17 Young adults aged 18 to 24 Older adults aged 25 and olderNote 1 Total adultsNote 1 Total accusedNote 2
percent
Total accused of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) 42 24 14 16 20
Violent crime  
Homicide and attempted murderNote 3 64 53 21 32 35
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 0 27 23 24 23
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 62 38 18 24 30
Sexual assault - level 1 11 9 4 5 6
Sexual violations against children Note 4, Note 5 11 6 3 4 6
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 57 43 28 33 35
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 31 28 14 18 20
Assault - level 1 (common assault) 22 17 9 11 12
Other assaultsNote 6 31 26 15 19 20
Robbery 75 63 34 47 54
Criminal harassment 43 12 6 6 10
Uttering threats 17 14 6 8 9
Other violent Criminal Code violationsNote 7 35 23 11 14 16
Total 28 23 10 13 15
Property crime  
Breaking and entering 77 50 32 37 47
Theft of motor vehicle 54 34 24 27 33
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 53 44 29 32 34
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 56 28 14 18 25
MischiefNote 8 50 27 17 20 26
Other property crimesNote 9 55 35 22 25 29
Total 57 32 19 22 29
Other Criminal Code offences  
Disturbing the peace 55 41 29 32 33
Administration of justice violationsNote 10 10 6 4 5 5
Other Criminal Code offencesNote 11 42 32 18 23 25
Total 24 17 12 13 14
Criminal Code traffic violations  
Impaired driving 14 4 2 3 3
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 27 12 5 6 7
Total 21 6 3 3 4
Drug offences  
Possession - cannabis 50 47 25 36 39
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis 56 57 50 53 53
Possession, trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs 46 48 38 41 41
Total 50 48 33 39 41
Other federal statute violations  
Youth Criminal Justice Act 6 7 68 8 7
Other federal statutes 32 30 21 23 23
Total 8 19 21 21 16
Total - all violations 41 26 14 18 21
Note 1.

Excludes accused where age is over 89.

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Note 2.

Total accused includes accused under the age of 12 as well as accused where age is unknown or over 89. Accused under age 12 cannot be charged with an offence under the Criminal Code.

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Note 3.

Includes other violations causing death such as criminal negligence causing death as well as attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

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Note 4.

Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault.

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Note 5.

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via a computer/agreement or arrangement, and making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth.

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Note 6.

Includes assault against a peace officer, violent firearm offences such as pointing or discharging a firearm, or using a firearm in the commission of an offence, and other assaults.

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Note 7.

Includes forcible confinement and kidnapping, abduction, extortion, threatening or harassing phone calls and other violent Criminal Code violations.

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Note 8.

Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 9.

Includes possession and trafficking of stolen property, fraud, identity theft and fraud, and arson.

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Note 10

Includes failure to comply with an order, failure to appear, breach of probation and other violations against the administration of law and justice.

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Note 11

Includes non-violent weapons offences, counterfeiting, child pornography, prostitution and other Criminal Code violations.

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Note: Youth crime is categorized by the most serious violation of the offence in which the youth was accused. In incidents with multiple accused involving multiple offences, it is possible that this is not the specific offence of which the youth was accused or charged, but one committed by another individual accused in the incident.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Crime Reporting Survey.
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