Table 6
Percentage of accused charged, by age group and most serious violation, Canada, 2014

Table 6
Percentage of accused charged, by age group and most serious violation, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of accused charged. 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 cleared by charge 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 cleared by charge
Total accused of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) 48 64 62 63 60
Violent crime  
Homicide and attempted murderNote 3 96 96 91 93 93
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 100 93 80 83 84
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 76 91 95 93 90
Sexual assault - level 1 61 75 76 76 72
Sexual violations against children Note 4, Note 5 50 74 79 78 70
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 93 93 94 93 93
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 69 80 82 81 79
Assault - level 1 (common assault) 43 60 64 63 60
Other assaultsNote 6 79 89 87 88 87
Robbery 91 91 92 92 91
Criminal harassment 22 49 52 52 49
Uttering threats 37 51 51 51 48
Other violent Criminal Code violationsNote 7 39 61 46 49 48
Total 51 67 65 66 63
Property crime  
Breaking and entering 63 73 71 72 69
Theft of motor vehicle 59 61 56 58 58
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 49 71 70 70 68
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 29 59 65 63 57
MischiefNote 8 29 29 22 24 24
Other property crimesNote 9 62 77 77 77 75
Total 38 54 56 55 52
Other Criminal Code offences  
Disturbing the peace 5 7 6 6 6
Administration of justice violationsNote 10 85 91 89 89 89
Other Criminal Code offencesNote 11 50 71 68 69 66
Total 64 71 66 67 67
Criminal Code traffic violations  
Impaired driving 79 83 81 82 82
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 80 86 85 86 85
Total 80 83 82 82 82
Drug offences  
Possession - cannabis 25 41 49 45 41
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis 68 84 80 82 80
Possession, trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs 59 80 79 79 78
Total 32 54 65 61 56
Other federal statute violations  
Youth Criminal Justice Act 88 94 45 93 89
Other federal statutes 35 39 33 34 34
Total 84 65 33 42 58
Total - all violations 48 64 64 64 62
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 (as of 2012) 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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