Table 8
Percentage of youth accused charged, by co-offending and most serious violation, Canada, 2014

Table 8
Percentage of youth accused charged, by co-offending and most serious violation, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of youth accused charged. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Single accused, Co-offenders and Total youth accused, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Single accused Co-offenders Total youth accused
percent
Total accused of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) 51 42 48
Violent crime  
Homicide and attempted murderNote 1 97 96 96
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 100 Note ...: not applicable 100
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 86 70 76
Sexual assault - level 1 63 48 61
Sexual violations against children Note 2, Note 3 53 31 50
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 98 90 93
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 68 71 69
Assault - level 1 (common assault) 43 40 43
Other assaultsNote 4 80 77 79
Robbery 89 92 91
Criminal harassment 28 14 22
Uttering threats 39 27 37
Other violent Criminal Code violationsNote 5 42 34 39
Total 50 56 51
Property crime  
Breaking and entering 67 62 63
Theft of motor vehicle 55 63 59
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 44 53 49
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 30 28 29
MischiefNote 6 31 26 29
Other property crimesNote 7 62 63 62
Total 38 39 38
Other Criminal Code offences  
Disturbing the peace 7 4 5
Administration of justice violationsNote 8 86 78 85
Other Criminal Code offencesNote 9 51 48 50
Total 72 39 64
Criminal Code traffic violations  
Impaired driving 80 73 79
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 80 81 80
Total 80 79 80
Drug offences  
Possession - cannabis 30 20 25
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis 77 61 68
Possession, trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs 59 59 59
Total 37 27 32
Other federal statute violations  
Youth Criminal Justice Act 89 71 88
Other federal statutes 39 27 35
Total 87 60 84
Total - all violations 53 40 48
... not applicable
Note 1.

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 2.

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

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Note 3.

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 4.

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 5.

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

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Note 6.

Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 7.

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

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Note 8.

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 9.

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

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Note: Youth includes all accused aged 12 to 17. Youth crime is categorized by the most serious violation of the incident 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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