Table 1
Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2017

Table 1
Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Reported, Unfounded, Founded and Cleared, calculated using number, percent and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence	Reported	Unfounded		Founded		Cleared^{Table 1 Note 1}
Type of offence	number	number	percent	number	rate	number	percent
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) – "Crime rate"	2,110,658	152,635	7.2	1,958,023	5,334.0	811,498	41.4
Total violent crime	459,223	56,022	12.2	403,201	1,098.4	281,989	69.9
Homicide	660	0	0.0	660	1.8	443	67.1
Other violations causing death^{Table 1 Note 2}	96	18	18.8	78	0.2	79	101.3
Attempted murder	836	9	1.1	827	2.3	631	76.3
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated	176	15	8.5	161	0.4	118	73.3
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm	446	29	6.5	417	1.1	267	64.0
Sexual assault - level 1	27,929	3,835	13.7	24,094	65.6	12,740	52.9
Sexual violations against children^{Table 1 Note 3}^{Table 1 Note 4}	9,302	1,256	13.5	8,046	21.9	5,919	73.6
Assault - level 3 - aggravated	3,585	44	1.2	3,541	9.6	2,937	82.9
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm	53,498	1,645	3.1	51,853	141.3	39,092	75.4
Assault - level 1	183,864	20,830	11.3	163,034	444.1	123,859	76.0
Assault of police officer	10,903	56	0.5	10,847	29.5	10,473	96.6
Other assaults	2,164	212	9.8	1,952	5.3	1,538	78.8
Firearms - use of, discharge, pointing	3,015	281	9.3	2,734	7.4	1,417	51.8
Robbery	23,918	1,179	4.9	22,739	61.9	10,406	45.8
Forcible confinement or kidnapping	4,280	502	11.7	3,778	10.3	3,391	89.8
Trafficking in persons	317	46	14.5	271	0.7	181	66.8
Extortion	3,287	154	4.7	3,133	8.5	1,136	36.3
Criminal harassment	26,502	7,064	26.7	19,438	53.0	14,137	72.7
Uttering threats	74,992	12,918	17.2	62,074	169.1	43,040	69.3
Indecent or harassing communications^{Table 1 Note 5}	21,073	4,874	23.1	16,199	44.1	5,186	32.0
Non-consensual distribution of intimate images	1,664	195	11.7	1,469	4.0	872	59.4
Commodification of sexual activity^{Table 1 Note 6}	1,168	62	5.3	1,106	3.0	824	74.5
Other violent Criminal Code violations	5,548	798	14.4	4,750	12.9	3,303	69.5
Total property crime	1,261,594	70,505	5.6	1,191,089	3,244.8	249,402	20.9
Breaking and entering	170,727	11,391	6.7	159,336	434.1	25,415	16.0
Possess stolen property^{Table 1 Note 7}	25,305	1,436	5.7	23,869	65.0	14,973	62.7
Theft of motor vehicle	94,317	9,297	9.9	85,020	231.6	10,881	12.8
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle)	18,682	1,427	7.6	17,255	47.0	1,948	11.3
Theft under $5,000 (non-motor vehicle)	527,895	23,338	4.4	504,557	1,374.5	95,487	18.9
Fraud (excluding identity theft and fraud)	119,739	6,876	5.7	112,863	307.5	26,588	23.6
Identity theft	3,411	144	4.2	3,267	8.9	762	23.3
Identity fraud	14,740	465	3.2	14,275	38.9	2,788	19.5
Mischief^{Table 1 Note 8}	276,895	14,779	5.3	262,116	714.1	69,238	26.4
Arson	9,883	1,352	13.7	8,531	23.2	1,322	15.5
*Total other Criminal Code* offences**	389,841	26,108	6.7	363,733	990.9	280,107	77.0
Weapons violations	18,137	2,352	13.0	15,785	43.0	12,326	78.1
Child pornography^{Table 1 Note 9}^{Table 1 Note 10}	7,629	1,108	14.5	6,521	17.8	1,542	23.6
Prostitution^{Table 1 Note 6}	151	17	11.3	134	0.4	61	45.5
Disturb the peace	103,006	6,625	6.4	96,381	262.6	43,731	45.4
Administration of justice violations	228,755	11,919	5.2	216,836	590.7	205,905	95.0
Other violations	32,163	4,087	12.7	28,076	76.5	16,542	58.9
Total Criminal Code traffic violations	129,285	3,907	3.0	125,378	341.6	74,372	59.3
Alcohol impaired driving^{Table 1 Note 11}	68,910	3,352	4.9	65,558	178.6	53,122	81.0
Drug impaired driving^{Table 1 Note 12}	3,828	339	8.9	3,489	9.5	2,463	70.6
Other Criminal Code traffic violations	56,547	216	0.4	56,331	153.5	18,787	33.4
Total drug offences	94,077	3,452	3.7	90,625	246.9	68,606	75.7
Possession - cannabis	39,848	1,350	3.4	38,498	104.9	32,464	84.3
Possession - cocaine	7,387	279	3.8	7,108	19.4	5,722	80.5
Possession - methamphetamines and ecstasy (MDA)^{Table 1 Note 13}	9,382	113	1.2	9,269	25.3	7,966	85.9
Possession - heroin	2,279	60	2.6	2,219	6.0	1,794	80.8
Possession - other drugs^{Table 1 Note 13}^{Table 1 Note 14}	8,434	444	5.3	7,990	21.8	6,161	77.1
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis	10,172	678	6.7	9,494	25.9	4,581	48.3
Trafficking, production or distribution - cocaine	6,972	169	2.4	6,803	18.5	4,551	66.9
Trafficking, production or distribution - methamphetamines and ecstasy (MDA)^{Table 1 Note 13}	2,749	83	3.0	2,666	7.3	1,810	67.9
Trafficking, production or distribution - heroin	1,024	9	0.9	1,015	2.8	857	84.4
Trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs^{Table 1 Note 13}^{Table 1 Note 14}	5,830	267	4.6	5,563	15.2	2,700	48.5
Total other federal statute violations	32,333	1,547	4.8	30,786	83.9	22,598	73.4
Human trafficking under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act	124	20	16.1	104	0.3	17	16.3
Youth Criminal Justice Act	5,522	70	1.3	5,452	14.9	4,741	87.0
Other federal statutes	26,687	1,457	5.5	25,230	68.7	17,840	70.7
Total - all violations	2,366,353	161,541	6.8	2,204,812	6,006.3	977,074	44.3
Note 1 The clearance rate reflects the total number of incidents cleared (by charge, or otherwise) during the year divided by the total number of incidents during the year. Since the process of solving crime is often time‑consuming, a criminal incident may be solved months or even years after it was reported to police and recorded by the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. Therefore, it is possible for the number of incidents cleared in a year to be greater than the total number of "actual" incidents that year, and thus for the clearance rate to exceed 100%. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes, for example, criminal negligence causing death. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 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, and, as of December 2014, the offences of parent or guardian procuring sexual activity (Criminal Code, s. 170), and householder permitting prohibited sexual activity (Criminal Code, s. 171) are also included. Incidents of child pornography are not included in the category of sexual violations against children. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 This offence was amended in the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act: Bill C‑13 (2015) to include all means of telecommunication, not only phone calls. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 In December 2014, new legislation came into effect governing prostitution‑related activities. The new legislation targets "the exploitation that is inherent in prostitution and the risks of violence posed to those who engage in it" (Criminal Code, Chapter 25, preamble). New violations classified as "commodification of sexual activity" under "violent crime" include: the purchasing of sexual services or communicating for that purpose, receiving a material benefit deriving from the purchase of sexual services, procuring of persons for the purpose of prostitution, and advertising sexual services offered for sale. In addition, a number of other offences related to prostitution continue to be considered non‑violent offences and are classified under "other Criminal Code offences." These include communicating to provide sexual services for consideration, and stopping or impeding traffic for the purpose of offering, providing or obtaining sexual services for consideration. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes trafficking and the intent to traffic stolen goods. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Due to the complexity of these cyber incidents, the data likely reflect the number of active or closed investigations for the year rather than the total number of incidents reported to police. Data are based on police‑reported incidents that are recorded in police services’ records management systems. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 The offence of "child pornography" includes offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code which makes it illegal to access, possess, make, print, or distribute child pornography. When the actual victim is not identified, this offence is reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey with the most serious offence being "child pornography" which falls under the larger crime category of "other Criminal Code." In cases where an actual victim is identified, police will report the most serious offence as sexual assault, sexual exploitation or other sexual violations against children, which falls under the category of "violent violations," and child pornography may be reported as a secondary violation. Return to note 10 referrer Note 11 Includes alcohol impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample. In some jurisdictions, including British Columbia, impaired driving incidents that meet the elements of the Criminal Code may be handled using a provincial statute. Collection of these incidents is within the scope of the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. Return to note 11 referrer Note 12 Includes drug impaired operation of a vehicle, drug impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of drugs and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample. In some jurisdictions, including British Columbia, impaired driving incidents that meet the elements of the Criminal Code may be handled using a provincial statute. Collection of these incidents is within the scope of the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. Return to note 12 referrer Note 13 Includes substances such as crystal meth, speed, etc. as well as methylenedioxyamphetamine, referred to as MDA for short, and commonly known as ecstasy. Return to note 13 referrer Note 14 Includes all other drugs listed under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), such as prescription drugs, opioids such as fentanyl, barbiturates, LSD, and "date rape" drugs. Trafficking and production of other drugs includes the possession, production, selling or importing of anything (such as precursors) with the knowledge that it will be used in the production or trafficking of a controlled substance (as defined in section 2(1) of the CSDA). Return to note 14 referrer Note: Data for unfounded incidents are available for 2017 even though inconsistencies in reporting may still exist. Police‑reported statistics may be affected by differences in the way police services deal with offences. In some instances, police or municipalities might choose to deal with some offences using municipal by‑laws or provincial provisions rather than Criminal Code provisions. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Data for specific types of crime are available, in most cases, from 1977. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percentage changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-07-23

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Table 1
Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2017

Table 1 Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2017

Table 1
Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2017