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Table 1
Youth and adults accused, by type of first offence in 2012/2013, Nova Scotia

Table 1
Youth and adults accused, by type of first offence in 2012/2013, Nova Scotia
Table summary
This table displays the results of Youth and adults accused. The information is grouped by Type of first offence in 2012/2013 (appearing as row headers), Youth and Adult, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of first offence in 2012/2013	Youth		Adult
Type of first offence in 2012/2013	number	percent	number	percent
Property offences	1,308	46	3,872	26
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle)^{Table 1 Note 1}	502	18	1,427	10
Mischief^{Table 1 Note 2}	459	16	1,322	9
Breaking and entering	158	6	339	2
Other property crimes^{Table 1 Note 3}	189	7	784	5
Violent offences	771	27	4,646	31
Common assault (level 1)^{Table 1 Note 4}	388	14	2,207	15
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)^{Table 1 Note 5}	90	3	639	4
Other physical assaults^{Table 1 Note 6}	22	1	153	1
Sexual offences^{Table 1 Note 7}	49	2	152	1
Uttering threats	114	4	875	6
Other violent offences^{Table 1 Note 8}	108	4	620	4
Drug offences	380	13	1,767	12
Possession—cannabis	292	10	1,059	7
Other drug offences^{Table 1 Note 9}	88	3	708	5
Other offences^{Table 1 Note 10}	379	13	4,508	30
Total	2,838	100	14,793	100
Note 1 Includes theft and shoplifting of $5,000 or under. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes theft of motor vehicle, theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle), possession and trafficking of stolen property, fraud, identity theft and arson. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Level 1 assault is the least serious form of assault and includes pushing, slapping, punching and face-to-face verbal threats. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Level 2 assault is defined as assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm and level 3 assault is defined as assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes unlawfully causing bodily harm, discharging a firearm with intent, using a firearm or imitation firearm in the commission of an offence, pointing a firearm, assault against a peace-public officer, assault against a peace-public officer with a weapon or causing bodily harm, aggravated assault against a peace-public officer, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, trap likely to or causing bodily harm and other assaults. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes sexual assault levels 1, 2 and 3, and all other sexual violations. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Other violent offences includes offences related to homicide or death, robbery, criminal harassment, indecent or harassing communications, kidnapping, forcible confinement, hostage-taking, trafficking in persons, abduction, extortion, intimidation of a non-justice participant, explosives causing death or bodily harm, arson, and other violent violations. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Includes trafficking, importation and exportation, production or distribution of cannabis and other drugs, and possession of other drugs. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Includes traffic violations, other federal statute violations including the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and other Criminal Code offences. Return to note 10 referrer Note: Based on individuals who had at least one contact with Nova Scotia police in 2012/2013. Includes youth who were between the ages of 12 and 17 at the time of the initial contact, and where the age and the sex of the accused were known. Counts and percentages are based on the most serious violation in the incident. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Integrated Criminal Court Survey, Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Information System, linked database.

Date modified:: 2019-02-07