Table 4
Police-reported clearance rates for selected offences, police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, Canada, 2018


Table 4
Police-reported clearance rates for selected offences, police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported clearance rates for selected offences. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Indigenous, Non-indigenous, Cleared by charge, Cleared otherwise and Total cleared, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Indigenous Non-indigenous
Cleared by charge Cleared otherwise Total cleared Cleared by charge Cleared otherwise Total cleared
percent
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic)–
"Crime Rate"		 23 43 66 26 11 37
Violent crime 45 33 79 43 20 63
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murder 81 7 88 66 4 69
Sexual assault (levels 1, 2, and 3) 45 16 61 32 13 45
Sexual violations against childrenTable 4 Note 1 66 6 72 51 9 60
Major assault (levels 2 and 3) 62 21 83 61 12 72
Common assault - level 1 43 38 81 46 25 72
Other violent Criminal Code violations 35 39 73 36 20 56
Property crime 5 49 54 11 8 18
Breaking and entering 16 17 33 11 3 15
Shoplifting of $5,000 or under 26 48 74 30 20 50
Other theft of $5,000 or under 6 26 32 4 4 8
MischiefTable 4 Note 2 2 59 61 7 14 21
Other property crime 18 21 39 15 5 20
Other Criminal Code offences 33 41 74 60 16 76
Disturbing the peace 1 61 61 2 39 41
Administration of justice violations 71 20 91 88 7 95
Other violations 35 34 69 37 15 52
Criminal Code traffic violations 40 6 46 49 10 59
Impaired drivingTable 4 Note 3 37 6 43 66 15 80
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 57 8 65 29 5 34
Drug offences 30 18 48 43 26 69
Other federal statute violations 49 32 82 23 58 81
Youth Criminal Justice Act 83 15 97 86 10 96
Other federal statutes 41 36 77 12 66 78
Total - all violations 25 40 65 28 12 40
Note 1

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via telecommunications/agreement or arrangement, and making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth, and the offences of parent or guardian procuring sexual activity, householder permitting prohibited sexual activity, agreement or arrangement of a sexual offence against a child, and bestiality in the presence of or inciting a child (s. 160 (3)). Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault.

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Note 2

Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 3

Includes alcohol- and drug-impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol- and drug-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol or 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. Also includes new impaired driving offences as per Bill C-46 "An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts" which came into effect part way through 2018, including impaired driving due to alcohol and drug impairment combined, and unspecified impaired driving.

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Note: The category "Indigenous" refers to police services that served a population where more than 50% of the population they serve identified as Aboriginal in the 2016 Census, or lived on reserve. The category "Non-Indigenous" refers to those police services where the majority of the population did not identify as Aboriginal in the 2016 Census or did not live on reserve. See the section "Data sources and concepts" for an explanation of the method used to identify police services serving majority Indigenous populations. For an incident to be cleared by charge, at least one chargeable suspect has been identified and there is a charge laid against or recommended to be laid against this individual in connection with this incident. For an incident to be cleared otherwise, an accused must be identified and there must be sufficient evidence to lay a charge in connection with the incident, but instead the suspect is processed by other means such as warnings or cautions (for youth), the complainant declining to proceed, or departmental discretion. 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 bylaws or provincial provisions rather than Criminal Code provisions. Excludes police services not reporting to the UCR2 survey. Overall, the data from the UCR2 survey covers 90% of the police services identified as serving Indigenous populations and 85% of their populations.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR2).
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