Table 1
The distribution of types of recorded offences committed by the study population and by all Canadian youth, 1995 to 2005

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Type of offence 1990 cohort 1987 cohort All Canadian youth
5 to 15 years 8 to 17 years Less than 18 years
percent
Assault level 1 (common assault) 12.2 9.3 9.9
All other offences against the person 7.8 8.5 6.5
Subtotal - offences against the person 20.0 17.8 16.4
Break and enter, theft over $5,000 7.4 9.7 12.7
Possess stolen property, fraud 4.5 6.2 4.5
Theft under $5,000 30.4 23.8 21.3
Mischief under $5,000 13.0 9.1 8.8
Subtotal - offences against property 55.3 48.9 47.3
Other Criminal Code offences 16.6 21.0 27.0
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act 6.6 9.5 6.2
Other Federal statutes 1.5 2.8 3.1
Subtotal - other offences 24.7 33.3 36.3
Total percent of accused persons 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total number of accused persons 31,588 91,491 2,374,156
Data sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Aggregate Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 1995 to 2005 and Incident-Based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey, Linked 11-year data file.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, The development of police-reported delinquency among Canadian youth born in 1987 and 1990, Catalogue no. 85-561-MWE2007009.