Breaking and Entering in Canada

This issue of Juristat, available today, provides an overview of residential, business and 'other' breaking and entering offences for 2002, including trends in police-reported offences.

The report examines the characteristics of breaking and entering incidents, victims and accused, as well as court dispositions and sentencing data for youths and adults convicted of these offences. There is also a section examining residential robberies with violence or the threat of violence.

Crime statistics for 2003, including minor revisions to 2002 data, will be released in The Daily on July 28, 2004.

The issue of Juristat: Breaking and Entering in Canada, 2002, Vol. 24, no. 5 (85-002-XIE, $9/$75; 85-002-XPE, $11/$100) is now available.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Client Services (1-800-387-2231; 613-951-9023), Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.