Table 1
Number and rate of youth and adults accused by police, by sex, reported to a subset of police services, 2005

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Offence type Total accused Female accused Male accused
Total Total Youth Adult Total Total Youth Adult
number number rate number rate
Total accused 517,254 109,055 1,080 3,182 885 408,199 4,193 8,613 3,743
Total - violations against the person 167,917 30,747 304 879 251 137,170 1,409 2,449 1,303
Homicide 400 35 0 0 0 365 4 4 4
Attempted murder 544 68 1 1 1 476 5 3 5
Robbery 11,953 1,264 13 57 8 10,689 110 370 83
Sexual assaults 7,429 182 2 6 1 7,247 74 152 67
Other sexual offences 732 22 0 1 0 710 7 17 6
Major assaults 33,350 6,448 64 144 56 26,902 276 509 253
Common assault (level 1) 73,450 15,670 155 483 125 57,780 594 950 557
Uttering threats 26,478 4,753 47 146 38 21,725 223 343 211
Criminal harassment 9,243 1,823 18 36 16 7,420 76 55 78
Other crimes against the person1 4,338 482 5 6 5 3,856 40 46 39
Total - violations against property 212,435 51,509 510 1,834 387 160,926 1,653 4,664 1,346
Motor vehicle theft 11,177 1,252 12 61 8 9,925 102 352 77
Other theft 87,894 29,409 291 1,215 205 58,485 601 1,640 495
Break and enter 29,084 2,522 25 94 19 26,562 273 795 220
Fraud 28,125 8,435 84 71 85 19,690 202 145 208
Mischief 27,538 3,586 36 167 23 23,952 246 1,138 155
Possession of stolen property 27,395 6,163 61 218 46 21,232 218 524 187
Arson 1,222 142 1 8 1 1,080 11 71 5
Total - violations against the administration of justice 98,562 18,836 186 342 172 79,726 819 943 806
Failure to appear 16,118 4,037 40 70 37 12,081 124 117 125
Breach of probation 22,914 3,726 37 30 38 19,188 197 133 204
Unlawfully at large 3,168 345 3 10 3 2,823 29 58 26
Bail violations 53,331 9,903 98 213 87 43,428 446 603 430
Other administration of justice 3,031 825 8 18 7 2,206 23 34 22
Total - other Criminal Code violations 38,340 7,963 79 128 74 30,377 312 557 287
Weapons 9,648 1,018 10 19 9 8,630 89 242 73
Prostitution 3,863 1,880 19 5 20 1,983 20 2 22
Disturbing the peace 7,421 1,536 15 38 13 5,885 60 83 58
Counterfeiting currency 1,204 226 2 5 2 978 10 22 9
Threatening/harassing phone calls 3,645 1,400 14 21 13 2,245 23 25 23
Residual Criminal Code 12,559 1,903 19 40 17 10,656 109 183 102
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
  1. Other crimes against the person include, kidnapping, abductions, extortion, assault against peace public offi cer and other assaults.
Notes: Excludes accused whose age and/or sex were unknown. Youth includes accused 12 to 17 years of age. Adults include accused 18 years of age and older. Includes persons charged and persons against whom there was sufficient evidence to lay a charge, but were not charged for various reasons (e.g., police discretion, diplomatic immunity, referred to a diversion program, complainant did not want to lay charges, etc.). Data are not nationally representative. Based on data from 122 police services representing approximately 71% of the population of Canada in 2005. Rate per 100,000 population for the geographic areas policed by the UCR2 respondents, based on populations provided by Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Populations as of July 1st: preliminary postcensal estimates for 2005.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey.