Table 6
Youth accused1,2 of selected Criminal Code incidents, by most serious offence, Canada, 2006 and 2007

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2006

2007

Percent change in rate 2006
to 2007

Number charged

Number
cleared
otherwise 3

Total number

Total rate

Number charged

Number
cleared
otherwise 3

Total number

Total rate

number

rate

number

rate

percent

Population (aged 12 to 17)

2,585,745

2,586,808

...

Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) -youth crime rate

73,871

104,981

178,852

6,917

75,622

100,553

176,175

6,811

-1.5

Violent crime

20,468

19,108

39,576

1,531

21,388

18,359

39,747

1,537

0.4

Homicide 4

84

2

86

3.3

74

3

77

3.0

-10.5

Attempted murder

70

6

76

2.9

50

0

50

1.9

-34.2

Robbery

3,726

851

4,577

177

4,099

595

4,694

181

2.5

Firearms

320

48

368

14

262

26

288

11

-21.8

Other weapons

1,074

149

1,223

47

1,187

89

1,276

49

4.3

No weapons

2,332

654

2,986

115

2,650

480

3,130

121

4.8

Sexual assault (levels 1,2,3)

1,209

986

2,195

85

1,181

1,026

2,207

85

0.5

Level 1

1,185

967

2,152

83

1,144

1,012

2,156

83

0.1

Level 2 - weapon

23

13

36

1

34

14

48

2

33.3

Level 3 - aggravated

1

6

7

0

3

0

3

0

-57.2

Other sexual offences

138

160

298

12

138

164

302

12

1.3

Assault (levels 1,2,3)

14,083

16,802

30,885

1,194

14,609

16,233

30,842

1,192

-0.2

Level 1

8,849

14,152

23,001

890

9,015

13,580

22,595

873

-1.8

Level 2 - weapon/causing bodily harm

4,800

2,608

7,408

286

5,132

2,613

7,745

299

4.5

Level 3 - aggravated

434

42

476

18

462

40

502

19

5.4

Other assaults

1,153

296

1,449

56

1,235

336

1,571

61

8.4

Abduction

5

5

10

0

2

2

4

0

-60.0

Property crime

25,778

40,425

66,203

2,560

25,266

39,832

65,098

2,517

-1.7

Breaking and entering

7,579

5,604

13,183

510

7,433

5,403

12,836

496

-2.7

Residential

4,457

3,238

7,695

298

4,251

3,129

7,380

285

-4.1

Business

2,204

1,431

3,635

141

2,202

1,344

3,546

137

-2.5

Other

918

935

1,853

72

980

930

1,910

74

3.0

Motor vehicle theft

2,961

2,153

5,114

198

2,489

1,975

4,464

173

-12.7

Theft over $5,000

161

159

320

12

167

120

287

11

-10.3

Theft $5,000 and under

8,972

28,102

37,074

1,434

9,308

28,037

37,345

1,444

0.7

Possession of stolen goods

4,994

3,085

8,079

312

4,794

3,018

7,812

302

-3.3

Fraud

1,111

1,322

2,433

94

1,075

1,279

2,354

91

-3.3

Other Criminal Code offences

27,625

45,448

73,073

2,826

28,968

42,362

71,330

2,757

-2.4

Mischief

5,690

21,474

27,164

1,051

6,308

20,455

26,763

1,035

-1.5

Counterfeiting currency

108

147

255

10

52

114

166

6

-34.9

Bail violations

11,418

1,329

12,747

493

11,993

1,217

13,210

511

3.6

Disturbing the peace

542

8,295

8,837

342

636

7,241

7,877

305

-10.9

Offensive weapons

1,788

1,869

3,657

141

1,756

1,767

3,523

136

-3.7

Prostitution

22

26

48

2

21

13

34

1

-29.2

Arson

513

1,009

1,522

59

613

933

1,546

60

1.5

Forcible confinement/kidnapping

275

39

314

12

271

46

317

12

0.9

Other Criminal Code

(not listed above)

7,269

11,260

18,529

717

7,318

10,576

17,894

692

-3.5

1. Figures presented here include a small number of accused under the age of 12.
2. Youth accused equals youth cleared by charge and youth cleared otherwise (e.g. application of extrajudicial measures).
3. An incident is "cleared otherwise" when police have identified at least one accused and there is sufficient evidence to lay a charge in connection with the incident, but the accused is processed by other means. In the case of youths, this could include formal measures such as a Crown caution or extrajudicial sanctions, or informal measures such as a police
warning or diversion to a community program.
4. Homicide data presented in this table include 1 accused person in 2006 and 3 accused persons in 2007 under the age of 12 years, whereas the text analysis refers to accused aged 12 to 17 years.

Note:Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth aged 12 to 17. The population estimates come from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations as of July 1st: updated postcensal estimates for 2006 and preliminary postcensal estimates for 2007.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.