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Data table for chart 7

On weekdays youth crime peaks in the late afternoon between the end of the school day and supper-time, 2008
Time 12 to 13 years 14 to 15 years 16 to 17 years
percent of youth accused
6 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. 4 5 6
9 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. 11 12 11
12 p.m. to 2:59 p.m. 19 18 15
3 p.m. to 5:59 p.m. 25 21 16
6 p.m. to 8:59 p.m. 20 16 15
9 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. 13 16 18
12 a.m. to 2:59 a.m. 4 8 13
3 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. 2 4 6
Note: Includes youth accused of Criminal Code offences (including traffic), as well as drug and other federal statute violations. Accused youth includes youth cleared by charge and youth cleared otherwise (e.g. application of extrajudicial measures).
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR2).