Table 4
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2011/2012

Table 4
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2011/2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of cases completed in adult criminal court. The information is grouped by type of offence (appearing as row headers), guilty, stayed/withdrawn, acquitted, other and total cases, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 GuiltyNote 2 Stayed/withdrawnNote 3 Acquitted OtherNote 4 Total cases
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Violent offences 46,255 50 37,653 41 6,401 7 1,388 2 91,697 100
Homicide 132 50 117 44 5 2 9 3 263 100
Attempted murder 40 26 89 58 5 3 19 12 153 100
Robbery 2,391 63 1,250 33 117 3 46 1 3,804 100
Sexual assault 1,610 41 1,867 47 400 10 72 2 3,949 100
Other sexual offencesNote 5 1,551 69 556 25 111 5 34 2 2,252 100
Major assaultNote 6 10,986 53 7,843 38 1,497 7 281 1 20,607 100
Common assault 17,791 48 16,938 46 1,900 5 434 1 37,063 100
Uttering threats 8,948 51 6,353 36 1,801 10 325 2 17,427 100
Criminal harassment 1,609 50 1,270 39 279 9 84 3 3,242 100
Other violent offences 1,197 41 1,370 47 286 10 84 3 2,937 100
Property offences 54,561 61 32,948 37 1,457 2 903 1 89,869 100
TheftNote 7 24,918 63 14,237 36 344 1 317 1 39,816 100
Break and enter 7,477 70 2,644 25 404 4 147 1 10,672 100
Fraud 8,101 65 4,083 33 152 1 198 2 12,534 100
Mischief 7,857 55 5,874 41 325 2 137 1 14,193 100
Possess stolen property 5,047 46 5,732 52 200 2 82 1 11,061 100
Other property offences 1,161 73 378 24 32 2 22 1 1,593 100
Administration of justice offences 60,723 72 20,773 25 1,482 2 1,009 1 83,987 100
Fail to appear 2,243 49 2,221 49 26 1 66 1 4,556 100
Breach of probation 25,353 80 5,394 17 518 2 309 1 31,574 100
Unlawfully at large 2,144 82 398 15 47 2 26 1 2,615 100
Fail to comply with order 24,887 68 10,546 29 723 2 509 1 36,665 100
Other admin. of justice offences 6,096 71 2,214 26 168 2 99 1 8,577 100
Other Criminal Code offences 9,866 60 5,943 36 571 3 176 1 16,556 100
Weapon offences 5,901 62 3,127 33 354 4 81 1 9,463 100
Prostitution 313 30 698 68 16 2 3 0 1,030 100
Disturbing the peace 868 62 522 37 8 1 8 1 1,406 100
Residual Criminal Code offences 2,784 60 1,596 34 193 4 84 2 4,657 100
Total Criminal Code (excl. traffic) 171,405 61 97,317 34 9,911 4 3,476 1 282,109 100
Criminal Code traffic offences 43,420 82 7,793 15 1,434 3 375 1 53,022 100
Impaired driving 34,780 83 5,809 14 1,205 3 259 1 42,053 100
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 8,640 79 1,984 18 229 2 116 1 10,969 100
Total Criminal Code offences 214,825 64 105,110 31 11,345 3 3,851 1 335,131 100
Other federal statute offences 32,159 63 17,220 34 1,319 3 622 1 51,320 100
Drug possession 7,582 45 9,100 54 41 0 64 0 16,787 100
Other drug offencesNote 8 6,478 53 5,545 45 137 1 83 1 12,243 100
Youth Criminal Justice Act 979 72 363 27 2 0 9 1 1,353 100
Residual federal statute offences 17,120 82 2,212 11 1,139 5 466 2 20,937 100
Total 246,984 64 122,330 32 12,664 3 4,473 1 386,451 100
Note 1.

Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence.

Note 2.

Guilty findings include guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. Also includes cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.

Note 3.

Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures and restorative justice programs.

Note 4.

Includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible and waived out of province or territory. Also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases that raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial.

Note 5.

Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, child pornography, luring a child via a computer and sexual exploitation.

Note 6.

Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3).

Note 7.

Includes, for example, theft over $5,000, theft $5,000 or under, as well as motor vehicle theft.

Note 8.

Includes drug trafficking, production, importing and exporting.

Note: A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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