Table 4
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2011/2012
Type of offenceNote 1 | GuiltyNote 2 | Stayed/withdrawnNote 3 | Acquitted | OtherNote 4 | Total cases | |||||
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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 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey. |
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