Table 5
Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2012 and 2013

Table 5
Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2012 and 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), 2012, 2013, Percent change in rate 2012 to 2013 and Percent change in rate 2003 to 2013, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence 2012Note r: revised 2013 Percent change in rate 2012 to 2013 Percent change in rate 2003 to 2013
number rate number rate percent
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic)– "Crime Rate" 1,957,227 5,632 1,824,837 5,190 -8 -33
Violent crime  
Homicide 543 2 505 1 -8 -17
Other violations causing deathNote 1 102 0 84 0 -19 -49
Attempted murder 665 2 642 2 -5 -18
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 124 0 137 0 9 -28
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 372 1 370 1 -2 -7
Sexual assault - level 1 21,374 62 20,804 59 -4 -19
Sexual violations against childrenNote 2, Note 3, Note 4 3,953 11 4,232 12 6 Note ...: not applicable
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 3,532 10 3,190 9 -11 -1
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 49,807 143 45,672 130 -9 -9
Assault - level 1 170,291 490 158,090 450 -8 -25
Assault peace officer 10,776 31 9,722 28 -11 -1
Other assaults 2,906 8 2,718 8 -8 -35
Firearms - use of, discharge, pointing 2,057 6 1,886 5 -9 -26
Robbery 27,748 80 23,213 66 -17 -35
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 3,637 10 3,239 9 -12 -9
Abduction 393 1 385 1 -3 -38
Extortion 1,730 5 2,302 7 32 8
Criminal harassment 22,280 64 21,555 61 -4 -15
Uttering threats 70,460 203 63,970 182 -10 -33
Threatening or harassing phone calls 18,732 54 16,610 47 -12 -45
Other violent Criminal Code violations 4,665 13 4,619 13 -2 6
Total 416,147 1,197 383,945 1,092 -9 -24
Property crime  
Breaking and entering 176,250 507 156,357 445 -12 -51
Possess stolen propertyNote 5, Note 6 17,450 50 16,797 48 -5 -54
Theft of motor vehicle 78,068 225 72,804 207 -8 -62
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 15,436 44 14,339 41 -8 -34
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 499,484 1,437 471,924 1,342 -7 -39
Fraud (excluding identity fraud)Note 7 78,661 226 79,765 227 0 -23
Identity fraudNote 7, Note 8, Note 9 10,807 31 11,594 33 6 Note ...: not applicable
MischiefNote 10 306,348 881 273,597 778 -12 -31
Arson 11,096 32 8,916 25 -21 -41
Total 1,193,600 3,434 1,106,093 3,146 -8 -41
Other Criminal Code offences  
Counterfeiting 440 1 580 2 30 -81
Weapons violations 13,992 40 13,789 39 -3 -15
Child pornographyNote 11, Note 12 2,177 6 2,668 8 21 163
Prostitution 2,102 6 2,066 6 -3 -67
TerrorismNote 13, Note 14 126 0 72 0 -44 Note ...: not applicable
Disturbing the peace 114,540 330 109,830 312 -5 -4
Administration of justice violations 182,691 526 176,431 502 -5 -4
Other violations 31,412 90 29,363 84 -8 -26
Total 347,480 1,000 334,799 952 -5 -8
Criminal Code traffic violations  
Impaired drivingNote 15 84,149 242 78,391 223 -8 -9
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 57,046 164 57,967 165 0 30
Total 141,195 406 136,358 388 -5 4
Drug offences  
Possession - cannabis 57,895 167 58,965 168 1 28
Possession - cocaine 7,885 23 7,696 22 -4 8
Possession - other drugsNote 16 10,591 30 11,119 32 4 80
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis 15,699 45 14,308 41 -10 -35
Trafficking, production or distribution - cocaine 10,668 31 9,749 28 -10 13
Trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs 7,355 21 7,220 21 -3 10
Total 110,093 317 109,057 310 -2 13
Other federal statute violations  
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 17 12,721 37 9,418 27 -27 -61
Other federal statutes 23,222 67 18,632 53 -21 15
Total 35,943 103 28,050 80 -23 -30
Total - all violations 2,244,458 6,458 2,098,302 5,968 -8 -30
... not applicable
r revised
Note 1.

Includes, for example, criminal negligence causing death.

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Note 2.

Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault.

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Note 3.

Sexual violations against children is a relatively new crime category with only partial data available prior to 2010, therefore the percentage change from 2003 to 2013 is not shown.

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Note 4.

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via a computer/agreement or arrangement, and (as of 2012) making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth.

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Note 5.

Includes trafficking and the intent to traffic stolen goods.

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Note 6.

In 2011, the UCR survey was modified to create separate categories for possession of stolen property of $5,000 or under, and possession of stolen property over $5,000. As a result, incidents of possession of $5,000 or under may now be reported as secondary offences when occurring in conjunction with more serious offences, leading to a decrease in the number of possession of stolen property incidents reported since 2011.

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Note 7.

In January 2010, the UCR survey was modified to create new violation codes for identity fraud and identity theft. Prior to 2010, those offences would have been coded as fraud. Therefore, the percentage change from 2003 to 2013 for fraud includes identity fraud and identity theft.

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Note 8.

Includes identity theft.

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Note 9.

In 2013, it was discovered that an error in Quebec’s provincial system had incorrectly resulted in a number of thefts being coded as identity thefts in Montreal. As such, the number of incidents of identity theft has been revised for the years 2010 to 2012.

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Note 10

Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 11

Due to the complexity of these cyber incidents, the data likely reflect the number of active or closed investigations for the year rather than the total number of incidents reported to police.

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Note 12

The offence of “Child Pornography” includes offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code which makes it illegal to access, possess, make, print, or distribute child pornography. When the actual victim is not identified, this offence is reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey with the most serious offence being “Child Pornography” which falls under the larger crime category of “Other Criminal Code”. In cases where an actual victim is identified, police will report the most serious offence as sexual assault, sexual exploitation or other sexual violations against children, which falls under the category of “Violent Violations”, and child pornography may be reported as a secondary violation.

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Note 13

Includes violations related to terrorism, such as hoax terrorist activity, participating in the activity of a terrorist group, commission of offence for terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity, instructing to carry out terrorist activity, providing or making available property or services for terrorist purposes, using or possessing property for terrorist purposes, harbouring or concealing (terrorist) and freezing of property, disclosure and audit (terrorism). Terrorism is a relatively new crime category with only partial data available prior to 2010; therefore, the percentage change from 2003 to 2013 is not shown.

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Note 14

As a result of terrorist scares arising during the student demonstrations in the Spring of 2012 in Quebec, the Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales du Québec authorized police to make arrests under terrorism laws, particularly for “hoax terrorism”. Therefore, the decrease between 2012 and 2013 may be partly attributed to the terrorism-related incidents that were specific to the student demonstrations in Quebec in 2012.

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Note 15

Includes alcohol and/or drug impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol and/or drug impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample.

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Note 16

Includes heroin, methamphetamines (crystal meth), methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) and other controlled drugs and substances, as well as possession of precursors and equipment.

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Note 17

The Youth Criminal Justice Act replaced the Young Offenders Act and was enacted in April 2003.

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Note: Police-reported statistics may be affected by differences in the way police services deal with minor offences. In some instances, police or municipalities might choose to deal with some minor offences using municipal by-laws or provincial provisions rather than Criminal Code provisions. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Data for specific types of crime are available, in most cases, from 1977. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percentage changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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