Table 3
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence, Canada, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014

Table 3
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence, Canada, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014
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), 2012/2013, 2013/2014, Percent change in number of cases 2012/2013 to 2013/2014 and Difference in median length of cases 2012/2013 to 2013/2014, calculated using number, median length of case (days), percent and days units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 2012/2013 2013/2014 Percent change in number of cases 2012/2013 to 2013/2014 Difference in median length of cases 2012/2013 to 2013/2014
numberNote 2 median length of case (days)Note 3 numberNote 2 median length of case (days)Note 3 percent days
Violent offences 91,033 167 84,862 172 -7 5
Homicide 243 485 258 451 6 -34
Attempted murder 145 315 186 314 28 -1
Robbery 3,985 220 3,388 223 -15 3
Sexual assault 3,204 309 3,002 321 -6 12
Other sexual offencesNote 4 3,307 307 3,462 305 5 -2
Major assaultNote 5 20,547 194 19,232 198 -6 4
Common assault 35,863 132 33,630 134 -6 2
Uttering threats 17,559 154 15,810 161 -10 7
Criminal harassment 3,158 156 3,175 166 1 10
Other violent offences 3,022 229 2,719 226 -10 -3
Property offences 88,664 100 82,187 106 -7 6
TheftNote 6 39,318 71 36,364 73 -8 2
Break and enter 10,864 164 9,609 176 -12 12
Fraud 12,130 169 11,381 170 -6 1
Mischief 13,771 107 13,041 113 -5 6
Possess stolen property 10,987 98 10,371 100 -6 2
Other property offences 1,594 174 1,421 147 -11 -27
Administration of justice offences 85,554 72 82,116 76 -4 4
Fail to appear 4,565 82 4,389 71 -4 -11
Breach of probation 32,742 58 31,334 63 -4 5
Unlawfully at large 2,512 18 2,595 13 3 -5
Fail to comply with order 37,232 79 35,516 85 -5 6
Other administration of justice offences 8,503 127 8,282 133 -3 6
Other Criminal Code offences 16,791 168 15,272 162 -9 -6
Weapons 9,682 180 9,020 173 -7 -7
Prostitution 896 106 903 108 1 2
Disturbing the peace 1,452 64 1,316 59 -9 -5
Residual Criminal Code offences 4,761 197 4,033 211 -15 14
Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 282,042 116 264,437 120 -6 4
Criminal Code traffic offences 52,413 130 48,334 150 -8 20
Impaired driving 42,048 115 38,635 141 -8 26
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 10,365 169 9,699 171 -6 2
Total Criminal Code offences 334,455 119 312,771 121 -6 2
Other federal statute offences 53,159 132 47,869 130 -10 -2
Drug possession 16,303 85 14,925 87 -8 2
Other drug offencesNote 7 11,577 258 10,100 254 -13 -4
Youth Criminal Justice Act 1,214 52 1,132 48 -7 -4
Residual federal statute offences 24,065 141 21,712 135 -10 -6
Total offences 387,614 120 360,640 123 -7 3
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