Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence, age group, and sex of the accused, Canada, 2014/2015
Table 4Type of offenceNote 1 | Male | Female | Total youth | ||||||||
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12 to 15 years of age | 16 to 17 years of age | Total males | 12 to 15 years of age | 16 to 17 years of age | Total females | ||||||
numberNote 2 | percent | number | percent | number | numberNote 2 | percent | number | percent | number | ||
Violent offences | 2,871 | 44 | 3,660 | 56 | 6,531 | 847 | 44 | 1,062 | 56 | 1,909 | 8,440 |
Homicide | 6 | 35 | 11 | 65 | 17 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 19 |
Attempted murder | 3 | 21 | 11 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 17 |
Robbery | 417 | 36 | 745 | 64 | 1,162 | 43 | 38 | 69 | 62 | 112 | 1,274 |
Sexual assault | 301 | 61 | 193 | 39 | 494 | 10 | 71 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 508 |
Other sexual offencesNote 3 | 363 | 65 | 195 | 35 | 558 | 17 | 71 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 582 |
Major assaultNote 4 | 527 | 40 | 777 | 60 | 1,304 | 172 | 39 | 274 | 61 | 446 | 1,750 |
Common assault | 601 | 40 | 894 | 60 | 1,495 | 369 | 43 | 497 | 57 | 866 | 2,361 |
Uttering threats | 537 | 44 | 672 | 56 | 1,209 | 191 | 52 | 175 | 48 | 366 | 1,575 |
Criminal harassment | 51 | 44 | 64 | 56 | 115 | 33 | 67 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 164 |
Other crimes against persons | 65 | 40 | 98 | 60 | 163 | 9 | 33 | 18 | 67 | 27 | 190 |
Property offences | 2,806 | 40 | 4,273 | 60 | 7,079 | 964 | 45 | 1,180 | 55 | 2,144 | 9,223 |
TheftNote 5 | 839 | 39 | 1,325 | 61 | 2,164 | 458 | 45 | 560 | 55 | 1,018 | 3,182 |
Break and enter | 803 | 45 | 999 | 55 | 1,802 | 140 | 54 | 117 | 46 | 257 | 2,059 |
Fraud | 50 | 22 | 177 | 78 | 227 | 17 | 17 | 86 | 83 | 103 | 330 |
Mischief | 564 | 39 | 866 | 61 | 1,430 | 161 | 46 | 188 | 54 | 349 | 1,779 |
Possess stolen property | 456 | 37 | 786 | 63 | 1,242 | 181 | 45 | 221 | 55 | 402 | 1,644 |
Other property offences | 94 | 44 | 120 | 56 | 214 | 7 | 47 | 8 | 53 | 15 | 229 |
Administration of justice offences | 615 | 30 | 1,446 | 70 | 2,061 | 318 | 37 | 549 | 63 | 867 | 2,928 |
Fail to appear | 22 | 21 | 85 | 79 | 107 | 24 | 35 | 45 | 65 | 69 | 176 |
Breach of probation | 11 | 35 | 20 | 65 | 31 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 50 | 10 | 41 |
Unlawfully at large | 61 | 34 | 119 | 66 | 180 | 8 | 36 | 14 | 64 | 22 | 202 |
Fail to comply with order | 412 | 31 | 905 | 69 | 1,317 | 215 | 38 | 357 | 62 | 572 | 1,889 |
Other administration of justice offences | 109 | 26 | 317 | 74 | 426 | 66 | 34 | 128 | 66 | 194 | 620 |
Other Criminal Code offences | 527 | 35 | 980 | 65 | 1,507 | 75 | 37 | 130 | 63 | 205 | 1,712 |
Weapons | 354 | 35 | 659 | 65 | 1,013 | 48 | 42 | 67 | 58 | 115 | 1,128 |
Prostitution | 1 | 11 | 8 | 89 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 100 | 7 | 16 |
Disturbing the peace | 11 | 31 | 25 | 69 | 36 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 71 | 17 | 53 |
Residual Criminal Code offences | 161 | 36 | 288 | 64 | 449 | 22 | 33 | 44 | 67 | 66 | 515 |
Criminal Code (excluding traffic) | 6,819 | 40 | 10,359 | 60 | 17,178 | 2,204 | 43 | 2,921 | 57 | 5,125 | 22,303 |
Criminal Code traffic offences | 60 | 15 | 329 | 85 | 389 | 15 | 16 | 77 | 84 | 92 | 481 |
Impaired driving | 11 | 7 | 150 | 93 | 161 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 91 | 56 | 217 |
Other Criminal Code traffic offences | 49 | 21 | 179 | 79 | 228 | 10 | 28 | 26 | 72 | 36 | 264 |
Total Criminal Code offences | 6,879 | 39 | 10,688 | 61 | 17,567 | 2,219 | 43 | 2,998 | 57 | 5,217 | 22,784 |
Other federal statute offences | 1,101 | 26 | 3,139 | 74 | 4,240 | 407 | 36 | 719 | 64 | 1,126 | 5,366 |
Drug possession | 331 | 23 | 1,079 | 77 | 1,410 | 114 | 42 | 155 | 58 | 269 | 1,679 |
Other drug offencesNote 6 | 174 | 25 | 530 | 75 | 704 | 32 | 30 | 76 | 70 | 108 | 812 |
Youth Criminal Justice Act | 560 | 28 | 1,465 | 72 | 2,025 | 242 | 34 | 473 | 66 | 715 | 2,740 |
Residual federal statute offences | 36 | 36 | 65 | 64 | 101 | 19 | 56 | 15 | 44 | 34 | 135 |
Total offences | 7,980 | 37 | 13,827 | 63 | 21,807 | 2,626 | 41 | 3,717 | 59 | 6,343 | 28,150 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey. |
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