Table 7
Number and rate of youth and adults accused by police, by sex and type of crime, 2009

Table 7
Number and rate of youth and adults accused by police, by sex and type of crime, 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Number and rate of youth and adults accused by police. The information is grouped by Criminal code violations appearing as row headers and is grouped by Total accused, Female accused, Male accused, Total, Total, Youth, Adult appearing as column headers, calculated using number and rate per 100,000 as a unit of measure.
Criminal code violations Total accused Female accused Male accused
Total Total Youth Adult Total Total Youth Adult
number number rate per 100,000 number rate per 100,000
Total Criminal Code violations (including traffic) 1,008,615 233,074 1,580.3 4,010.8 1,360.3 775,541 5,403.1 9,700.4 4,981.4
Violent Criminal Code violations 287,362 63,314 429.3 1,065.7 371.7 224,048 1,560.9 2,581.6 1,460.8
Homicide 530 55 0.4 0.4 0.4 475 3.3 5.6 3.1
Attempted murder 564 79 0.5 1.2 0.5 485 3.4 4.1 3.3
Other violations causing death 65 11 0.1 0.0 0.1 54 0.4 0.2 0.4
Sexual assaults - all levels 10,695 253 1.7 5.4 1.4 10,442 72.7 146.7 65.5
Other sexual violations1 1,729 72 0.5 2.5 0.3 1,657 11.5 24.2 10.3
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 3,132 496 3.4 5.1 3.2 2,636 18.4 28.7 17.4
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 37,301 8,140 55.2 107.7 50.4 29,161 203.2 391.4 184.7
Assault - level 1 131,144 32,788 222.3 579.3 190.0 98,356 685.2 996.3 654.7
Other assaults2 11,852 2,956 20.0 45.3 17.8 8,896 62.0 74.8 60.7
Forcible confinement, kidnapping or abduction3 4,446 403 2.7 3.9 2.6 4,043 28.2 20.7 28.9
Robbery 14,500 1,742 11.8 49.5 8.4 12,758 88.9 305.4 67.6
Extortion 869 130 0.9 1.3 0.8 739 5.1 11.3 4.5
Criminal harassment 13,414 2,965 20.1 38.8 18.4 10,449 72.8 64.7 73.6
Threatening or harassing phone calls 9,125 3,650 24.7 31.8 24.1 5,475 38.1 50.0 37.0
Uttering threats 45,474 9,195 62.3 185.5 51.2 36,279 252.7 417.1 236.6
Other violent Criminal Code violations4 2,522 379 2.6 8.0 2.1 2,143 14.9 40.3 12.4
Property Crime violations 356,908 97,590 661.7 2,205.4 522.0 259,318 1,806.6 5,168.3 1,476.8
Arson 2,153 290 2.0 14.1 0.9 1,863 13.0 87.5 5.7
Break and Enter 42,254 4,799 32.5 137.3 23.1 37,455 260.9 787.7 209.3
MV Theft 15,192 2,644 17.9 71.6 13.1 12,548 87.4 274.1 69.1
Theft over $ 5,000 2,286 632 4.3 6.4 4.1 1,654 11.5 14.9 11.2
Theft $5000 or under 130,001 47,747 323.7 1,334.7 232.2 82,254 573.0 1,786.5 454.0
Possession of Stolen Goods 33,426 8,422 57.1 204.1 43.8 25,004 174.2 483.4 143.9
Fraud 32,000 10,699 72.5 63.0 73.4 21,301 148.4 107.8 152.4
Mischief 99,596 22,357 151.6 374.1 131.4 77,239 538.1 1,626.4 431.3
Other Criminal Code violations 271,223 57,208 387.9 704.0 359.3 214,015 1,491.0 1,814.2 1,459.3
Prostitution 3,003 1,351 9.2 1.3 9.9 1,652 11.5 0.6 12.6
Administration of Justice Violations 160,750 32,286 218.9 415.9 201.1 128,464 895.0 1,033.7 881.4
Other CC Violations 107,470 23,571 159.8 286.9 148.3 83,899 584.5 779.9 565.3
Total Criminal Code traffic violations 93,122 14,962 101.4 35.6 107.4 78,160 544.5 136.3 584.6
Other federal statutes 113,898 19,542 132.5 411.3 107.3 94,356 657.4 1,493.0 575.4
Drug offences 96,400 15,419 104.5 236.1 92.6 80,981 564.2 1,081.0 513.5
Other federal statutes violations 17,498 4,123 28.0 175.2 14.6 13,375 93.2 412.0 61.9
1. Other sexual violations primarily include sexual offences against children as well as other sexual offences involving adults.
2. Includes assaults against peace officers, unlawfully causing bodily harm, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, and other assaults.
3. Includes forcible confinement, kidnapping; abduction under 14, not parent/guardian; abduction under 16; removal of children from Canada; abduction under 14 contravening a custody order; abduction under 14, by parent/guardian.
4. Includes firearm violations. Excludes other sexual violations involving adults.
Notes: One incident may involve multiple violations. Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident. Incidents where the age or sex of the victim is unknown were excluded.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Incident-Based Survey, 2009.
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