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Trends in youth crime, by offence type

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rate per 100,000 population 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Total youth crimeTotal youth crime Total crime rateTotal crime rate Youth violent crimeYouth violent crime Youth property crimeYouth property crime Youth other Criminal Code offencesYouth other Criminal Code offences Youth drug offencesYouth drug offences
Note(s):
Youth crime is the rate of youth aged 12 to 17 accused of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic violations). The total crime rate is the rate of incidents of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic violations) reported by police. Rates are calculated on a 100,000 population basis. Populations are based on July 1 estimates published by Statistics Canada. Rates in this chart are based on data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and differ slightly from the rates in the report's tables and analysis.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

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Trends in youth crime, by offence type, rate per 100,000 population
  Total youth crime Total crime rate Youth violent crime Youth property crime Youth other *Criminal Code* offences Youth drug offences
2000 6,914 7,607 1,944 3,909 1,061 593
2001 7,159 7,587 1,984 3,974 1,201 684
2002 6,945 7,512 1,898 3,878 1,169 680
2003 7,280 7,770 1,961 4,133 1,186 626
2004 6,959 7,600 1,925 3,858 1,176 735
2005 6,596 7,325 1,895 3,552 1,149 671
2006 6,809 7,245 1,959 3,610 1,239 694
2007 6,770 6,908 1,952 3,576 1,242 708
2008 6,537 6,631 1,892 3,423 1,222 732
2009 6,515 6,461 1,873 3,443 1,199 693
2010 6,078 6,159 1,821 3,115 1,143 763
2011 5,482 5,779 1,727 2,700 1,055 817
2012 5,155 5,632 1,618 2,509 1,028 764
2013 4,394 5,195 1,422 2,072 900 751
2014 4,016 5,046 1,273 1,904 839 657
Note(s):
Youth crime is the rate of youth aged 12 to 17 accused of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic violations). The total crime rate is the rate of incidents of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic violations) reported by police. Rates are calculated on a 100,000 population basis. Populations are based on July 1 estimates published by Statistics Canada. Rates in this chart are based on data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and differ slightly from the rates in the report's tables and analysis.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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