Table 2
Percentage distribution of types of crimes by youth and adults accused, by sex, reported to a subset of police services, 2005

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Offence type Female accused Male accused
Total Total Youth Adult Total Total Youth Adult
number percentage number percentage
Total accused 109,055 100 100 100 408,199 100 100 100
Total - violations against the person 30,747 28 28 28 137,170 34 28 35
Homicide 35 0 0 0 365 0 0 0
Attempted murder 68 0 0 0 476 0 0 0
Robbery 1,264 1 2 1 10,689 3 4 2
Sexual assaults 182 0 0 0 7,247 2 2 2
Other sexual offences 22 0 0 0 710 0 0 0
Major assault 6,448 6 5 6 26,903 7 6 7
Common assault (level 1) 15,670 14 15 14 57,780 14 11 15
Uttering threats 4,753 4 5 4 21,725 5 4 6
Criminal harassment 1,823 2 1 2 7,420 2 1 2
Other crimes against the person1 482 0 0 1 3,856 1 1 1
Total - violations against property 51,509 47 58 44 160,926 39 54 36
Motor vehicle theft 1,252 1 2 1 9,925 2 4 2
Other theft 29,409 27 38 23 58,485 14 19 13
Break and enter 2,522 2 3 2 26,562 7 9 6
Fraud 8,435 8 2 10 19,690 5 2 6
Mischief 3,586 3 5 3 23,952 6 13 4
Possession of stolen property 6,163 6 7 5 21,232 5 6 5
Arson 142 0 0 0 1,080 0 1 0
Total - violations against the administration of justice 18,836 17 11 19 79,726 20 11 22
Failure to appear 4,037 4 2 4 12,081 3 1 3
Breach of probation 3,726 3 1 4 19,188 5 2 5
Unlawfully at large 345 0 0 0 2,823 1 1 1
Bail violations 9,903 9 7 10 43,428 11 7 11
Other administration of justice 825 1 1 1 2,206 1 0 1
Total - other Criminal Code violations 7,963 7 4 8 30,377 7 6 8
Weapons 1,018 1 1 1 8,630 2 3 2
Prostitution 1,880 2 0 2 1,983 0 0 1
Disturbing the peace 1,536 1 1 1 5,885 1 1 2
Counterfeiting currency 226 0 0 0 978 0 0 0
Threatening/harassing phone calls 1,400 1 1 1 2,245 1 0 1
Residual Criminal Code 1,903 2 1 2 10,656 3 2 3
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
  1. Other crimes against the person include, kidnapping, abductions, extortion, assault against peace public officer and other assaults.
Notes: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Excludes accused whose age and/or sex were unknown. Youth includes accused 12 to 17 years of age. Adults include accused 18 years of age and older. Includes persons charged and persons against whom there was sufficient evidence to lay a charge, but were not charged for various reasons (e.g., police discretion, diplomatic immunity, referred to a diversion program, complainant did not want to lay charges, etc.). Data are not nationally representative. Based on data from 122 police services representing approximately 71% of the population of Canada in 2005. Rate per 100,000 population for the geographic areas policed by the UCR2 respondents, based on populations provided by Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Populations as of July 1st: preliminary postcensal estimates for 2005.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey.