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