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Persons charged by type of offence
(Rate, total persons charged)
  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
  Rate of total persons charged
  rate per 100,000 population
All incidents 2,422.7 2,306.3 2,296.5 2,235.4 2,228.5
Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic offences) 1,858.7 1,795.5 1,772.8 1,731.1 1,717.4
Crimes of violence 538.3 510.9 496.6 500.2 500.7
Homicide 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.1 1.8
Attempted murder 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.1
Assaults (level 1 to 3)1 423.4 400.3 389.7 389.3 391.8
Sexual assault 34.2 31.1 29.9 29.4 27.8
Other sexual offences 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.8
Robbery 38.0 37.6 37.1 39.1 40.5
Other crimes of violence2 35.8 35.2 33.2 35.3 33.9
Property crimes 620.0 591.8 575.8 542.4 515.7
Breaking and entering 115.8 114.1 107.6 96.6 87.1
Motor vehicle theft 51.6 49.6 44.7 37.4 33.6
Theft over $5,000 8.6 8.0 6.7 7.1 6.1
Theft $5,000 and under 272.0 250.1 243.9 230.6 219.2
Possession of stolen goods 88.2 87.4 90.8 89.3 91.1
Frauds 84.0 82.7 81.9 81.3 78.5
Other Criminal Code offences 700.3 692.8 700.4 688.5 701.0
Criminal Code offences (traffic offences) 303.9 294.9 284.3 270.7 268.1
Impaired driving 249.6 240.1 229.9 217.1 213.8
Other Criminal Code traffic offences3 54.4 54.8 54.4 53.6 54.3
Federal statutes 260.1 215.8 239.4 233.7 242.9
Drugs 212.0 175.4 191.0 187.6 199.4
Other federal statutes 48.2 40.4 48.4 46.1 43.5
1. "Assault level 1" is the first level of assault. It constitutes the intentional application of force without consent, the attempt or threat to apply force to another person, or openly wearing a weapon (or an imitation) while accosting or impeding another person.
2. Includes unlawfully causing bodily harm, discharging firearms with intent, abductions, assaults against police officers, assaults against other peace or public officers and other assaults.
3. Includes dangerous operation of motor vehicle, boat, vessel or aircraft; dangerous operation of motor vehicle, boat, vessel or aircraft causing bodily harm or death, driving motor vehicle while prohibited and failure to stop or remain.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table (for fee) 252-0014.
Last modified: 2007-07-18.

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