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Persons charged by type of offence
(Rate, youths charged)
  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
  Rate of youths charged
  rate per 100,000 population
All incidents 4,490.1 3,689.6 3,497.3 3,336.4 3,327.0
Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic offences) 3,917.0 3,274.3 3,039.7 2,903.2 2,862.2
Crimes of violence 919.0 805.5 778.7 791.6 793.5
Homicide 1.7 2.2 1.7 2.8 3.2
Attempted murder 2.3 2.6 1.9 2.7 2.7
Assaults (level 1 to 3)1 669.9 569.7 552.3 551.8 548.1
Sexual assault 64.3 57.4 53.6 49.6 46.0
Other sexual offences 6.2 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.4
Robbery 130.7 125.6 119.7 131.6 143.4
Other crimes of violence2 44.0 43.0 44.6 47.8 44.8
Property crimes 1,713.8 1,347.8 1,180.6 1,059.8 997.9
Breaking and entering 449.6 433.0 383.3 325.6 287.8
Motor vehicle theft 219.7 191.5 168.9 129.0 116.6
Theft over $5,000 11.6 9.3 7.0 8.9 5.9
Theft $5,000 and under 739.0 468.6 387.1 374.0 354.7
Possession of stolen goods 225.7 190.8 186.7 178.3 189.6
Frauds 68.2 54.6 47.7 43.9 43.3
Other Criminal Code offences 1,284.1 1,121.1 1,080.3 1,051.8 1,070.7
Criminal Code offences (traffic offences) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Impaired driving 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Criminal Code traffic offences3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal statutes 573.1 415.3 457.6 433.2 464.8
Drugs 337.8 210.0 232.9 217.7 247.0
Other federal statutes 235.3 205.3 224.7 215.5 217.7
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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