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Cases in adult criminal court, by province and territory
Related tables: Crimes and offences, Criminal courts.
| 2009/2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta. | Total all decisions | Guilty | Acquitted | Stay | Other |
| number of cases | |||||
| Total cases | 58,397 | 37,082 | 649 | 19,490 | 1,176 |
| Total Criminal Code | 53,375 | 34,215 | 633 | 17,411 | 1,116 |
| Criminal Code (without traffic) | 44,037 | 26,780 | 434 | 15,814 | 1,009 |
| Crimes of violence | 12,263 | 5,816 | 254 | 5,928 | 265 |
| Homicide | 31 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Attempted murder | 22 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 |
| Robbery | 492 | 282 | 7 | 185 | 18 |
| Sexual assault | 455 | 144 | 33 | 267 | 11 |
| Other sexual offences | 252 | 161 | 6 | 82 | 3 |
| Major assaults | 2,678 | 1,315 | 91 | 1,227 | 45 |
| Common assaults | 5,886 | 2,664 | 76 | 3,019 | 127 |
| Uttering threats | 1,844 | 992 | 27 | 786 | 39 |
| Criminal harassment | 242 | 120 | 3 | 108 | 11 |
| Other crimes against persons | 361 | 124 | 10 | 222 | 5 |
| Property crimes | 14,439 | 9,078 | 89 | 5,087 | 185 |
| Theft | 6,583 | 4,210 | 30 | 2,287 | 56 |
| Breaking and entering | 1,273 | 816 | 17 | 412 | 28 |
| Fraud | 1,927 | 1,199 | 11 | 679 | 38 |
| Mischief | 2,475 | 1,437 | 14 | 999 | 25 |
| Possession of stolen goods | 1,896 | 1,217 | 17 | 635 | 27 |
| Other property crimes | 285 | 199 | 0 | 75 | 11 |
| Administration of justice | 14,863 | 10,497 | 60 | 3,776 | 530 |
| Other Criminal Code offences | 2,472 | 1,389 | 31 | 1,023 | 29 |
| Criminal code offences (traffic offences) | 9,338 | 7,435 | 199 | 1,597 | 107 |
| Impaired driving | 7,405 | 5,863 | 177 | 1,295 | 70 |
| Other Criminal Code traffic offences | 1,933 | 1,572 | 22 | 302 | 37 |
| Other Federal Statute Total | 5,022 | 2,867 | 16 | 2,079 | 60 |
| Drug possession | 2,503 | 1,239 | 3 | 1,241 | 20 |
| Drug trafficking | 1,527 | 856 | 12 | 620 | 39 |
| Youth Criminal Justice Act | 279 | 183 | 0 | 95 | 1 |
| Residual federal statutes | 713 | 589 | 1 | 123 | 0 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0045 and Catalogue no. 85-002-X. Last modified: 2011-05-04. | |||||
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