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Cases in adult criminal court, by province and territory
Related tables: Crimes and offences, Criminal courts.
| 2009/2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.C. | Total all decisions | Guilty | Acquitted | Stay | Other |
| number of cases | |||||
| Total cases | 45,736 | 31,978 | 993 | 12,425 | 340 |
| Total Criminal Code | 40,467 | 28,681 | 848 | 10,681 | 257 |
| Criminal Code (without traffic) | 32,174 | 21,750 | 610 | 9,615 | 199 |
| Crimes of violence | 10,600 | 5,992 | 376 | 4,172 | 60 |
| Homicide | 51 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Attempted murder | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Robbery | 600 | 441 | 16 | 137 | 6 |
| Sexual assault | 389 | 200 | 32 | 152 | 5 |
| Other sexual offences | 193 | 144 | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| Major assaults | 2,239 | 1,306 | 118 | 800 | 15 |
| Common assaults | 4,758 | 2,566 | 145 | 2,034 | 13 |
| Uttering threats | 1,852 | 1,016 | 41 | 784 | 11 |
| Criminal harassment | 227 | 128 | 6 | 87 | 6 |
| Other crimes against persons | 269 | 137 | 7 | 122 | 3 |
| Property crimes | 10,519 | 7,763 | 118 | 2,573 | 65 |
| Theft | 5,499 | 4,206 | 34 | 1,237 | 22 |
| Breaking and entering | 1,191 | 867 | 25 | 288 | 11 |
| Fraud | 1,148 | 811 | 16 | 302 | 19 |
| Mischief | 1,321 | 867 | 21 | 431 | 2 |
| Possession of stolen goods | 1,116 | 822 | 20 | 265 | 9 |
| Other property crimes | 244 | 190 | 2 | 50 | 2 |
| Administration of justice | 9,595 | 7,043 | 84 | 2,404 | 64 |
| Other Criminal Code offences | 1,460 | 952 | 32 | 466 | 10 |
| Criminal code offences (traffic offences) | 8,293 | 6,931 | 238 | 1,066 | 58 |
| Impaired driving | 7,056 | 5,967 | 221 | 824 | 44 |
| Other Criminal Code traffic offences | 1,237 | 964 | 17 | 242 | 14 |
| Other Federal Statute Total | 5,269 | 3,297 | 145 | 1,744 | 83 |
| Drug possession | 1,280 | 924 | 17 | 333 | 6 |
| Drug trafficking | 2,771 | 1,615 | 104 | 1,041 | 11 |
| Youth Criminal Justice Act | 198 | 147 | 2 | 48 | 1 |
| Residual federal statutes | 1,020 | 611 | 22 | 322 | 65 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0045 and Catalogue no. 85-002-X. Last modified: 2011-05-04. | |||||
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