Adult criminal courts, guilty cases, Canada — custody rate by sex of the accused Source: Statistics Canada Table 35-10-0030-01. Downloaded 28 August 2026. Custody rate = Custody / Total guilty cases with a sentence, within each offence category. Aggregate rows (totals, 'crimes against the person', etc.) are EXCLUDED to avoid double counting. Recomputed and verified 29 August 2026. YEAR OFFENCE M cases F cases M cust F cust gap pp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021/2022 Attempted murder 15 2 93.3% 50.0% +43.3 2021/2022 Offences in relation to sexual services 52 8 30.8% 0.0% +30.8 2022/2023 Sexual assault 970 15 39.1% 13.3% +25.7 2022/2023 Motor vehicle theft 520 155 56.9% 31.6% +25.3 2021/2022 Homicide 80 10 75.0% 50.0% +25.0 2022/2023 Other sexual offences 1600 50 52.4% 32.0% +20.4 2021/2022 Break and enter 3764 598 60.1% 42.0% +18.1 2022/2023 Other crimes against persons 728 127 43.0% 25.2% +17.8 2021/2022 Breach of probation 5357 883 58.5% 41.6% +16.9 2022/2023 Break and enter 3690 573 58.6% 41.7% +16.9 2021/2022 Theft 3735 1430 46.7% 29.8% +16.9 2021/2022 Other Criminal Code 7754 1084 33.8% 17.6% +16.2 2022/2023 Other property crimes 525 69 57.7% 42.0% +15.7 2021/2022 Possess stolen property 2193 493 54.8% 39.4% +15.5 2021/2022 Major assault 5790 1152 43.4% 28.0% +15.4 2022/2023 Possess stolen property 2129 454 56.0% 41.0% +15.0 2021/2022 Weapons 4562 463 50.5% 36.1% +14.5 2022/2023 Major assault 5856 1252 44.4% 30.0% +14.5 2021/2022 Other Criminal Code traffic 4426 749 35.7% 21.5% +14.2 2022/2023 Other Criminal Code traffic 4225 752 34.4% 20.3% +14.1 2022/2023 Fraud 1631 742 40.3% 26.3% +14.0 2021/2022 Other administration of justice 1774 460 33.0% 20.2% +12.8 2021/2022 Other crimes against persons 678 111 42.5% 29.7% +12.7 2022/2023 Theft 3212 1216 46.2% 33.5% +12.7 2022/2023 Drug possession 743 229 32.7% 20.5% +12.2 2021/2022 Fraud 1941 916 37.1% 25.1% +12.0 2022/2023 Other drug offences 1732 347 49.1% 37.2% +12.0 2021/2022 Other sexual offences 1497 52 50.2% 38.5% +11.7 2021/2022 Motor vehicle theft 494 133 47.8% 36.1% +11.7 2022/2023 Other Criminal Code 7445 1004 33.3% 22.0% +11.3 2021/2022 Uttering threats 3744 441 28.6% 18.1% +10.5 2022/2023 Other administration of justice 1762 437 31.7% 22.0% +9.7 2021/2022 Fail to comply with order 6461 1408 42.5% 32.8% +9.7 2022/2023 Breach of probation 5559 1036 60.1% 51.3% +8.9 2021/2022 Other drug offences 1702 320 42.0% 33.1% +8.8 2021/2022 Mischief 3358 595 24.9% 16.3% +8.6 2022/2023 Fail to appear 772 272 53.0% 44.5% +8.5 2022/2023 Weapons 4303 458 48.8% 40.6% +8.2 2021/2022 Criminal harassment 1016 84 22.1% 14.3% +7.9 2022/2023 Fail to comply with order 6329 1435 41.7% 34.5% +7.2 2022/2023 Uttering threats 3651 426 29.6% 22.5% +7.0 2021/2022 Other property crimes 762 102 58.7% 52.0% +6.7 2021/2022 Disturbing the peace 142 36 17.6% 11.1% +6.5 2021/2022 Residual Criminal Code 3049 585 9.6% 3.4% +6.2 2021/2022 Common assault 7851 1510 14.1% 7.9% +6.2 2022/2023 Residual Criminal Code 2998 517 12.0% 6.0% +6.0 2021/2022 Drug possession 779 241 23.0% 17.0% +6.0 2022/2023 Mischief 3096 579 24.1% 18.1% +6.0 2022/2023 Criminal harassment 1043 85 24.4% 18.8% +5.5 2021/2022 Fail to appear 692 272 47.8% 42.6% +5.2 2021/2022 Robbery 962 122 68.9% 63.9% +5.0 2022/2023 Youth Criminal Justice Act 23 8 17.4% 12.5% +4.9 2021/2022 Unlawfully at large 274 47 85.4% 80.9% +4.6 2022/2023 Common assault 7336 1403 14.4% 10.0% +4.4 2022/2023 Impaired driving 9668 2901 8.4% 4.6% +3.9 2021/2022 Impaired driving 9786 2987 7.8% 5.4% +2.4 2022/2023 Residual federal statutes 1367 290 2.3% 1.0% +1.3 2021/2022 Residual federal statutes 2101 251 2.0% 1.6% +0.4 2022/2023 Prostitution 1 1 0.0% 0.0% +0.0 2022/2023 Disturbing the peace 143 28 14.0% 14.3% -0.3 2022/2023 Homicide 97 17 70.1% 70.6% -0.5 2022/2023 Robbery 885 127 65.6% 68.5% -2.9 2022/2023 Unlawfully at large 214 41 88.3% 100.0% -11.7 2021/2022 Youth Criminal Justice Act 33 10 36.4% 50.0% -13.6 2021/2022 Sexual assault 884 9 38.9% 55.6% -16.6 2022/2023 Offences in relation to sexual services 41 6 31.7% 66.7% -35.0 2022/2023 Attempted murder 27 3 51.9% 100.0% -48.1 COUNTS BY MINIMUM SAMPLE SIZE (both years pooled, category-years) min female cases categories gap against men gap against women 0 67 58 9 30 55 53 2 50 52 51 1 100 47 46 1 200 40 40 0 The only category with 100 or more female cases where the gap runs the other way is robbery.