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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2010 (Revised) – Simone Robers (NCES), Jennifer Truman (BJS), Jijun Zhang (NCES)
November 22, 2010 NCJ 230812 This report has been revised, December 27, 2010.

  • “Presents data on crime and safety at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, and principals. A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), this annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It also provides the most current detailed statistical information on the nature of crime in schools and school environments; and responses to violence and crime at school. Data are drawn from several federally funded collections, including the National Crime Victimization Survey, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, School Survey on Crime and Safety, and the Schools and Staffing Survey. Highlights include the following:
    • In 2008, among students ages 12 -18, there were about 1.2 million victims of nonfatal crimes at school, including 619,000 thefts and 629,800 violent crimes (simple assault and serious violent crime).
    • During the school year 2007 – 08, there were 1,701 homicides among school-age youth ages 5 – 18.
    • In 2009, 31 percent of students in grades 9 – 12 reported they had been in a physical fight at least one time during the previous 12 months anywhere, and 11 percent said they had been in a fight on school property during the previous 12 months.”
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