Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2003

• NCJ Number: 201257
• Author(s): Jill F. DeVoe, Education Statistics Services Institute; Katharin Peter, MPR Associates; Phillip Kaufman, MPR Associates; Sally A. Ruddy, Education Statistics Services Institute; Amanda K. Miller, Education Statistics Services Institute; Michael G. Planty, Ph.D., Bureau of Justice Statistics; Thomas D. Snyder, National Center for Education Statistics; Michael R. Rand, Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Date Published: October 2003
• Publication Series: Indicators of School Crime and Safety
• Publication Type: Publication

Annotation

Presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population.

Abstract

Presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population. A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, the report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It provides the most current detailed statistical information to inform the Nation on the nature of crime in schools.

Information was gathered from an array of sources including:

- National Crime Victimization Survey (1992-2001)

- School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (1995, 1999, and 2001)

- Youth Risk Behavior Survey (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001)

- School Survey on Crime and Safety (2000)

- School and Staffing Survey (1993-94 and 1999-2000).

Highlights

• Students age 12-18 were victims of about 1.2 million crimes of theft and 764,000 nonfatal crimes of violence or theft at school in 2001.
• Data on homicides and suicides at school show there were 32 school-associated violent deaths in the United States between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000, including 24 homicides, 16 of which involved school-age children.
• Between 1995 and 2001, the percentage of students who reported being victims of crime at school decreased from 10 percent to 6 percent.