than one-half of 1 percent reported serious violent victimization. Between 1995 and 2013, the percentage
of students ages 12–18 who reported being victimized at school decreased overall, as did the percentages of
students who reported theft, violent victimization, and serious violent victimization.
The School Crime Supplement (SCS)22 to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) makes possible the comparison, across student demographic characteristics (e.g., grade, sex, and race/ethnicity), of victimization rate data collected from the NCVS. The SCS is administered only to students who have already completed the NCVS; thus, the calculation of estimates presented here is based on a subset of the student sample used to calculate the estimates presented in Indicator 2. Results from the most recent data collection show that in 2013 approximately 3 percent of students ages 12–18 reported being victimized at school23 during the previous 6 months. Two percent of students reported theft,24 1 percent reported violent victimization,25 and less than one half of 1 percent reported serious violent victimization26 (figure 3.1 and table 3.1).
In 2013, a higher percentage of 9th-graders than of 12th-graders reported being victimized at school during the previous 6 months (4 vs. 2 percent; figure 3.2 and
table 3.1). The percentage of students who reported theft was higher for 9th- and 10th-graders (3 percent each) and 11th-graders (2 percent) than for 8th- graders (1 percent). In addition, the percentage of students who reported violent victimization was higher for 6th-graders (3 percent) than for 10th- and 11th-graders (1 percent each). No measurable differences were observed by sex or race/ethnicity in reports of victimization overall or in reports of specific types of victimization.
Among students ages 12–18 in 2013, the percentage reporting theft at school during the previous 6 months was higher for students from urban and suburban areas (2 percent each) than for students from rural areas (1 percent). No measurable differences were observed between public and private schools in student reports of victimization overall or in reports of specific types of victimization.
22 Although Indicators 2 and 3 present information on
similar topics, Indicator 2 is based solely on data collected in the NCVS, whereas Indicator 3 is based on data collected in the School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the NCVS as well as demographic data collected in the NCVS. Indicator 2 uses data from all students ages 12–18 who responded to the NCVS, while Indicator 3 uses data from all students ages 12–18 who responded to both the NCVS and the SCS.
23 “At school” includes the school building, on school property,
on a school bus, and, from 2001 onward, going to and from school.
24 “Theft” includes attempted and completed purse-snatching,
31
Figure 3.1. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported criminal victimization at school during the previous 6 months, by type of victimization: Selected years, 1995 through 2013
Percent
Total victimizations Thefts
Violent victimizations Serious violent victimizations1
Year Year Year Year 1995 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 0 5 10 15 20 1995 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 Percent 0 5 10 15 20 1995 19992001 20032005 2007 2009 2011 2013 1995 19992001 20032005 2007 2009 2011 2013 Percent 0 5 10 15 20 Percent 5 10 15 20 0
1 Serious violent victimization is also included in violent victimization.
NOTE: “Total victimization” includes theft and violent victimization. “Theft” includes attempted and completed purse-snatching, completed pickpocketing, and all attempted and completed thefts, with the exception of motor vehicle thefts. Theft does not include robbery, which involves the threat or use of force and is classified as a violent crime. “Serious violent victimization” includes the crimes of rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. “Violent victimization” includes the serious violent crimes as well as simple assault. “At school” includes the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and, from 2001 onward, going to and from school. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because students who reported both theft and violent victimization are counted only once in total victimization. Although Indicators 2 and 3 present information on similar topics, Indicator 2 is based solely on data collected in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), whereas Indicator 3 is based on data collected in the School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the NCVS as well as demographic data collected in the NCVS. Indicator 2 uses data from all students ages 12–18 who responded to the NCVS, while Indicator 3 uses data from all students ages 12–18 who responded to both the NCVS and the SCS.
SOURCE:U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 1995 through 2013.
Between 1995 and 2013, the percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being victimized at school during the previous 6 months decreased overall (from 10 to 3 percent), as did the percentages of students who reported theft (from 7 to 2 percent), violent victimization (from 3 to 1 percent), and serious violent victimization (from 1 percent to less than one-half of 1 percent). The percentage of students who reported being victimized at school decreased between 1995 and 2013 for both male (from 10 to 3 percent) and female students (from 9 to 3 percent), as well as for White (from 10 to 3 percent), Black (from 10 to 3 percent), and Hispanic students (from 8 to 3 percent). In addition, the percentages of students who reported being victimized decreased between 1995 and 2013 for all grades 6 through 12.
A decrease between 1995 and 2013 in the percentage of students reporting criminal victimization also occurred by school characteristics. About 9 percent of students from urban areas, 10 percent of students from suburban areas, and 8 percent of students from rural areas reported being victimized at school in 1995, compared with 3 percent each of students from urban and suburban areas and 2 percent of students from rural areas in 2013. About 10 percent of public school students and 7 percent of private school students reported being victimized at school in 1995; the reported percent decreased to 3 percent each for public and private school students in 2013.
33
Figure 3.2. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported criminal victimization at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 1995 and 2013
1995 2013 Percent 2.8! 6.6 6.1 7.3 7.6 3.1 8.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.8 10.3 10.5 10.2 10.0 2.0 2.0! 9.3 9.8 9.6 9.8 9.0 9.5 9.1 11.9 11.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.3 2.5 4.1 4.1 Total Sex Race/ethnicity1 Grade Female Male White Black Hispanic 6th Urbanicity2 Urban Sector Public Private Suburban Rural 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 0 5 10 15 20 Student or school characteristic
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
1 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Separate data for Asians were not collected in 1995; therefore, data for this group are
not shown.
2 Refers to the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent’s household as defined in 2000 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Categories include “central city of an MSA (Urban),” “in MSA but not in central city (Suburban),” and “not MSA (Rural).”
NOTE: “Total victimization” includes theft and violent victimization. “At school” includes the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and, from 2001 onward, going to and from school. Although Indicators 2 and 3 present information on similar topics, Indicator 2 is based solely on data collected in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), whereas Indicator 3 is based on data collected in the School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the NCVS as well as demographic data collected in the NCVS. Indicator 2 uses data from all students ages 12–18 who responded to the NCVS, while Indicator 3 uses data from all students ages 12–18 who responded to both the NCVS and the SCS.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 1995 and 2013.