Presents indicators of various aspects of school crime and safety, including new data on hate-related language and updated data on student and teacher victimization, students' perceptions of safety and the presence of gangs, and students' avoidance of places at school. Data present a mixed picture of school safety, although overall crime rates…

This report contains the most recent available data on school crime and safety drawn from a number of statistical series supported by the federal government. It is organized as a series of indicators, with each indicator presenting data on a different aspect of school crime and safety. There are five sections to the report: Violent Deaths at…

Profiles school crime and student safety in the United States as the first in a series of annual reports produced jointly by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics. Includes data on student and teacher victimization, school crime and violence, violent deaths at school, and school environment. (Author)