Public schools in the U.S. - incidents of crime 2022

In the 2021-2022 school year, 35.8 percent of surveyed public schools recorded an incident of vandalism in the United States. In comparison, 20.2 percent recorded a theft and 4.2 percent recorded a robbery, with or without a weapon.

Share of U.S. public schools reporting incidents of crime in the school year 2021-22, by type of crime

Characteristic	Percentage of public schools
Vandalism	35.8%
Theft	20.2%
Robbery (with or without a weapon)	4.2%
Hate crimes	3.5%

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Release date

January 2024

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United States

Survey time period

2021-2022

Supplementary notes

Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. “At school” was defined to include activities that happen in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that hold school-sponsored events or activities. Respondents were instructed to include incidents that occurred before, during, and after normal school hours or when school activities or events were in session. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because schools that recorded more than one type of crime incident were counted only once in the total percentage of schools recording or reporting incidents.

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