Public schools in the U.S. - incidents of crime 2018

This statistic shows the share of public schools in the United States recording incidents of violent crime at school in the 2017-2018 school year, by time of crime. According to the source, 33.4 percent of the surveyed public schools recorded a theft.

Share of U.S. public schools reporting incidents of crime in the school year 2017-18, by type of crime

Characteristic	Percentage of public schools
Total	79.8%
Violent	70.7%
Serious violent	21.3%
Theft	33.4%
Other	59.8%

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017-2018

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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