Cyber bullying: share of bullied students by victimization reports 2013

This statistic presents the percentage of students in the United States who were cyber bullied, divided by the reports of criminal victimization at school. During the school year 2012-13, 10.8 percent of students between the ages of 12 and 18 years who were cyber bullied reported any criminal victimization* at their school. Cyber bullying includes unwanted contact by threatening or insulting the respondent via digital communications as well as sharing private information online.

Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by reports of criminal victimization at school

Characteristic	Share of students
No victimization	89.2%
Any victimization*	10.8%
Theft victimization**	5.4%
Violent victimization***	5.7%

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Release date

April 2015

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Region

United States

Survey time period

School year 2012-13

Age group

12 to 18 years

Special properties

Grade 6 to 12

Supplementary notes

*Includes theft and violent crimes
**Includes attempted and completed purse snatching, completed pickpocketing, and all attempted and completed thefts, excluding motor vehicle theft. Theft does not include robbery, in which the threat or use of force is involved.
***Includes rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault.

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