Table 2.3. Number of nonfatal victimizations against students ages 12–18 and rate of victimizations per 1,000 students away from school, by type of victimization and selected student characteristics: 2010

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011

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Table 2.3.

Number of nonfatal victimizations against students ages 12–18 and rate of victimizations per 1,000 students away from school, by type of victimization and selected student characteristics: 2010

	Number of victimizations							Rate of victimizations per 1,000 students
Student characteristic	Total	Theft		Violent		Serious violent¹		Total	Theft		Violent		Serious violent¹
Away from school
Total	652,500	371,300		281,200		137,300		26	15		11		5

Sex
Male	380,200	194,000		186,200		81,300		29	15		14		6
Female	272,300	177,300		95,000		56,000		22	14		8		5

Age
12–14	233,000	115,400		117,600		62,100		20	10		10		5
15–18	419,500	255,900		163,600		75,200		31	19		12		6

Race/ethnicity²
White	352,000	216,200		135,800		72,200		24	15		9		5
Black	141,300	62,700		78,600		36,100	!	37	17		21		10	!
Hispanic	120,400	70,900		49,500		23,400	!	23	14		9		4	!
Other	38,800	21,500	!	17,300	!	5,600	!	23	13	!	10	!	3	!

Urbanicity³
Urban	190,700	101,600		89,000		58,100		26	14		12		8
Suburban	330,400	210,400		120,000		47,500		24	15		9		3
Rural	131,400	59,200		72,200		31,700	!	30	14		17		7	!

Household income
Less than $15,000	61,800	33,800		28,000	!	16,000	!	35	19		16	!	9	!
$15,000–29,999	149,200	68,000		81,300		47,300		47	22		26		15
$30,000–49,999	136,300	69,100		67,200		26,300	!	33	17		16		6	!
$50,000–74,999	68,400	40,700		27,700	!	19,500	!	19	11		8	!	5	!
$75,000 or more	86,400	76,300		10,100	!	6,800	!	13	11		1	!	1	!
Not reported	150,400	83,400		66,900		21,400	!	24	14		11		3	!

! Interpret data with caution. Estimate based on 10 or fewer sample cases, or the coefficient of variation is greater than 50 percent.

¹Serious violent victimization is also included in violent victimization.

² Other includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

³ 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 (S)MSA (Urban)," "in (S)MSA but not in central city (Suburban)," and "not (S)MSA (Rural)."

NOTE: "Serious violent victimization" includes rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. "Violent victimization" includes serious
violent crimes and simple assault. "Theft" includes purse-snatching, pickpocketing, and all attempted and completed thefts, with the exception
of motor vehicle thefts. Theft does not include robbery in which threat or use of force is involved. Robbery is classified as a violent crime. "Total
victimization" includes violent crimes and theft. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, or on the way to or from school.
Although Indicators 2 and 3 present information on similar topics, the survey sources for these two indicators differ with respect to time coverage
and administration. For more information on these two surveys, please see appendix A. Population size is 25,546,000 students ages 12–18 in 2010.
Detail may not sum to total due to rounding and missing data on student characteristics. Estimates of number of crimes are rounded to the nearest
100.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2010.

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