Number and percentage of public schools reporting crime incidents, by school characteristics and seriousness of crime incidents reported: 1999-2000

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Table 142.

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                                     |            |          Instruction level of school  |                    Size of enrollment                |                         Urbanicity                |                       Percent minority e nrollment\1\            |          Percent of students eligible       |                         Region
Type of crime                        |        All |                                       |                                                      |                                                   |__________________________________________________________________|          for free/reduced-price lunch       |
                                     |     public |_______________________________________|______________________________________________________|___________________________________________________|              |            |            |            |  75 percent|______________ ______________________________|_______________________________________________________
                                     |     schools|   Elementary|      Middle|        High| Less than 300|  300 to 499|  500 to 999|1,000 or more|        City|Urban fringe|        Town|       Rural|  Less than 10|    10 to 24|    25 to 50|    50 to 74|     or more|       0 to 20|      21 to 50|Over 50 percent|   Northeast|     Southeast|       Central|        West
_____________________________________|____________|_____________|____________|____________|______________|____________|____________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|______________|____________|____________|____________|____________|______________|______________|_______________|____________|______________|______________|____________
1                                    |          2 |           3 |          4 |          5 |            6 |           7|          8 |           9 |         10 |          11|         12 |          13|            14|         15 |          16|         17 |         18 |            19|            20|             21|          22|            23|            24|          25
_____________________________________|____________|_____________|____________|____________|______________|____________|____________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|______________|____________|____________|____________|____________|______________|______________|_______________|____________|______________|______________|____________
   Number of schools, in thousands ..|   82   (#) |   50    (#) |   15   (#) |   12  (0.2)|   20    (0.5)|   23  (0.6)|   30  (0.6)|    9   (0.2)|   19   (#) |   26   (#) |   10   (#) |   26   (#) |   32    (1.3)|   14  (0.7)|   13  (0.8)|    9  (0.8)|   13  (0.7)|   23    (1.0)|   29    (1.1)|   30     (1.2)|   16  (0.8)|   18    (1.1)|   23    (1.2)|   24  (1.0)
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   Percent of schools with incident .| 86.4 (1.23)| 80.1  (1.86)| 95.9 (0.95)| 97.4 (0.89)| 83.1   (2.40)| 80.9 (2.30)| 90.0 (1.14)| 95.6  (1.73)| 92.8 (1.58)| 80.1 (2.40)| 85.1 (3.64)| 88.5 (1.73)| 83.2   (2.09)| 86.6 (2.51)| 90.4 (2.51)| 90.6 (2.81)| 86.7 (2.59)| 82.7   (2.24)| 87.1   (1.89)| 88.5    (1.79)| 82.9 (2.74)| 86.9   (2.17)| 86.0   (1.91)| 88.5 (2.13)
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Violent incidents\2\ ................| 71.4 (1.37)| 61.1  (2.06)| 87.4 (1.75)| 91.8 (1.36)| 60.7   (3.25)| 68.2 (2.55)| 75.8 (1.90)| 89.3  (2.08)| 77.3 (2.95)| 67.5 (2.39)| 73.6 (4.20)| 70.2 (2.51)| 69.4   (2.29)| 70.5 (3.50)| 71.8 (3.48)| 75.3 (4.01)| 73.1 (3.77)| 68.1   (2.60)| 71.0   (2.52)| 74.4    (2.34)| 69.0 (3.51)| 69.5   (2.39)| 72.8   (2.15)| 73.1(73.14)
  Serious violent incidents\3\ ......| 19.7 (0.98)| 14.4  (1.37)| 29.4 (1.93)| 29.2 (1.28)|  9.9   (1.58)| 15.7 (1.63)| 24.5 (1.96)| 36.3  (2.23)| 27.4 (2.51)| 22.1 (1.78)| 20.0 (3.10)| 11.5 (1.10)| 14.6   (1.23)| 20.8 (2.65)| 21.7 (2.68)| 24.8 (2.75)| 26.8 (2.59)| 16.2   (1.64)| 18.5   (1.29)| 23.6    (2.13)| 20.4 (2.47)| 16.1   (1.85)| 18.0   (1.58)| 23.8(23.78)
    Rape or attempted rape\4\ .......|  0.7 (0.10)|   #     (†) |  0.8 (0.30)|  2.8 (0.57)|   #      (†) |  0.4 (0.21)|  0.5 (0.16)|  3.4  (0.69)|  0.7 (0.22)|  1.1 (0.24)|  0.6 (0.28)|   ‡    (‡) |  0.5   (0.19)|  0.8 (0.28)|  0.9 (0.29)|   ‡    (‡) |  1.1 (0.32)|  0.7   (0.25)|  0.7   (0.23)|  0.6    (0.16)|  0.7 (0.25)|   ‡      (‡) |  0.8   (0.25)|  0.9 (0.85)
    Sexual battery other             |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
       than rape\5\ .................|  2.5 (0.33)|  1.0  (0.50)|  3.8 (0.67)|  6.2 (0.73)|  1.3   (0.56)|  1.3 (0.72)|  2.5 (0.53)|  8.2  (0.98)|  5.5 (1.35)|  2.1 (0.47)|  1.1 (0.48)|  1.1 (0.28)|  1.0   (0.23)|  2.5 (0.81)|  2.9 (0.70)|  3.7 (1.18)|  5.0 (1.83)|  2.0   (0.49)|  2.1   (0.38)|  3.2    (0.83)|  2.2 (0.85)|  2.4   (0.60)|  2.6   (0.60)|  2.6 (0.73)
    Physical attack or fight\6\      |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
       with weapon\7\ ...............|  5.2 (0.60)|  3.7  (0.82)|  7.5 (1.14)|  9.6 (0.97)|  2.0   (0.71)|  4.2 (1.09)|  6.2 (1.18)| 11.8  (1.59)|  7.9 (1.40)|  5.4 (0.99)|  4.7 (1.68)|  3.2 (0.70)|  2.5   (0.57)|  6.0 (1.88)|  7.0 (1.46)|  6.9 (1.64)|  8.4 (1.61)|  4.0   (0.85)|  5.2   (1.02)|  6.1    (1.00)|  5.4 (1.33)|  4.6   (0.77)|  4.4   (0.99)|  6.3 (1.29)
    Threat of attack with weapon\7\ .| 11.1 (0.70)|  8.9  (1.00)| 16.7 (1.39)| 14.4 (1.26)|  6.1   (1.31)|  7.7 (1.41)| 15.1 (1.43)| 17.8  (1.77)| 14.2 (1.70)| 13.0 (1.36)| 13.3 (2.57)|  6.0 (0.87)|  8.6   (0.93)| 12.2 (2.21)| 11.4 (2.23)| 16.0 (2.92)| 13.1 (2.06)|  9.5   (1.25)| 10.6   (1.15)| 12.8    (1.43)| 11.3 (2.04)|  8.3   (1.52)| 11.2   (1.16)| 13.0 (1.44)
    Robbery\8\ with a weapon\7\ .....|  0.5 (0.15)|   ‡     (‡) |  0.5 (0.26)|  1.4 (0.56)|  0.7   (0.42)|   ‡    (‡) |  0.1 (0.06)|  1.2  (0.46)|  1.3 (0.57)|  0.3 (0.21)|   ‡    (‡) |   ‡    (‡) |   ‡      (‡) |   ‡    (‡) |   ‡    (‡) |  1.4 (1.03)|  1.2 (0.56)|  0.1   (0.08)|  0.2   (0.10)|  0.9    (0.40)|  0.7 (0.42)|  0.9   (0.57)|   ‡      (‡) |  0.4 (0.18)
    Robbery\8\ without a weapon\7\ ..|  5.3 (0.56)|  3.1  (0.75)|  8.2 (0.93)| 10.2 (0.88)|  2.4   (0.87)|  3.7 (0.85)|  6.1 (0.97)| 13.8  (1.60)|  9.8 (1.74)|  5.6 (0.70)|  2.8 (0.69)|  2.8 (0.66)|  3.5   (0.65)|  2.9 (0.74)|  6.7 (1.41)|  6.7 (1.75)| 10.1 (2.07)|  3.5   (0.58)|  4.5   (0.59)|  7.6    (1.42)|  6.6 (1.51)|  4.0   (0.93)|  4.1   (0.88)|  6.8 (1.19)
  Physical attack or fight           |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
     without a weapon ...............| 63.7 (1.52)| 52.7  (2.30)| 79.5 (2.12)| 86.9 (1.62)| 52.4   (3.08)| 61.1 (2.95)| 67.7 (2.02)| 82.7  (2.12)| 69.4 (3.29)| 59.1 (2.53)| 68.5 (4.42)| 62.1 (2.78)| 61.7   (2.41)| 66.3 (3.64)| 63.6 (3.82)| 67.0 (3.99)| 62.1 (4.24)| 60.7   (2.69)| 64.5   (2.56)| 65.1    (2.64)| 60.3 (3.63)| 61.6   (2.52)| 66.3   (1.97)| 64.9 (2.74)
  Threat of attack without weapon ...| 52.2 (1.47)| 42.6  (2.08)| 66.8 (2.21)| 72.4 (1.88)| 42.4   (3.37)| 48.6 (3.13)| 56.3 (1.91)| 70.6  (2.67)| 57.7 (3.31)| 49.0 (2.14)| 56.6 (4.40)| 49.7 (2.71)| 53.4   (2.49)| 47.9 (3.48)| 51.4 (4.02)| 54.3 (4.16)| 51.9 (4.12)| 50.4   (2.43)| 53.5   (2.38)| 52.5    (2.82)| 51.2 (3.21)| 49.8   (2.59)| 57.8   (2.57)| 49.4 (2.83)
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Theft/larceny\9\ ....................| 45.6 (1.37)| 30.3  (1.94)| 64.5 (2.25)| 79.5 (1.66)| 33.0   (3.17)| 39.9 (2.85)| 50.5 (2.18)| 72.4  (2.42)| 52.6 (2.92)| 43.9 (2.44)| 45.9 (3.38)| 41.9 (2.13)| 43.8   (1.97)| 43.9 (3.22)| 45.7 (3.27)| 52.9 (5.12)| 46.1 (4.20)| 46.4   (2.58)| 47.2   (2.25)| 43.4    (2.57)| 38.2 (3.00)| 42.7   (3.10)| 48.4   (2.40)| 50.1 (2.79)
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Other incidents\10\ .................| 72.7 (1.30)| 62.0  (1.98)| 88.7 (1.43)| 92.7 (1.21)| 60.4   (3.22)| 65.8 (2.23)| 80.2 (1.76)| 93.0  (1.75)| 80.3 (2.13)| 68.6 (2.64)| 75.1 (3.95)| 70.1 (2.21)| 69.1   (2.58)| 70.6 (3.20)| 78.4 (3.42)| 79.3 (4.11)| 73.3 (3.06)| 68.9   (2.65)| 73.6   (2.54)| 74.7    (1.88)| 66.4 (3.12)| 71.3   (2.74)| 72.7   (2.37)| 77.8 (2.29)
  Possess firearm/explosive          |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
     device\11\ .....................|  5.5 (0.44)|  1.8  (0.57)|  9.6 (1.08)| 15.4 (1.34)|  2.7   (0.70)|  1.6 (0.68)|  7.6 (0.97)| 15.1  (1.41)|  6.6 (1.12)|  6.6 (1.07)|  3.4 (0.84)|  4.5 (0.74)|  3.7   (0.54)|  8.2 (1.56)|  4.5 (0.97)|  7.4 (1.95)|  6.6 (1.22)|  6.0   (0.98)|  6.2   (0.73)|  4.5    (0.87)|  3.4 (0.54)|  5.1   (0.74)|  4.2   (0.63)|  8.5 (1.18)
  Possess knife or sharp object .....| 42.6 (1.28)| 34.5  (1.81)| 55.7 (2.08)| 58.6 (1.78)| 29.2   (2.90)| 34.1 (2.61)| 49.7 (2.18)| 71.2  (2.63)| 54.3 (3.05)| 39.9 (2.62)| 45.0 (3.98)| 35.6 (2.10)| 33.9   (1.93)| 41.0 (3.48)| 50.7 (3.98)| 45.8 (3.93)| 55.5 (3.57)| 34.7   (2.22)| 42.1   (2.54)| 49.1    (2.45)| 34.9 (3.10)| 48.1   (2.84)| 38.4   (2.43)| 47.6 (2.85)
  Distribution of illegal drugs .....| 12.3 (0.50)|  1.5  (0.42)| 24.3 (1.52)| 40.4 (1.61)|  2.6   (0.60)|  6.2 (0.66)| 14.6 (1.15)| 43.3  (1.99)| 13.9 (1.18)| 13.7 (0.91)| 13.5 (1.48)|  9.4 (0.91)| 12.5   (0.95)| 15.4 (1.74)| 13.0 (1.43)| 11.1 (1.54)|  9.5 (1.31)| 16.3   (1.47)| 13.4   (1.00)|  8.3    (0.78)| 11.4 (1.62)| 11.5   (1.13)| 12.3   (1.00)| 13.6 (0.93)
  Possession or use of alcohol       |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
     or illegal drugs ...............| 26.6 (0.72)|  5.5  (0.93)| 51.5 (1.72)| 76.6 (1.74)| 13.1   (1.76)| 17.3 (1.41)| 29.4 (1.17)| 72.8  (2.13)| 26.3 (1.64)| 28.3 (1.21)| 27.3 (2.10)| 24.9 (1.71)| 26.4   (1.29)| 28.2 (2.45)| 30.8 (2.56)| 26.1 (2.86)| 21.9 (1.97)| 31.2   (1.81)| 29.1   (1.52)| 20.8    (1.34)| 21.6 (1.81)| 24.1   (1.67)| 27.5   (1.59)| 31.0 (2.03)
  Sexual harrassment\12\ ............| 36.3 (1.26)| 23.9  (1.61)| 54.2 (1.76)| 59.1 (1.84)| 25.6   (3.05)| 28.5 (2.60)| 41.7 (2.18)| 62.6  (2.67)| 38.2 (2.49)| 35.9 (2.25)| 36.0 (3.04)| 35.3 (2.30)| 36.9   (1.90)| 38.0 (3.05)| 36.6 (2.63)| 37.0 (3.92)| 30.1 (3.16)| 38.9   (2.37)| 38.3   (2.30)| 32.3    (2.19)| 34.9 (2.94)| 30.9   (2.20)| 37.4   (2.46)| 40.1 (2.64)
  Vandalism\13\ .....................| 51.5 (1.61)| 41.2  (2.50)| 65.0 (1.99)| 75.0 (1.68)| 38.8   (2.82)| 44.5 (3.05)| 57.9 (2.70)| 76.3  (2.38)| 61.1 (2.39)| 51.8 (2.51)| 52.4 (3.97)| 43.5 (2.53)| 47.0   (2.47)| 50.7 (4.00)| 56.3 (3.77)| 57.1 (3.88)| 54.3 (3.25)| 51.1   (2.89)| 52.0   (2.34)| 51.2    (2.30)| 46.1 (3.61)| 43.2   (3.13)| 52.0   (2.41)| 60.7 (3.29)
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   Number of incidents in thousands .|2,259(117.0)|  927 (101.1)|  674 (37.4)|  566 (18.2)|  191   (15.6)|  438 (66.2)|1,057 (85.5)|  574  (26.4)|  744 (63.5)|  737 (49.0)|  309 (45.8)|  470 (61.0)|  612   (43.5)|  372 (37.5)|  450 (73.4)|  284 (30.5)| 513  (72.9)|  523   (40.6)|  801   (71.7)|  935    (87.3)|  336 (34.8)|  491   (75.7)|  638   (57.8)|  794 (70.2)
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Violent incidents\2\ ................|1,466(103.7)|  717  (91.2)|  441 (28.6)|  261  (9.8)|  115   (12.2)|  301 (57.6)|  755 (78.3)|  295  (18.3)|  494 (58.1)|  453 (38.6)|  221 (41.3)|  298 (54.1)|  369   (38.5)|  222 (27.6)|  295 (60.7)|  180 (23.2)|  382 (67.0)|  288   (35.0)|  500   (59.7)|  678    (77.8)|  217 (29.0)|  353   (66.1)|  413   (50.2)|  483 (57.3)
  Serious violent incidents\3\ ......|   61  (7.0)|   23   (4.9)|   18  (2.1)|   15  (1.9)|    7    (2.3)|    9  (1.8)|   28  (4.9)|   17   (2.4)|   22  (2.7)|   22  (3.2)|    7  (2.2)|   10  (2.5)|   11    (1.6)|   11  (2.4)|   16  (4.7)|    9  (1.6)|   13  (1.7)|   11    (1.9)|   19    (2.3)|   31     (6.9)|   11  (2.4)|   16    (6.2)|   14    (2.1)|   19  (2.7)
    Rape or attempted rape\4\ .......|    1  (0.1)|   #     (†) |   #    (†) |   #    (†) |   #      (†) |   #    (†) |   #    (†) |   #     (†) |   #    (†) |   #    (†) |   #    (†) |   ‡    (‡) |   #      (†) |   #    (†) |   #    (†) |   ‡    (†) |   #    (†) |   #      (†) |   #      (†) |   #       (†) |   #    (†) |   ‡      (†) |   #      (†) |   #    (†)
    Sexual battery other             |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
       than rape\5\ .................|    4  (1.1)|    1   (0.3)|    1  (0.3)|    2  (1.0)|   #      (†) |   #    (†) |    1  (0.3)|    2   (1.0)|    3  (1.1)|    1  (0.2)|   #    (†) |   #    (†) |   #      (†) |    1  (0.2)|    2  (1.0)|    1  (0.3)|    1  (0.3)|    2    (1.0)|    1    (0.2)|    2     (0.4)|    1  (0.2)|    1    (0.3)|    1    (0.2)|    2  (1.0)
    Physical attack or fight\6\      |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
       with weapon\7\ ...............|   12  (2.5)|    6   (2.2)|    4  (1.2)|    2  (0.3)|    0    (0.2)|    2  (0.7)|    7  (2.3)|    3   (0.9)|    3  (0.7)|    4  (1.1)|    3  (1.8)|    2  (1.1)|    2    (0.6)|    2  (0.9)|    5  (2.1)|    2  (0.7)|    2  (0.4)|    1    (0.3)|    5    (1.6)|    6     (2.0)|    2  (0.9)|    4    (2.1)|    2    (0.7)|    3  (1.0)
    Threat of attack with weapon\7\  |   21  (1.9)|    9   (1.6)|    7  (1.0)|    5  (0.7)|    2    (0.5)|    3  (0.8)|   11  (1.7)|    4   (0.7)|    8  (1.4)|    7  (1.2)|    3  (1.1)|    3  (0.5)|    6    (1.2)|    4  (0.7)|    3  (0.7)|    3  (0.9)|    5  (1.1)|    5    (1.2)|    6    (0.8)|   10     (1.6)|    4  (1.0)|    3    (1.0)|    8    (1.4)|    6  (0.9)
    Robbery\8\ with a weapon\7\ .....|    3  (2.1)|   ‡     (‡) |   #    (†) |   #    (†) |    2    (2.1)|   ‡    (†) |   #    (†) |   #     (†) |   #    (†) |    2  (2.1)|   ‡    (‡) |   ‡    (‡) |   ‡      (‡) |   #    (†) |   ‡    (‡) |   #    (†) |   #    (†) |   #      (†) |   #      (†) |    2     (2.1)|   #    (†) |    2    (2.1)|   ‡      (‡) |   #    (†)
    Robbery\8\ without a weapon\7\ ..|   20  (3.2)|    7   (2.9)|    6  (1.1)|    5  (0.9)|    2    (0.6)|    4  (1.4)|    8  (2.6)|    7   (1.1)|    8  (1.6)|    7  (1.6)|    1  (0.3)|    4  (2.2)|    3    (0.6)|    4  (2.2)|    5  (1.8)|    3  (0.8)|    5  (0.8)|    3    (0.7)|    6    (1.0)|   11     (3.2)|    4  (1.4)|    5    (2.3)|    3    (0.9)|    8  (1.7)
  Physical attack or fight           |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
     without a weapon\7\ ............|  807 (59.6)|  391  (51.5)|  247 (15.8)|  147  (6.1)|   61    (7.9)|  153 (26.4)|  419 (47.6)|  173  (14.2)|  278 (35.7)|  235 (17.0)|  132 (26.6)|  163 (25.0)|  210   (25.1)|  124 (14.0)|  144 (21.8)|  104 (16.1)|  216 (41.9)|  154   (17.0)|  264   (28.6)|  388    (49.3)|  132 (21.0)|  181   (25.1)|  226   (32.6)|  268 (34.9)
  Threat of attack without weapon ...|  599 (52.7)|  304  (48.3)|  176 (16.8)|   99  (5.5)|   47    (5.9)|  139 (37.5)|  308 (34.4)|  105   (6.4)|  194 (25.3)|  197 (23.7)|   82 (18.8)|  126 (35.8)|  148   (17.9)|   87 (14.6)|  135 (42.3)|   67  (8.3)|  153 (27.9)|  123   (17.9)|  217   (38.0)|  259    (30.8)|   74 (10.6)|  156   (40.7)|  173   (20.9)|  196 (27.7)
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Theft/larceny\9\ ....................|  218  (9.2)|   42   (4.1)|   63  (5.0)|  100  (5.2)|   22    (3.1)|   35  (3.3)|   74  (4.4)|   88   (5.5)|   67  (6.0)|   82  (5.4)|   23  (2.4)|   45  (3.1)|   68    (3.9)|   45  (5.3)|   39  (3.7)|   31  (4.3)|   33  (4.9)|   75    (5.1)|   84    (5.7)|   59     (4.8)|   36  (2.8)|   36    (3.5)|   67    (5.6)|   79  (5.7)
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Other incidents\10\                  |  575 (21.3)|  167  (14.4)|  170 (10.7)|  204  (8.0)|   53    (5.2)|  102 (11.3)|  228 (12.9)|  191   (7.8)|  182 (10.8)|  202 (12.4)|   64  (5.4)|  127 (10.0)|  175   (10.4)|  105  (8.9)|  117 (15.7)|   73  (8.7)|   98  (7.8)|  160    (7.1)|  217   (15.2)|  198    (12.9)|   84  (7.7)|  101    (8.7)|  158   (11.7)|  232 (17.4)
  Possess firearm/explosive          |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
     device\11\ .....................|    9  (2.2)|    3   (2.2)|    2  (0.3)|    3  (0.4)|    1    (0.1)|    0  (0.2)|    5  (2.3)|    2   (0.3)|    2  (0.4)|    4  (2.3)|    0  (0.1)|    1  (0.2)|    1    (0.2)|    1  (0.3)|    3  (2.2)|    1  (0.2)|    2  (0.3)|    2    (0.3)|    2    (0.3)|    4     (2.2)|    1  (0.2)|    1    (0.2)|    1    (0.2)|    5  (2.2)
  Possess knife or sharp object .....|   86  (4.0)|   35   (3.0)|   23  (1.3)|   24  (1.4)|   10    (1.4)|   16  (1.7)|   37  (2.4)|   23   (1.5)|   31  (2.5)|   27  (2.1)|   10  (1.1)|   18  (1.4)|   22    (1.6)|   16  (2.0)|   17  (1.4)|   10  (0.9)|   20  (2.2)|   19    (1.5)|   31    (2.6)|   36     (2.8)|   14  (1.7)|   20    (1.4)|   22    (2.2)|   30  (2.4)
  Distribution of illegal drugs .....|   28  (1.6)|    1   (0.5)|    8  (0.6)|   16  (1.2)|    1    (0.3)|    2  (0.3)|    9  (0.9)|   15   (1.3)|   10  (1.3)|   10  (0.9)|    3  (0.4)|    5  (0.5)|    8    (0.6)|    5  (0.7)|    5  (0.6)|    3  (0.5)|    6  (1.1)|    9    (0.8)|   10    (1.1)|    9     (1.1)|    3  (0.4)|    6    (0.7)|    8    (1.0)|   11  (1.2)
  Possession or use of alcohol       |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
     or illegal drugs ...............|  114  (4.9)|    7   (2.9)|   26  (1.4)|   74  (3.5)|    6    (0.9)|   13  (3.3)|   31  (1.8)|   64   (3.0)|   35  (3.2)|   45  (3.0)|   13  (1.4)|   21  (1.7)|   33    (2.2)|   23  (2.2)|   26  (3.2)|   15  (2.6)|   16  (1.8)|   42    (2.5)|   43    (3.2)|   29     (3.0)|   16  (3.0)|   18    (1.5)|   30    (2.8)|   50  (3.3)
  Sexual harrassment\12\ ............|  128  (6.1)|   40   (4.9)|   49  (3.3)|   29  (2.1)|   15    (2.0)|   26  (4.3)|   58  (3.8)|   28   (2.0)|   31  (3.2)|   44  (3.4)|   15  (1.7)|   38  (4.4)|   49    (3.4)|   26  (3.0)|   24  (3.5)|   13  (2.0)|   14  (1.9)|   37    (2.8)|   52    (4.5)|   38     (3.6)|   19  (2.6)|   26    (3.8)|   39    (3.6)|   44  (3.3)
  Vandalism\13\ .....................|  211 (13.6)|   81   (8.6)|   61  (7.6)|   57  (4.4)|   21    (2.9)|   44  (6.9)|   87  (8.4)|   59   (4.9)|   73  (6.1)|   71  (8.5)|   23  (2.9)|   44  (5.7)|   62    (6.6)|   34  (3.8)|   43  (9.9)|   30  (5.9)|   40  (4.3)|   51    (3.8)|   79    (9.2)|   81     (7.3)|   30  (3.7)|   31    (3.9)|   57    (6.8)|   92 (11.9)
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Number of incidents per 100,000      |4,849(252.4)|3,959 (423.8)|7,018(405.0)|4,849(141.2)|5,098  (442.7)|4,834(720.9)|5,133(420.2)|4,346 (205.0)|5,502(457.9)|4,023(263.9)|6,079(892.9)|4,855(631.4)|4,172  (291.9)|4,529(403.5)|5,385(816.3)|4,867(399.0)|5,670(804.4)|3,494  (257.4)|5,145  (455.6)|5,826   (525.9)|3,731(346.7)|4,391  (604.9)|5,761  (475.2)|5,182(423.1)
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Violent incidents\2\ ................|3,147(223.8)|3,064 (383.9)|4,595(305.8)|2,241 (76.8)|3,086  (347.4)|3,324(633.7)|3,667(382.5)|2,232 (139.6)|3,655(424.7)|2,473(208.7)|4,360(807.0)|3,079(557.5)|2,516  (264.7)|2,699(302.5)|3,526(688.1)|3,077(339.1)|4,223(744.3)|1,926  (225.8)|3,208  (383.7)|4,227   (472.4)|2,404(293.0)|3,162  (538.2)|3,730  (440.8)|3,153(355.7)
  Serious violent incidents\3\ ......|  130 (15.2)|   98  (20.8)|  189 (21.8)|  130 (16.2)|  184   (63.6)|  105 (19.2)|  134 (23.7)|  127  (17.7)|  164 (20.3)|  120 (17.8)|  139 (42.0)|   99 (26.3)|   77   (10.5)|  133 (28.3)|  191 (55.9)|  147 (28.1)|  148 (17.8)|   75   (12.5)|  119   (14.5)|  193    (43.3)|  124 (24.4)|  144   (54.9)|  130   (17.8)|  125 (15.9)
    Rape or attempted rape\4\ .......|    1  (0.2)|   #     (†) |    1  (0.6)|    3  (0.7)|   #      (†) |    2  (1.0)|    1  (0.2)|    3   (0.5)|    1  (0.4)|    2  (0.4)|    1  (0.6)|   ‡    (†) |    1    (0.6)|    1  (0.5)|    1  (0.5)|    0  (0.3)|    2  (0.6)|    1    (0.5)|    2    (0.6)|    1     (0.3)|    1  (0.5)|   ‡      (‡) |    2    (0.8)|    1  (0.4)
    Sexual battery other             |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
       than rape\5\ .................|    9  (2.4)|    3   (1.3)|   12  (3.4)|   18  (8.9)|    9    (5.0)|    4  (1.9)|    6  (1.7)|   17   (7.8)|   21  (8.2)|    5  (1.2)|    3  (1.3)|  3.7  (1.0)|    3    (0.6)|    7  (3.0)|   18 (11.4)|   12  (4.6)|   11  (3.3)|   11    (6.6)|    6    (1.6)|   11     (2.5)|    6  (2.3)|    9    (2.9)|    8    (2.0)|   12  (6.3)
    Physical attack or fight\6\      |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
       with weapon\7\ ...............|   26  (5.4)|   24   (9.2)|   39 (12.6)|   20  (3.0)|   13    (5.1)|   21  (7.3)|   32 (11.0)|   23   (6.6)|   25  (5.4)|   20  (6.0)|   52 (36.2)|   24 (11.4)|   11    (3.8)|   22 (11.0)|   56 (26.0)|   32 (12.6)|   22  (4.8)|    8    (1.8)|   33   (10.6)|   34    (12.3)|   24  (9.8)|   40   (18.3)|   19    (5.9)|   21  (6.3)
    Threat of attack with weapon\7\  |   45  (4.1)|   39   (6.9)|   68 (10.3)|   40  (6.2)|   57   (13.7)|   39  (8.7)|   54  (8.1)|   33   (4.9)|   57 (10.1)|   41  (6.3)|   64 (22.3)|   27  (4.8)|   42    (8.1)|   48  (8.8)|   30  (7.7)|   56 (14.9)|   57 (12.0)|   35    (7.9)|   39    (5.3)|   61     (9.9)|   45 (10.7)|   30    (8.7)|   70   (12.3)|   39  (5.3)
    Robbery\8\ with a weapon\7\ .....|    6  (4.6)|   ‡     (‡) |    1  (0.5)|    3  (1.1)|   59   (57.3)|    1  (1.0)|    0  (0.1)|    2   (1.0)|    3  (1.2)|   12 (11.7)|   ‡    (‡) |   ‡    (‡) |   ‡      (‡) |   ‡    (‡) |   ‡    (‡) |    3  (1.8)|    3  (1.3)|    0    (0.2)|    1    (0.5)|   15    (13.4)|    2  (1.4)|   21   (19.2)|   ‡      (‡) |    1  (0.4)
    Robbery\8\ without a weapon\7\ ..|   43  (6.8)|   32  (12.3)|   67 (12.0)|   45  (7.3)|   46   (17.4)|   39 (14.9)|   41 (12.5)|   50   (8.6)|   57 (12.1)|   41  (8.7)|   19  (6.7)| 41.9 (22.9)|   19    (4.3)|   53 (27.2)|   60 (21.4)|   43 (13.1)|   53  (8.9)|   19    (4.8)|   37    (6.1)|   71    (19.7)|   45 (15.0)|   45   (20.7)|   30    (8.2)|   51 (10.9)
  Physical attack or fight           |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
     without a weapon ...............|1,732(128.8)|1,668 (218.9)|2,574(168.6)|1,260 (49.5)|1,634  (216.4)|1,690(290.5)|2,037(230.2)|1,311 (110.7)|2,054(260.2)|1,280 (91.5)|2,602(522.4)|1,679(254.4)|1,432  (178.4)|1,506(148.8)|1,720(241.6)|1,778(242.3)|2,386(469.2)|1,031  (107.0)|1,698  (183.3)|2,418   (300.9)|1,464(220.6)|1,623  (190.0)|2,038  (289.3)|1,747(221.9)
  Threat of attack without weapon ...|1,285(113.2)|1,297 (203.1)|1,832(178.3)|  850 (45.6)|1,268  (170.2)|1,529(413.0)|1,496(170.2)|  794  (46.7)|1,437(186.3)|1,073(128.4)|1,618(366.8)|1,301(370.8)|1,008  (116.9)|1,060(168.9)|1,614(490.7)|1,152(125.6)|1,689(305.5)|  821  (117.6)|1,392  (244.7)|1,616   (186.1)|  817(108.4)|1,395  (345.5)|1,562  (183.7)|1,281(172.3)
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Theft/larceny\9\ ....................|  468 (20.2)|  180  (17.0)|  653 (54.2)|  861 (46.5)|  585   (81.5)|  382 (32.9)|  358 (21.4)|  664  (44.7)|  499 (44.1)|  448 (30.1)|  453 (47.0)|468.2 (33.1)|  462   (22.5)|  546 (65.3)|  462 (42.2)|  537 (59.7)|  364 (53.7)|  498   (34.8)|  542   (38.2)|  367    (31.2)|  394 (35.1)|  323   (29.5)|  604   (39.2)|  518 (35.6)
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Other incidents\10\                  |1,234 (44.8)|  715  (59.6)|1,771(113.6)|1,747 (59.4)|1,427  (138.8)|1,127(117.9)|1,108 (65.6)|1,449  (58.3)|1,348 (73.4)|1,102 (66.2)|1,267(104.5)|1,309(107.8)|1,193   (65.2)|1,284 (92.8)|1,397(176.5)|1,253(123.3)|1,084 (78.3)|1,069   (45.3)|1,394   (88.2)|1,233    (75.1)|  932 (78.4)|  905   (68.3)|1,427   (81.1)|1,512(104.0)
  Possess firearm/explosive          |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
     device\11\ .....................|   18  (4.8)|   13   (9.6)|   22  (2.7)|   25  (3.2)|   15    (3.8)|    5  (1.8)|   25 (11.1)|   18   (2.0)|   17  (3.0)|   24 (12.5)|    8  (2.1)| 14.5  (2.4)|   10    (1.6)|   18  (3.2)|   37 (25.9)|   16  (3.4)|   17  (3.2)|   13    (1.9)|   16    (2.0)|   26    (13.9)|   10  (2.4)|   13    (2.2)|   12    (2.0)|   32 (14.3)
  Possess knife or sharp object .....|  184  (8.7)|  148  (12.5)|  241 (14.2)|  203 (11.8)|  279   (37.1)|  177 (19.5)|  179 (12.2)|  171  (10.7)|  227 (17.7)|  147 (11.5)|  201 (21.3)|186.3 (15.2)|  151   (10.7)|  191 (23.4)|  198 (17.7)|  174 (14.1)|  225 (21.3)|  124    (9.9)|  200   (15.7)|  225    (15.3)|  159 (17.0)|  176   (13.1)|  200   (18.6)|  194 (13.3)
  Distribution of illegal drugs .....|   59  (3.5)|    6   (2.3)|   84  (6.6)|  141 (10.3)|   25    (7.0)|   26  (3.8)|   45  (4.2)|  114   (9.9)|   73  (8.8)|   56  (5.1)|   62  (8.8)| 47.1  (5.5)|   55    (4.5)|   65  (8.1)|   58  (7.1)|   56  (9.3)|   67 (12.2)|   61    (5.9)|   65    (6.6)|   53     (6.8)|   36  (4.3)|   49    (5.2)|   72    (8.7)|   72  (6.5)
  Possession or use of alcohol       |            |             |            |            |              |            |            |             |            |            |            |            |              |            |            |            |            |              |              |               |            |              |              |
     or illegal drugs ...............|  245 (10.4)|   31  (12.4)|  270 (13.8)|  637 (27.4)|  153   (24.7)|  147 (35.6)|  152  (9.1)|  484  (23.8)|  261 (22.7)|  247 (15.3)|  251 (27.4)|  218 (16.9)|  226   (13.3)|  283 (26.3)|  307 (39.7)|  260 (42.8)|  181 (18.3)|  279   (16.4)|  277   (20.3)|  183    (18.2)|  180 (33.1)|  158   (12.6)|  273   (20.5)|  328 (19.8)
  Sexual harrassment\12\ ............|  274 (13.0)|  171  (20.5)|  514 (34.6)|  252 (17.4)|  399   (53.3)|  288 (45.9)|  283 (19.1)|  215  (15.8)|  231 (24.4)|  238 (19.1)|  298 (33.6)|  388 (47.5)|  332   (22.8)|  314 (31.5)|  282 (40.3)|  229 (29.7)|  152 (20.2)|  250   (17.0)|  332   (28.2)|  239    (21.6)|  213 (28.9)|  229   (31.8)|  354   (25.8)|  285 (22.9)
  Vandalism\13\ .....................|  453 (28.6)|  345  (36.2)|  639 (80.6)|  489 (36.6)|  557   (80.6)|  485 (72.6)|  424 (42.0)|  446  (36.0)|  540 (43.3)|  390 (45.5)|  447 (56.1)|  454 (59.7)|  420   (43.2)|  414 (42.1)|  515(114.4)|  518 (92.2)|  443 (46.4)|  342   (24.8)|  504   (55.2)|  506    (45.9)|  334 (38.0)|  281   (32.0)|  516   (57.3)|  602 (75.1)
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#Rounds to zero.
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
\1\Some schools are omitted from these categories because of missing data on their school characteristics. For this reason, the detailed results do not sum to the totals. See appendix J of 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) Detailed Data Documentation (NCES 2004-307) for further information.
\2\Violent incidents include rape, sexual battery other than rape, physical attack or fight with or without a weapon, threat of physical attack with or without a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon.
\3\Serious violent incidents include rape, sexual battery other than rape, physical attack or fight with a weapon, threat of physical attack with a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon.
\4\Rape was defined for respondents as, "forced sexual intercourse (vaginal, anal, or oral penetration). This includes penetration from a foreign object."
\5\Sexual battery was defined for respondents as an, "incident that includes threatened rape, fondling, indecent liberties, child molestation, or sodomy. Classification of these incidents should take into consideration the age and developmentally appropriate behavior of the offender(s)."
\6\Physical attack or fight was defined for respondents as an, "actual and intentional touching or striking of another person against his or her will, or the intentional causing of bodily harm to an individual."
\7\Weapon was defined for respondents as, "any instrument or object used with the intent to threaten, injure, or kill. Includes look-alikes if they are used to threaten others."
\8\Robbery was defined for respondents as, "the taking or attempting to take anything of value that is owned by another person or organization, under confrontational circumstances by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear. A key difference between robbery and theft/larceny is that robbery involves a threat or battery."
\9\Theft/larceny (taking things over $10 without personal confrontation) was defined for respondents as, "the unlawful taking of another person's property without personal confrontation, threat, violence, or bodily harm. Included are pocket picking, stealing purse or backpack (if left unattended or no force was used to take it from owner), theft from a building, theft from a motor vehicle or motor vehicle parts or accessories, theft of bicycles, theft from vending machines, and all other types of thefts."
\10\Other incidents include possession of a firearm or explosive device, possession of a knife or sharp object, distribution of illegal drugs, possession or use of alcohol or illegal drugs, sexual harassment, or vandalism.
\11\Firearm/explosive device was defined as, "any weapon that is designed to (or may readily be converted to) expel a projectile by the action of an explosive. This includes guns, bombs, grenades, mines, rockets, missiles, pipe bombs, or similar devices designed to explode and capable of causing bodily harm or property damage."
\12\Sexual harassment was defined for respondents as, "unsolicited, offensive behavior that inappropriately asserts sexuality over another person. The behavior may be verbal or non-verbal."
\13\Vandalism was defined for respondents as, "the willful damage or destruction of school property including bombing, arson, graffiti, and other acts that cause property damage. Includes damage caused by computer hacking."

NOTE: If the respondent did not provide a value for the total number of specified incidents at their school, the value was imputed to equal the number of specified incidents reported to police. Values associated with violent incidents, serious violent incidents, total incidents and other incidents were obtained by adding the post-imputed values that comprise each of the preceding composite variables. The population counts on SSCOCS 2000 exclude all schools in outlying U.S. territories, nonregular schools such as special education, vocational, alternative/other schools, ungraded schools and schools with a high grade of Kindergarten or lower. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. "At school/at your school" was defined for respondents as including activities happening in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that are holding school-sponsored events or activities. Respondents were instructed to, unless the survey specified otherwise, only respond for those times that were during normal school hours or when school activities/events were in session. Elementary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not higher than grade 3 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 8. Middle schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 4 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 9. Secondary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 9 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 12. Combined schools include all other combinations of grades, including K-12 schools.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2000. (This table was prepared May 2005.)

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