Table 230.70.

Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being afraid of attack or harm, by location and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1995 through 2017

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic	19951			19991			20011			20031			20051			2007			2009			2011			2013			2015			2017
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12
At school
Total	11.8		(0.40)	7.4		(0.37)	6.4		(0.31)	6.1		(0.31)	6.4		(0.39)	5.3		(0.33)	4.2		(0.33)	3.7		(0.28)	3.5		(0.33)	3.3		(0.31)	4.2		(0.32)
Sex
Male	10.9		(0.51)	6.5		(0.44)	6.4		(0.38)	5.4		(0.34)	6.1		(0.56)	4.6		(0.42)	3.7		(0.38)	3.7		(0.41)	3.1		(0.38)	2.6		(0.34)	3.4		(0.38)
Female	12.9		(0.58)	8.3		(0.54)	6.4		(0.43)	7.0		(0.48)	6.7		(0.47)	6.0		(0.45)	4.8		(0.51)	3.8		(0.36)	4.0		(0.48)	4.1		(0.50)	5.1		(0.47)
Race/ethnicity2
White	8.2		(0.36)	5.0		(0.32)	4.9		(0.35)	4.2		(0.35)	4.6		(0.39)	4.2		(0.37)	3.3		(0.35)	3.0		(0.31)	2.6		(0.33)	2.8		(0.34)	3.6		(0.40)
Black	20.9		(1.36)	13.6		(1.30)	9.0		(0.88)	10.7		(1.23)	9.3		(1.19)	8.6		(1.18)	7.0		(1.12)	4.9		(1.03)	4.6		(0.85)	3.4		(0.76)	6.9		(1.06)
Hispanic	21.1		(1.30)	11.8		(1.20)	10.7		(1.08)	9.6		(0.75)	10.3		(1.16)	7.1		(0.88)	4.9		(0.89)	4.8		(0.59)	4.9		(0.78)	4.8		(0.72)	3.9		(0.50)
Asian/Pacific Islander	16.5		(1.88)	6.2		(0.98)	6.4		(1.22)	6.3		(1.79)	6.1	!	(1.99)	2.2	!	(1.00)	5.7	!	(2.16)	4.3	!	(1.45)	3.2	!	(1.04)	2.6	!	(1.13)	4.0	!	(1.36)
Asian	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	6.4		(1.76)	6.2	!	(2.10)	2.3	!	(1.05)	5.9	!	(2.25)	4.2	!	(1.52)	3.1	!	(1.09)	2.7	!	(1.19)	3.9	!	(1.38)
Pacific Islander	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/    Alaska Native	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	14.1		(3.88)
Two or more races	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	‡		(†)	5.0	!	(2.18)	2.7	!	(1.28)	‡		(†)	4.3	!	(1.59)	3.9	!	(1.76)	‡		(†)	3.5	!	(1.63)
Grade
6th	14.5		(1.15)	10.9		(1.39)	10.7		(1.27)	10.0		(1.35)	9.5		(1.14)	9.9		(1.33)	6.4		(1.20)	5.6		(1.08)	4.7		(1.01)	4.6		(1.11)	4.3		(0.81)
7th	15.4		(1.03)	9.5		(0.79)	9.3		(0.96)	8.2		(0.87)	9.1		(1.04)	6.7		(0.86)	6.2		(1.06)	4.5		(0.69)	4.3		(0.69)	4.2		(0.74)	4.9		(0.84)
8th	13.1		(0.84)	8.2		(0.74)	7.6		(0.69)	6.3		(0.68)	7.1		(0.95)	4.6		(0.71)	3.5		(0.75)	4.6		(0.71)	3.3		(0.78)	4.1		(0.73)	4.4		(0.76)
9th	11.7		(0.82)	7.1		(0.75)	5.6		(0.63)	6.3		(0.61)	5.9		(0.71)	5.5		(0.87)	4.6		(0.75)	4.2		(0.66)	3.4		(0.71)	3.9		(0.75)	5.6		(0.89)
10th	11.0		(0.83)	7.1		(0.77)	5.1		(0.72)	4.5		(0.68)	5.5		(0.89)	5.2		(0.87)	4.6		(0.79)	3.9		(0.63)	4.4		(0.75)	2.1		(0.56)	5.1		(0.92)
11th	8.9		(0.81)	4.9		(0.68)	4.8		(0.65)	4.8		(0.66)	4.6		(0.73)	3.1		(0.63)	3.3		(0.74)	1.8		(0.48)	2.6		(0.55)	2.6		(0.65)	3.2		(0.68)
12th	7.9		(0.95)	4.8		(0.89)	2.9		(0.55)	3.7		(0.54)	3.3		(0.69)	3.1		(0.65)	1.9	!	(0.57)	2.2		(0.57)	2.0		(0.56)	2.0	!	(0.61)	1.9		(0.48)
Urbanicity3
Urban	18.6		(0.84)	11.7		(0.82)	9.8		(0.59)	9.5		(0.69)	10.5		(0.92)	7.1		(0.81)	6.9		(0.84)	5.2		(0.60)	4.5		(0.60)	4.0		(0.61)	5.5		(0.63)
Suburban	9.9		(0.50)	6.2		(0.42)	4.9		(0.34)	4.8		(0.30)	4.7		(0.41)	4.4		(0.41)	3.0		(0.33)	3.1		(0.39)	3.0		(0.38)	3.1		(0.39)	3.7		(0.35)
Rural	8.7		(0.80)	4.8		(0.70)	6.0		(0.98)	4.8		(0.94)	5.1		(0.97)	4.9		(0.59)	3.9		(0.63)	3.0		(0.63)	3.3		(0.62)	3.0		(0.62)	3.8		(0.78)
Control of school
Public	12.3		(0.43)	7.8		(0.38)	6.6		(0.33)	6.4		(0.34)	6.6		(0.42)	5.5		(0.34)	4.4		(0.35)	3.9		(0.30)	3.5		(0.35)	3.5		(0.30)	4.5		(0.34)
Private	7.4		(1.01)	3.6		(0.81)	4.6		(0.93)	3.0		(0.75)	3.8		(0.82)	2.5	!	(0.89)	1.9	!	(0.74)	1.5	!	(0.64)	2.6	!	(0.83)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Away from school
Total	—		(†)	5.7		(0.32)	4.7		(0.29)	5.4		(0.29)	5.2		(0.33)	3.5		(0.29)	3.3		(0.32)	2.4		(0.23)	2.7		(0.35)	2.2		(0.29)	2.7		(0.26)
Sex
Male	—		(†)	4.1		(0.34)	3.7		(0.32)	4.0		(0.30)	4.6		(0.42)	2.4		(0.31)	2.5		(0.34)	2.0		(0.27)	2.4		(0.40)	1.2		(0.25)	2.1		(0.33)
Female	—		(†)	7.4		(0.50)	5.7		(0.42)	6.8		(0.48)	5.8		(0.48)	4.5		(0.40)	4.1		(0.51)	2.7		(0.30)	3.0		(0.44)	3.3		(0.48)	3.4		(0.42)
Race/ethnicity2
White	—		(†)	4.3		(0.32)	3.7		(0.30)	3.8		(0.32)	4.2		(0.40)	2.5		(0.28)	2.2		(0.28)	1.6		(0.24)	1.6		(0.30)	1.7		(0.30)	2.3		(0.32)
Black	—		(†)	8.8		(1.02)	6.4		(0.89)	10.1		(1.14)	7.4		(0.96)	4.9		(0.73)	5.7		(1.10)	3.5		(0.86)	3.6		(0.78)	2.7	!	(0.82)	4.1		(1.04)
Hispanic	—		(†)	9.0		(1.04)	6.6		(0.76)	7.5		(0.80)	6.2		(0.84)	5.9		(0.80)	3.9		(0.70)	3.3		(0.50)	4.5		(0.86)	3.4		(0.61)	2.8		(0.45)
Asian/Pacific Islander	—		(†)	5.5		(1.12)	6.6		(1.46)	4.9		(1.28)	6.6	!	(2.66)	‡		(†)	7.4	!	(2.44)	3.9	!	(1.23)	2.6	!	(0.94)	‡		(†)	2.1	!	(1.04)
Asian	—		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.9		(1.31)	7.1	!	(2.86)	‡		(†)	7.1	!	(2.50)	3.2	!	(1.15)	2.9	!	(1.03)	‡		(†)	2.1	!	(1.06)
Pacific Islander	—		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/    Alaska Native	—		(†)	‡		(†)	7.7	!	(3.67)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	—		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.4	!	(1.96)	‡		(†)	4.5	!	(1.75)
Grade
6th	—		(†)	7.9		(1.12)	6.4		(1.16)	6.8		(1.01)	5.6		(0.99)	5.9		(1.20)	3.3		(0.89)	3.0		(0.86)	3.9		(0.88)	2.8	!	(0.96)	2.3		(0.69)
7th	—		(†)	6.1		(0.73)	5.5		(0.80)	6.7		(0.81)	7.5		(0.89)	3.0		(0.55)	4.0		(0.78)	2.7		(0.58)	2.2		(0.54)	2.2		(0.54)	3.0		(0.73)
8th	—		(†)	5.6		(0.67)	4.5		(0.61)	5.4		(0.71)	5.0		(0.72)	3.6		(0.65)	3.3		(0.72)	2.1		(0.43)	2.4	!	(0.80)	2.9		(0.68)	2.7		(0.57)
9th	—		(†)	4.6		(0.63)	4.5		(0.63)	4.3		(0.55)	3.8		(0.61)	4.0		(0.75)	2.6		(0.62)	3.5		(0.65)	2.8		(0.59)	2.5		(0.58)	3.1		(0.63)
10th	—		(†)	4.8		(0.63)	4.2		(0.64)	5.4		(0.68)	4.7		(0.66)	3.0		(0.60)	5.5		(0.96)	1.7		(0.46)	4.4		(0.83)	1.2	!	(0.41)	2.9		(0.71)
11th	—		(†)	5.9		(0.72)	4.7		(0.62)	4.7		(0.69)	4.2		(0.74)	2.3		(0.56)	2.2		(0.56)	2.9		(0.70)	2.2		(0.47)	2.0	!	(0.64)	3.6		(0.79)
12th	—		(†)	6.1		(0.87)	3.3		(0.63)	5.0		(0.73)	5.4		(0.98)	3.2		(0.61)	2.1		(0.63)	1.0	!	(0.37)	1.3	!	(0.46)	2.1		(0.63)	1.1	!	(0.35)
Urbanicity3
Urban	—		(†)	9.2		(0.83)	7.5		(0.69)	8.2		(0.61)	6.7		(0.61)	5.3		(0.67)	5.8		(0.87)	3.4		(0.42)	4.0		(0.54)	2.8		(0.54)	3.3		(0.56)
Suburban	—		(†)	5.1		(0.32)	3.9		(0.33)	4.4		(0.35)	4.6		(0.43)	2.7		(0.36)	2.5		(0.33)	2.2		(0.30)	2.2		(0.42)	2.3		(0.39)	2.4		(0.28)
Rural	—		(†)	3.0		(0.71)	3.0		(0.59)	4.1		(0.70)	4.7		(0.98)	2.8		(0.54)	1.9		(0.48)	1.0	!	(0.35)	1.7		(0.49)	1.1	!	(0.36)	2.6		(0.70)
Control of school
Public	—		(†)	5.8		(0.33)	4.6		(0.30)	5.5		(0.31)	5.2		(0.34)	3.6		(0.30)	3.5		(0.33)	2.4		(0.23)	2.7		(0.36)	2.2		(0.27)	2.7		(0.26)
Private	—		(†)	5.0		(0.93)	5.2		(1.09)	4.8		(0.92)	4.9		(1.41)	2.1	!	(0.72)	1.8	!	(0.71)	1.6	!	(0.68)	2.0	!	(0.70)	3.0	!	(1.16)	‡		(†)

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 In 2005 and prior years, the period covered by the survey question was “during the last 6 months,” whereas the period was “during this school year” beginning in 2007. Cognitive testing showed that estimates for earlier years are comparable to those for 2007 and later years.

2 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Prior to 2003, separate data for Asian students, Pacific Islander students, and students of Two or more races were not collected.

3 Refers to the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Categories include "central city of an MSA (Urban)," "in MSA but not in central city (Suburban)," and "not MSA (Rural)."

NOTE: "At school" includes in the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and, from 2001 onward, going to and from school. Students were asked if they were "never," "almost never," "sometimes," or "most of the time" afraid that someone would attack or harm them at school or away from school. Students who responded "sometimes" or "most of the time" were considered afraid. For the 2001 survey only, the wording was changed from "attack or harm" to "attack or threaten to attack." Some data have been revised from previously reported figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 1995 through 2017. (This table was prepared September 2018.)