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Table 3.  Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported no criminal victimization at school and those who reported criminal victimization at school, by student reports of school conditions and type of victimization: School year 2008–09

Type of victimization Gangs present at school Saw student with a gun Engaged in physical fight1 Drugs at school2 Alcohol at school Saw hate-related graffiti
Total 20.4 1.3 5.8 30.7 16.3 29.2
None 19.6 1.2 5.3 29.9 15.8 28.4
Victimization            
Any 39.8 3.2 ! 16.9 51.5 28.9 49.3
Theft 40.2 12 53.2 29.9 47.4
Violent 43.2 33.9 54.2 34.6 58.1
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate's value.
‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value
1 Includes students who reported being involved in one or more physical fights at school.
2 Includes students who reported that marijuana, crack, other forms of cocaine, uppers, downers, LSD, PCP, heroin, prescription drugs, or other drugs were available at school.
NOTE: "Theft" 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. "Violent" includes rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. "Any" includes violent crimes and theft. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, on the school bus, and on the way to or from school. Population size for students ages 12 through 18 is 25,383,000.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2009.