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Table 9.  Among students ages 12 through 18 who agree there is a lot of crime in the neighborhood where they live or the neighborhood they go to school, percentage reporting support in school, by level of feeling safe in school: School year 2014–15

 
Crime and Safety There is a teacher or adult at school who really cares about you.   There is a teacher or adult at school who really listens when you have something to say.   There is a teacher or adult at school who tells you when you do a good job.   There is a student at school who really cares about you.   There is a student at school who listens when you have something to say.   There is a student at school who believe that you will be a success.  
Those who agree there is a lot of crime where they live                        
Total 92.1 95.1 95.1 91.8 95.5 94.7
Do not feel safe in school 73.8 76.5 84.6 77.6 84.9 87.6
Feel safe in school 93.5 96.4 95.8 92.9 96.3 95.3
                         
Those who agree there is a lot of crime where they go to school                        
Total 92.7 94.7 95.4 92.0 94.8 92.8
Do not feel safe in school 81.1 84.1 87.5 77.1 87.7 85.5
Feel safe in school 94.0 95.9 96.3 93.6 95.5 93.7
NOTE: Students who agree there is crime are those who answered "agree" or "strongly agree" to the statements "There is a lot of crime in the neighborhood where you live" and "There is a lot of crime in the neighborhood where you go to school." Students who feel safe in school are those who answered "agree" or "strongly agree" to the statement "You feel safe in your school." Students who do not feel safe in school are those who answered "disagree" or "strongly disagree" to the statement "You feel safe in your school." Students in each column answered "agree" or "strongly agree" with the statements listed in the column header.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2015.