This statistic presents the percentage of students in the United States who were cyber bullied, divided by the reports of criminal victimization at school. During the school year 2012-13, 10.8 percent of students between the ages of 12 and 18 years who were cyber bullied reported any criminal victimization* at their school. Cyber bullying includes unwanted contact by threatening or insulting the respondent via digital communications as well as sharing private information online.
Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by reports of criminal victimization at school
*Includes theft and violent crimes
**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.
***Includes rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault.
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US Department of Education, & NCES. (April 30, 2015). Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by reports of criminal victimization at school [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291044/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-reports-of-criminal-victimization/
US Department of Education, und NCES. "Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by reports of criminal victimization at school." Chart. April 30, 2015. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291044/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-reports-of-criminal-victimization/
US Department of Education, NCES. (2015). Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by reports of criminal victimization at school. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291044/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-reports-of-criminal-victimization/
US Department of Education, and NCES. "Percentage of U.S. Students Who Were Cyber Bullied as of School Year 2012-2013, by Reports of Criminal Victimization at School." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291044/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-reports-of-criminal-victimization/
US Department of Education & NCES, Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by reports of criminal victimization at school Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291044/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-reports-of-criminal-victimization/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by reports of criminal victimization at school [Graph], US Department of Education, & NCES, April 30, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/291044/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-reports-of-criminal-victimization/
