Rate of nonfatal crime against students ages 12–18 at school and away from school per 1,000 students, by type of crime and selected student characteristics: 2004

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Table 36-2. Rate of nonfatal crime against students ages 12–18 at school and away from school per 1,000 students, by type of crime and selected student characteristics: 2004

	At school				Away from school
			Violent crime				Violent crime
Student characteristic	Total	Theft	All violent crime	Serious violent crime	Total	Theft	All violent crime	Serious violent crime

Total	55	33	22	4	48	27	21	9
Sex
Male	57	31	27	4	52	28	24	11
Female	52	35	17	4	43	25	18	6

Age
12–14	64	34	30	5	34	18	16	7
15–18	46	31	15	3!	61	35	26	10

Race/ethnicity¹
White	60	35	25	5	52	30	22	8
Black	60	34	26	4!	57	21	36	19
Hispanic	39	27	12	‡	30	22	8!	‡
Other	38	29	10!	‡	39	22	17!	‡

Location
Urban	62	33	28	6!	49	22	28	13
Suburban	51	33	17	4	43	25	18	6
Rural	57	30	27	‡	60	40	20	9!

Household income
Less than $15,000	45	16	29	‡	45	23	22	13!
$15,000–29,999	41	21	21	‡	91	45	45	15
$30,000–49,999	50	32	18	‡	16	9	7!	3!
$50,000–74,999	84	44	41	8!	74	39	35	14
$75,000 or more	62	44	18	4!	32	23	9	3!

! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
¹ Other includes Asian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian (including Alaska Native). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
NOTE: Total nonfatal crime includes violent crime and theft. Violent crime includes serious violent crime and simple assault. Serious violent crime includes rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. “At school” includes inside the school building, on school property, or on the way to or from school. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. See supplemental note 3 for more information about the National Crime Victimization Survey.
SOURCE: Dinkes, R., Cataldi, E.F., Kena, G., and Baum, K. (2006). Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2006 (NCES 2007-003/NCJ 214262), tables 2.2 and 2.3, data from U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2004.

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