This report is the 24th in a series of annual publications produced jointly by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It provides official estimates of school crime and safety from a variety of data sources, including national surveys of students, teachers, principals, and post-secondary institutions. It presents data on different types of student victimization, measures of school conditions, and student perceptions about their personal safety at school. This report supplements?Incidence of Victimization at School and Away From School (NCJ 304624) in the Condition of Education report, which BJS and NCES released in May 2022.
The Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2021 (NCJ 304625) was written by V?ronique Irwin of the National Center for Education Statistics; Ke Wang and Jiashan Cui of the American Institutes for Research; and Alexandra Thompson, BJS Statistician. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov and NCES website.
All 22 indicators in the report are also available at?https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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