Title: Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2009

Publication Date: November 2009

What does it say?

This report pulls together the most up-to-date information from a number of sources about violence and schools, including murders and suicides of school-aged children and teens at school and away from school. 

Among children and teens ages 5 to 18, 80 percent of murders and 41 percent of suicides are committed with guns (all locations, CDC data (2006), calculations by Brady Center).

During school year 2007-2008, twenty-one 5-18 year olds were murdered (all weapons) “at school,” defined as “while the victim was on the way to or from regular sessions at school or while the victim was attending or traveling to or from an official school-sponsored event.” 

Five 5-18 year olds committed suicide (all methods) at school.

For additional research on violent death, guns and schools:

- Click here to see information on guns brought to school or available to school children.
- Click here to see information on the sources of firearms used in school shootings from 1992 to 1999.

How can I use it?

Use this information to document that we have too many murders of school children in the United States, whether in school or in the community.

Citation

Citation: U. S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2009 (Washington, DC: December 2009)

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