Bullying Statistics

Bullying Statistics

National Statistics

                             Been Bullied

• So 28% of kids from the U.S. have reported being bullied grades 6-12.
• So 20% of kids from the U.S. have reported being bullied 9-12.

Bullied Others

• According To studies 30% of kids in the U.S. reported bullying others.

                             Seen Bullying

• 70.6% of kids have reported witnessing bullying in their school.
• Of staff 70.4% have seeing bullying. Of them 62% have seen it more than 2x a month and 41% report seeing it once a week or more.
• 57% of bullying stops when someone intervenes usually in the first 10 seconds.

                                                                                                                                            Been Cyber-bullied

• Cyberbullying happens to 9% of students grades 6-12.
• According to studies 15% of kids grades 9-12 are electronically bullied.
• LGBTQ are more likely cyberbullied. 55.2% have experienced the cyberbullying.

                          How Often it Occurs

• Grades 4-12 49% of the children reported being bullied by others at least once a month. Others reported being bullied 30.8% at others times.
• Frequent involvement in  bullying happens two or more times it the past month.  40.6% of kids report frequent bullying at least weekly. 23.2% of kids are frequently bullied. 8% are frequently bullying others and 9.4% are both frequently bullying and being bullying.    

                                                                            Bullying Types

• Most types of bullying are that of verbal and social. Physical and Cyberbullying happens less frequently.
• Name Calling (44.2%), Teasing (43.3%), Spreading Rumors (36.3%), Pushing or Shoving (32.4%),Hitting or Slapping (29.2%), Dis-including Someone (28.5%),Threatening (27.4%),Stealing Items (27.3%),Sexual Harassment ( 23.7%),Blogging (9.9%). These are the most common bullying behaviors for junior high or middle school kids. 

                      Where Bullying Occurs

• Bullying mostly happens in schools, the playground, and even the bus. Bullying can happen within the community. Cyberbullying happens using electronics.
• Classroom (29.3%),Hallway(29%),Lunch Room (23.4%),PE (19.5%),Bathroom (12.2%),Recess (6.2%). These are the most common places kids are being bullied.

                         Parents Notified

• Students do not notify there parents only 20-30% according to studies.

https://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/hbsc/books/2.pdf Article about bullying and the statistics.

Sources:

“Bullying in Schools - NoBullying.com.” YouTube, YouTube, 5 Oct. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBGehdfG6rw.

“Facts About Bullying.” StopBullying.gov, www.stopbullying.gov/media/facts/index.html#ftn2.
kimmbabilingual. “Bullying Starts at Kindergarten.” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Aug. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIMGXkSwmPg.