In the 2021-22 school year, about 27.7 percent of female students in the United States between the ages of 12 and 18 reported that they were bullied either online or by text. This is compared to 14.1 percent of male students who were cyberbullied in that year.

Around 15 percent of high school students reported that they were bullied while at school in 2021. Across the sexes, female students were more likely to report bullying than male students, with a prevalence of 17 percent.

According to a survey conducted in 2023in the United States, female school students were more likely than their male counterparts to have experienced cyberbullying. Overall, almost 60 percent of female respondents reported having been bullied via an online platform, compared to 49.5 percent of male respondents.

A dataset of key bullying and cyberbullying statistics in the U.S., including prevalence by age, sex, identity, and school environment.

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme files for a brief dscription of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. The qualitative data are not available as part of the data collection at this time. Numerous high-profile events involving student victimization on school buses have raised critical questions regarding the safety of school-based transportation for children, the efforts taken by school districts to protect students on buses, and the most effective transportation-based behavioral management strategies for reducing misconduct. To address these questions, a national web-based survey was administered to public school district-level transportation officials throughout the United States to assess the prevalence of misconduct on buses, identify strategies to address misconduct, and describe effective ways to reduce student misbehavior on buses. Telephone interviews were also conducted with a small group of transportation officials to understand the challenges of transportation-based behavioral management, to determine successful strategies to create safe and positive school bus environments, and to identify data-driven approaches for tracking and assessing disciplinary referrals. The collection includes 10 Stata data files: BVSBS_analysis file.dta (n=2,595; 1058 variables) Title Crosswalk File.dta (n=2,594; 3 variables) Lessons Learned and Open Dummies.dta (n=1,543; 200 variables) CCD dataset.dta (n=12,494; 89 variables) BVSB_REGION.dta (n=4; 3 variables) BVSB_SCHOOLS.dta (n=3; 3 variables) BVSB_STUDENTS.dta (n=3; 3 variables) BVSB_URBAN.dta (n=8; 3 variables) BVSB_WHITE.dta (n=3; 3 variables) FINALRAKER.dta (n=2,595; 2 variables)

Between August 2018 and June 2019, approximately 15.7 percent of high school students in the United States experienced cyber bullying during the last 12 months. American Indian or Alaskan Native students were most likely than any other group to be bullied online, with 21.3 percent of A//AN survey respondents stating that they had been bullied electronically in the 12 months before the survey. Black students reported the lowest online bullying rate. Cyber bullying includes being bullied through text messages, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media.

Report on bullying, harassment and discrimination by school for July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. There are two additional file attached which breaks down the statistics by administrative district and data dictionary.

In the second quarter of 2025, Instagram took action on 3.3 million pieces of bullying and harassment related content, down from 5.2 million in the previous quarter. Overall, the first quarter of 2024 saw the highest ever number of bullying and harassment related pieces of content removed by the platform.

Department of Education Bullying Harassment Discrimination Bi-Annual Report

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they there received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except of the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompany readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collections and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. This study tested a model of individual, familial, and peer variables that additively and synergistically increased or decreased the risk for sexual and teen dating violence based on bullying experiences in early adolescence. The study surveyed 1,162 students from three cohorts in four Midwestern middle schools, who were then followed into three high schools. Five waves of surveys collected information about the level of violence in student homes with parents and siblings or with other children, physical abuse, sexual abuse, exposure to domestic violence, frequency of bullying, self-reported delinquency, and exposure to delinquent friends during the middle school years. Waves six and seven were collected during high school and sexual violence and teen dating violence measures were added to the surveys.

Data Description

BullyingAct dataset was created to train models for detecting bullying behavior in school environments. Due to the lack of publicly available datasets focused on bullying detection, we generated this data ourselves by simulating various scenarios in a controlled school environment. The dataset contains images depicting different school activities, with a subset specifically illustrating instances of bullying or not, labeled accordingly for classification tasks.… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/Zoooora/BullyingAct.

Summary Statistics for Bullying Outcome Variables.

According to a March 2023 survey, one-third of adults in the United States had experienced online harassment in the previous 12 months. In addition, 18 percent of respondents stated they had experienced severe online harassment.

A March 2023 survey of American adults found that 35 percent of men and 31 percent of women experienced online harassment. Overall, the share of both demographic groups experiencing online harassment has increased since 2021 despite dropping in 2022.

Relationship between Anti-Bullying Laws (ABLs) and Bullying Behavior of Different Parties: Linear Probability Model.

Relationship between Anti-Bullying Laws (ABLs) and Bullying Behavior of Different Parties: Probit and Ordered Probit Models.

The primary purpose of the School Crime Supplement (SCS) is to obtain additional information about school-related victimizations so that policymakers; academic researchers; practitioners at the federal, state, and local levels; and special interest groups who are concerned with crime in schools can make informed decisions concerning policies and programs. The SCS asks questions related to students' experiences with, and perceptions of crime and safety at school, including preventive measures employed by schools; students' participation in after school activities; students' perception of school rules and enforcement of these rules; the presence of weapons, drugs, alcohol, and gangs in school; student bullying; hate-related incidents; and attitudinal questions relating to the fear of victimization at school. These responses are linked to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) survey instrument responses for a more complete understanding of the individual student's circumstances.

During the 2018-2019 survey, it was found that 20.1 percent of high school students in New Hampshire had been electronically bullied within the past 12 months. This includes being bullied through chat rooms, instant messaging, websites or texting. The U.S. average was 15.7 percent.

Heterogeneity in the Relationship between Anti-Bullying Laws (ABLs) and Bullying Behavior by External Environment Characteristics, Linear Probability Model.

Relationship between School-Level Reports of Bullying Victimization and Anti-Bullying Laws (ABLs).