30% of U.S. students in grades six through ten are involved in moderate or frequent bullying — as bullies, as victims, or as both — according to the results of the first national survey on this subject. (USA)
* Bullying is increasingly viewed as an important contributor to youth violence, including homicide and suicide. Case studies of the shooting at Colombine High School and other U.S. schools have suggested that bullying was a factor in many of the incidents.

RECENT STATISTICS SHOW THAT:
* 1 out of 4 kids is Bullied. The American Justice Department says that this month 1 out of every 4 kids will be abused by another youth.
* Surveys Show That 77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally, & physically
* In a recent study, 77% of the students said they had been bullied.
* 1 out of 5 kids admits to being a bully, or doing some "Bullying."
* 8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of Bullies.
* 43% fear harassment in the bathroom at school.
* 100,000 students carry a gun to school.
* 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.

SELECTED SCHOOL VIOLENCE RESEARCH FINDINGS
* According to the latest poll, thirty-two percent of parents fear for their child’s physical safety when the child is at school. Thirty-nine percent of parents with a child in grade six or higher are more likely to say they fear for their child’s safety. Twenty-two percent of parents whose children are in grade five or lower fear for their child’s safety. (Parents Not Overly Concerned About School Environments for Their Children, Gallup News Service, 2001)
* Bullying generally begins in the elementary grades, peaks in the sixth through eight grades, and persists into high school. (Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001)
* Among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers. (School-Associated Violent Deaths in the United States 1994-1999, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, 2001; findings published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, 2001)
* Thirty-nine percent of middle schoolers and thirty-six of high schoolers say they don’t feel safe at schools. (2000 Report Card: Report #1, The Ethics of American Youth: Violence and Substance Abuse: Data & Commentary, Josephson Institute of Ethics, 2001)

Click here to read a study by the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

Visit the Canadian Initiative For Prevention of Bullying website to find statistics on bullying in Canada.