Title: Bullying Statistics - National Bullying Prevention Center
Headings: Bullying statistics
Bullying statistics
Rates of Incidence
Effects of Bullying
Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying Among Tweens (9-12 Years Old)
Bullying of Students with Disabilities
Bullying of Students of Color
Bullying of Students Who Identify or Are Perceived as LGBTQ
Bullying and Suicide
Interventions
Bystanders
References:

Content: Patchin & Hinduja, 2020)
Effects of Bullying
Students who experience bullying are at increased risk for depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, lower academic achievement, and dropping out of school. ( Centers for Disease Control, 2019)
Students who are both targets of bullying and engage in bullying behavior are at greater risk for both mental health and behavior problems than students who only bully or are only bullied. ( Centers for Disease Control, 2019)
Bullied students indicate that bullying has a negative effect on how they feel about themselves (27%), their relationships with friends and family (19%), their school work (19%), and physical health (14%). ( National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019)
Students who experience bullying are twice as likely as non-bullied peers to experience negative health effects such as headaches and stomachaches. ( Gini & Pozzoli, 2013 )
Youth who self-blame and conclude they deserved to be bullied are more likely to face negative outcomes, such as depression, prolonged victimization, and maladjustment. ( Perren, Ettakal, & Ladd, 2013 )
Tweens who were cyberbullied shared that it negatively impacted their feelings about themselves (69.1%), their friendships (31.9%), their physical health (13.1%), and their schoolwork (6.5%). ( Patchin & Hinduja, 2020 ). Cyberbullying
Among students ages 12 – 18 who reported being bullied at school, 15% were bullied online or by text ( National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019)
Reports of cyberbullying are highest among middle school students, followed by high school students, and then primary school students ( Centers for Disease Control, 2019)
The percentages of individuals who have experienced cyberbullying at some point in their lifetimes have more than doubled (18% to 37%) from 2007-2019 ( Patchin & Hinduia, 2019 )
When students were asked about the specific types of cyberbullying they had experienced, mean and hurtful comments (25%) and rumors spread online (22%) were the most commonly-cited ( Patchin et al., 2019 )
The type of cyberbullying tends to differ by gender. Girls were more likely to say someone spread rumors about them online while boys were more likely to say that someone threatened to hurt them online ( Patchin et al.,