Violent crime rates in the nation's public and private schools in 2003 remain unchanged and continued at about half those recorded in 1992. The study examined a variety of school crime and safety indicators, including self-reported victimization data gathered from students aged 12-18 years old who were attending public and private schools. Among students nationwide, an estimated 5 percent experienced a crime at school -- about 4 percent reported a crime of theft and 1 percent reported having been a violence victim at school. This equals an estimated 1.2 million crimes of theft against students and about 740,000 violent crimes, including an estimated 150,000 of the most serious violent victimizations (rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault). Students also reported that about two-thirds of the serious violent crimes they experienced did not occur at school. In 2003 students also reported less fear at school than in earlier years as well as declining rates of being involved in school fights and lower percentages of students bringing weapons to school. However, access to illegal drugs at school, bullying behavior, and the presence of gangs at school appears to have not changed in recent years.