Suffice to say that traditional security threats to schools typically encompass a range of crime types; for example, burglary, theft, robbery, assaults, and vandalism, and that schools need to build in counter measures for these offences alongside strategies to handle health and safety (e.g. fire procedures, criminal records checking), and tackle ongoing issues such as bullying. (educationbusinessuk.net)
Therein lies another critical feature; the continuing decrease in overall crime levels (albeit with varying trends across crime types). (totalpolitics.com)
This index is the weighted total of the six crime types under study (homicide, rape, assault, robbery, burglary and car theft) reported in that precinct. (scientificamerican.com)