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NRW Study Finds Sharp Rise in School Violence, With Largest Increases Among Migrant Pupils and Girls

The findings tie growing campus aggression to pandemic-era family stress.

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Eine neue Studie zeigt erschreckende Entwicklungen an NRW-Schulen. Immer mehr Kinder werden gewalttätig. (Symbolbild)
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Overview

  • The Landeskriminalamt NRW and the University of Cologne analyzed police records alongside anonymous surveys of 3,800 students in grades 7 and 9 at 27 schools, comparing results with 2013 data.
  • Police contacts for violence rose 114 percent among 6- to 13-year-olds and 21.6 percent among 14- to 15-year-olds.
  • Proportional increases were steepest for children with migration backgrounds, including a 628 percent rise overall and a 2,325 percent surge among foreign-born seventh-graders.
  • Suspected female perpetrators under 14 increased by 150 percent compared with a 104 percent rise among boys, indicating a shift in gender patterns of violence.
  • Student well-being and school safety indicators worsened, with higher rates of anxiety and depression, a 53 percent rise in teacher assaults by ninth-grade boys and 90 percent by girls, trust in teacher intervention falling from 68 to 39 percent, and 22.9 percent reporting family physical violence.