Bullying and online experiences among children
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The 10- to 15-year-olds’ Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) also collects data on bullying. There is no legal definition of bullying, but it is often described as behaviour that hurts someone else, physically or emotionally, and can happen anywhere – at school, at home or online.
An estimated 1,544,000 children aged 10 to 15 years (34.9%) experienced an in-person bullying behaviour and 847,000 (19.1%) experienced an online bullying behaviour, in the year ending March 2023 (Figure 5). There was no significant difference compared with the year ending March 2020.
There was no significant difference in the estimated number of girls (779,000; 36.0%) and boys (765,000; 33.8%) who experienced in-person bullying behaviours in the year ending March 2023. However, the prevalence of experiencing online bullying behaviours was significantly higher for girls (486,000; 22.5%) than boys (361,000; 16.0%).
The most common type of in-person bullying behaviour experienced by childr...
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