NI school crime topped 1,200 in 2014

A total of 1,208 alleged crimes linked to schools in Northern Ireland were reported to police last year, a BBC investigation has found.

Data was collated from 32 police forces which responded to a Freedom of Information request from the Victoria Derbyshire programme.

More than 30,000 alleged crimes linked to UK schools were reported to police in 2014.

In Northern Ireland, violent crime was the most common type of offence.

The PSNI recorded a total of 1,208 crimes at primary schools, secondary schools and further education establishments - excluding universities.

There were 482 reports of violent crime, 238 reports of criminal damage or arson, and 51 reported drugs offences. Police also investigated 373 incidents of theft, burglary or robbery.

The largest number of crimes were reported to the Metropolitan Police, Greater Manchester Police and West Midlands Police.

It is not known how many reports led to convictions.

Last year, a BBC investigation discovered more than 250 alleged sex crimes were reported to police from 2012 to 2015.

*Some of the data in these files has been redacted

**These files have limited data

Note: The data has come from Freedom of Information responses from 32 UK police forces. In some cases, data that could have led to the identification of individuals was removed.