UK -- Police are called into Welsh schools at least 16 times every day in term time to deal with reported crimes.
And in the past year, they have included serious allegations of rape, indecent assault, grievous bodily harm and possession of weapons and drugs.
Figures released to Wales on Sunday under the Freedom of Information Act showed cops went to schools on at least 3,169 occasions last year.
The true figure will be higher, possibly double the number, because two forces refused to provide figures, namely South Wales Police, the largest in the country and Gwent.
North Wales Police recorded a total of 2,384 reports of crimes in schools in their area last year, with the most common being criminal damage, burglary and theft.
The smaller Dyfed-Powys Police recorded 785 occasions they went into schools. They broke the numbers down crime by crime, revealing that last year they had to deal with reports of six rapes, four indecent assaults, eight incidents of GBH, 29 of cannabis possession, 76 of actual bodily harm and 46 assaults.
Along with these, they had countless reports of other crimes, including harassment, thefts and robberies.
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