By John Mooney for NJ Spotlight

Three years after the state’s anti-bullying law was enacted, the number of incidents reported by schools continues to trend downward — and the statistics also reveal some interesting patterns in how those incidents are being dealt with.

The Christie administration yesterday released the annual Violence and Vandalism and Substance Abuse Report for 2013-14, including data for every school and district in the state.

All told, the report said, there was a 9 percent drop in overall incidents of student misbehavior, to a total of 19,167 incidents, and a 16 percent decline in harassment and bullying incidents.

The 6,515 cases of bullying reported made up almost one-third of the total incidents.

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