School violence is a rising problem, both in the world and in Croatia. Usually, the topic is peer violence, rather than violence directed against teachers. Every intentional, repeated behavior that has a goal to harm another human being is defined as violence. Provoked by the fact that there is not much research about violence in Dubrovnik primary schools, especially student violence directed against teachers, we decided to research the frequency of teacher - directed violence in that area. In this thesis, it was researched to which extent the teachers were exposed to classical violence (physical, verbal, and relational), and which type of classical violence is the most prevalent. The study included 81 primary school teachers in Dubrovnik. The questionnaire was sent to the principals’ official e-mail addresses. The principals then send the questioners to all teachers that work in their schools. The used questionnaire consisted of four parts: the first part consisted of general information (gender, age, workplace, years of internship), the second part had 27 questions and has assessed the frequency and types of violence experienced from students, in the third part the teachers had to estimate the gender of violent students, and in which class(es) did the violence occur. In the last part, the teachers shortly described the most memorable experience. The results show that more than three - fourths of teachers experienced some type of violence in their careers. Also, it has been shown that the most prevalent form of violence is verbal, such as shouting, sarcastic comments, and swearing. Just a few teachers experience violence on an everyday basis or once a month, while the majority of teachers had experienced it only once in their career. Still, the fact that that so many teachers had experienced violence in a school is concerning, because schools should be a place where everybody feels safe and there is no violence at all.