Is school bullying really on the rise?

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Bullying affects more than feelings: the long-term implications of victimization on academic motivation in higher education (2015, background): “Rigby and Smith (2011) reviewed 27 different investigations in several countries.”
School bullying from a sociocultural perspective (2018, background): “…literature is that it involves repeated aggressive behaviour directed towards someone with less power, with the intention of causing them harm (Rigby & Smith, 2011), research has highlighted that this definition is not shared, or does not necessarily suit, the complex setting of the school…”
Cyberbullying: Challenges and opportunities for a research program—A response to Olweus (2012) (2012, background): “A second proviso is that, in many countries, TB rates have fallen over the last 10–20 years (see Rigby & Smith, 2011, for a review); although the evidence is limited, this decrease (probably due to intervention efforts in many countries) contrasts somewhat with a lack of decrease in CB.”
Four decades of research on school bullying: An introduction. (2015, unknown): “Findings from the WHO survey (Currie et al., 2012) indicated an overall decline in peer victimization in most countries over previous years, although the decline was small, usually less than 10% (see also Rigby & Smith, 2011).”