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Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by State by City, 2010

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson1
Abington 16,836 46 0 2 9 35 346 112 213 21 3
Acton 21,090 24 1 2 1 20 217 43 167 7 0
Acushnet 10,275 21 0 2 2 17 146 61 75 10 0
Adams 8,120 35 0 4 1 30 249 65 175 9 2
Agawam 28,215 47 0 6 5 36 260 75 155 30 7
Amesbury 16,549 44 0 5 0 39 266 52 201 13 2
Amherst 36,004 81 0 20 2 59 560 274 257 29 1
Andover 33,505 15 0 2 4 9 331 75 239 17 3
Arlington 41,212 96 0 0 9 87 635 154 460 21 8
Ashburnham 6,050 13 0 2 0 11 83 23 56 4 1
Ashby 3,115 5 0 2 0 3 15 15 0 0 0
Ashland 15,279 27 0 2 0 25 181 50 119 12 0
Athol 11,773 65 1 9 5 50 250 75 171 4 3
Attleboro 43,385 152 1 8 27 116 823 188 579 56 7
Auburn 16,335 59 0 2 11 46 644 93 525 26 3
Avon 4,323 8 0 0 1 7 139 26 106 7 0
Ayer 7,828 40 0 3 7 30 151 67 71 13 4
Barnstable 45,599 355 0 29 46 280 1,325 428 833 64 12
Barre 5,599 19 0 0 1 18 84 30 45 9 3
Becket 1,788 2 0 0 0 2 63 32 29 2 0
Bedford 13,794 11 0 1 3 7 130 30 98 2 0
Belchertown 14,252 24 0 3 2 19 171 46 117 8 1
Bellingham 15,728 21 0 1 4 16 280 43 227 10 2
Belmont 23,430 31 0 4 6 21 330 151 168 11 1
Berkley 6,526 6 0 0 1 5 83 36 44 3 1
Berlin 2,978 0 0 0 0 0 48 7 38 3 0
Beverly 39,064 114 2 8 9 95 657 131 502 24 2
Billerica2 39,519 0 10 9 592 105 462 25 3
Blackstone 9,725 22 0 2 1 19 94 17 74 3 0
Bolton 4,595 6 0 2 0 4 54 25 27 2 0
Boston 644,064 5,819 73 256 1,926 3,564 20,628 3,587 15,004 2,037
Bourne 19,239 77 0 3 6 68 659 240 382 37 7
Boylston 4,384 2 0 0 0 2 133 10 116 7 0
Braintree 35,298 60 1 2 10 47 936 119 769 48 2
Brewster 9,854 21 0 0 2 19 224 53 166 5 1
Brockton 92,383 1,086 9 61 243 773 2,870 750 1,675 445 21
Brookline 55,751 161 0 3 30 128 828 149 656 23 2
Burlington 25,782 47 0 0 12 35 689 71 600 18 2
Cambridge 108,356 476 0 22 171 283 3,232 483 2,569 180 8
Canton 22,291 52 0 3 4 45 230 67 150 13 0
Carver 11,999 24 0 3 4 17 196 75 111 10 2
Charlton 12,626 21 0 5 3 13 145 48 88 9 2
Chatham 6,689 18 0 0 1 17 167 26 136 5 0
Chelmsford 33,785 67 0 3 4 60 536 61 456 19 3
Chelsea 37,335 620 8 34 186 392 1,370 447 745 178 6
Cheshire 3,258 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 8 1
Chicopee 55,444 274 1 12 56 205 1,689 533 1,016 140 2
Chilmark 892 0 0 0 0 0 28 6 21 1 0
Clinton 14,101 20 0 1 3 16 58 16 31 11 0
Cohasset 7,347 10 0 0 1 9 94 33 57 4 0
Concord 17,457 7 0 1 2 4 171 53 117 1 1
Cummington 957 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0 0
Dalton 6,449 24 0 3 0 21 74 17 49 8 3
Danvers 27,165 46 0 6 8 32 964 108 822 34 1
Dartmouth 34,450 67 0 6 13 48 995 142 819 34 2
Dedham 24,687 38 1 3 6 28 631 71 546 14 0
Deerfield 4,627 9 0 0 1 8 113 40 68 5 0
Dennis 15,212 74 0 10 6 58 636 231 392 13 2
Dighton 6,760 20 0 0 2 18 59 29 28 2 0
Douglas 8,109 10 0 3 0 7 69 39 26 4 0
Dover 5,685 2 0 0 0 2 28 6 22 0 0
Dracut 29,179 5 0 1 3 1 315 26 269 20 0
Dudley 11,227 37 0 3 1 33 74 36 37 1 4
Duxbury 14,222 12 0 1 2 9 108 27 78 3 1
East Bridgewater 14,060 30 0 2 2 26 184 40 138 6 3
East Brookfield 2,062 5 0 0 1 4 36 7 25 4 1
Eastham 5,402 6 0 2 0 4 73 7 66 0 1
Easthampton 16,116 27 0 3 3 21 178 47 123 8 5
East Longmeadow 15,916 34 0 4 8 22 348 65 269 14 2
Easton 22,807 41 0 4 10 27 235 67 153 15 0
Edgartown 4,049 13 0 2 1 10 166 45 115 6 1
Egremont 1,329 0 0 0 0 0 26 6 20 0 0
Erving 1,538 6 0 1 0 5 38 18 18 2 0
Essex 3,310 1 0 0 0 1 41 12 29 0 0
Everett 37,897 220 3 13 70 134 1,196 320 767 109 2
Fairhaven 15,916 61 1 6 10 44 415 99 303 13 0
Fall River 89,741 1,087 5 52 252 778 3,297 940 2,006 351 35
Falmouth 32,471 125 0 4 25 96 1,168 640 498 30 1
Fitchburg 42,046 314 1 22 53 238 1,119 355 684 80 4
Foxborough 17,023 47 0 7 3 37 207 75 122 10 0
Framingham 66,493 189 0 5 25 159 1,409 313 1,025 71
Franklin 31,979 12 0 3 5 4 127 24 99 4 0
Freetown 9,027 33 0 1 4 28 121 33 73 15 1
Gardner 20,743 94 0 10 13 71 621 212 380 29 3
Georgetown 8,772 14 0 1 1 12 71 23 47 1 0
Gill 1,381 1 0 0 0 1 24 9 15 0 1
Gloucester 30,226 32 0 0 4 28 647 86 557 4 3
Goshen 971 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 4 1 0
Grafton 17,897 27 0 4 4 19 96 38 49 9 0
Granby 6,228 10 1 1 1 7 83 20 57 6 2
Granville 1,639 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 2 0 0
Great Barrington 7,263 27 0 3 1 23 153 41 111 1 3
Greenfield 17,625 124 1 10 8 105 533 226 295 12 3
Groton 10,793 0 0 0 0 0 37 15 19 3 0
Groveland 7,533 6 0 0 0 6 40 6 32 2 0
Hadley 4,674 15 0 0 1 14 212 38 170 4 1
Halifax 7,745 11 0 1 1 9 97 29 62 6 0
Hamilton 8,155 5 0 1 0 4 51 16 33 2 0
Hampden 5,346 1 0 1 0 0 57 18 36 3 0
Hanover 14,051 5 0 0 2 3 320 35 280 5 0
Hanson2 10,091 0 3 0 134 27 99 8 0
Hardwick 2,648 12 0 0 0 12 36 11 25 0 2
Harvard 6,100 3 0 0 0 3 66 27 38 1 0
Harwich 12,104 34 0 5 5 24 271 148 118 5 0
Hatfield 3,212 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0
Haverhill 61,179 350 2 24 26 298 1,625 822 682 121 17
Hingham 23,433 7 0 0 1 6 307 43 256 8 0
Hinsdale 1,890 5 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 0
Holbrook 10,615 59 0 4 6 49 244 75 149 20 0
Holden 17,657 13 0 1 0 12 96 18 71 7 2
Holliston 14,076 8 0 1 0 7 67 18 44 5 2
Holyoke 40,026 477 4 38 97 338 2,697 535 1,951 211 17
Hopedale 6,215 19 0 2 0 17 64 31 32 1 1
Hopkinton 14,627 2 0 1 0 1 98 0 97 1 0
Hubbardston 4,483 22 0 1 1 20 42 16 22 4 0
Hudson 19,985 24 2 1 5 16 251 51 186 14 0
Hull 11,008 58 0 3 1 54 170 47 112 11 0
Ipswich 13,307 4 0 0 0 4 133 57 69 7 4
Kingston 12,419 38 0 3 6 29 319 54 255 10 3
Lakeville 10,587 16 0 0 1 15 219 96 118 5 1
Lancaster 7,013 8 0 3 1 4 71 22 45 4 1
Lawrence 69,679 631 10 12 161 448 2,387 662 956 769
Lee 5,654 6 0 0 0 6 135 27 106 2 0
Leicester 11,072 27 0 5 0 22 205 26 168 11 2
Lenox 5,027 8 0 1 2 5 108 30 76 2 0
Leominster 41,884 284 1 22 29 232 1,324 238 1,015 71 7
Lexington 30,649 19 0 0 3 16 300 58 237 5 0
Lincoln 8,622 7 0 0 0 7 57 11 46 0 0
Littleton 8,959 5 0 1 0 4 94 29 60 5 2
Longmeadow 15,324 5 0 0 3 2 271 45 220 6 0
Lowell 103,065 1,191 1 51 190 949 3,584 893 2,285 406 27
Ludlow 22,028 28 0 2 9 17 324 66 230 28 0
Lunenburg 10,111 17 0 0 2 15 255 86 161 8 0
Lynn 86,340 764 3 41 208 512 2,496 595 1,595 306 3
Lynnfield 11,954 11 2 0 3 6 185 36 142 7 0
Malden 55,540 282 2 11 85 184 1,487 405 961 121 1
Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,144 4 0 0 0 4 16 6 9 1 0
Mansfield 23,749 47 0 6 5 36 389 126 246 17 3
Marblehead 19,705 26 0 2 2 22 186 42 131 13 0
Marion 5,131 10 0 0 1 9 78 18 56 4 0
Marlborough 38,250 162 0 14 8 140 745 111 599 35 3
Marshfield 24,675 38 0 4 1 33 307 73 226 8 6
Mashpee 14,347 71 0 5 8 58 367 92 265 10 0
Mattapoisett 6,474 9 0 0 1 8 88 17 65 6 1
Maynard 10,534 36 0 3 2 31 83 11 71 1 0
Medfield 12,134 5 0 0 0 5 64 16 45 3 2
Melrose 26,796 35 0 3 8 24 291 92 184 15 1
Mendon 5,676 9 0 2 1 6 55 18 33 4 1
Methuen 43,938 105 1 5 21 78 992 178 723 91 3
Middleboro 21,286 96 0 8 14 74 457 117 309 31 4
Middleton 9,284 7 0 0 0 7 81 6 75 0 0
Milford 27,375 101 0 5 17 79 487 98 359 30 2
Millbury 13,483 36 0 7 2 27 296 54 237 5 2
Milton 25,922 30 0 0 9 21 299 65 219 15
Monson 9,031 15 0 1 0 14 121 61 56 4 1
Montague 8,045 33 0 10 1 22 138 47 84 7 7
Monterey 952 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Nahant 3,590 7 0 0 0 7 38 13 22 3 0
Nantucket 11,393 66 0 3 3 60 355 46 296 13 1
Natick 32,017 63 0 5 10 48 766 76 665 25 1
Needham 28,765 9 0 2 3 4 269 28 236 5 0
New Bedford 89,613 1,160 3 69 272 816 3,599 1,237 1,974 388 29
Newbury 6,865 5 0 0 0 5 53 11 37 5 0
Newburyport 17,447 21 0 1 5 15 232 25 198 9 2
Newton 83,781 86 0 6 15 65 1,212 170 1,016 26 1
Norfolk 11,136 1 0 0 0 1 69 28 40 1 0
North Adams 13,590 128 0 7 9 112 616 174 421 21 4
Northampton 28,184 107 2 5 7 93 836 189 604 43 2
North Andover 27,581 7 0 0 2 5 338 48 277 13 0
North Attleboro 27,559 10 0 2 2 6 476 44 419 13 0
Northborough 14,774 10 0 0 1 9 115 24 86 5 0
Northbridge 14,705 30 1 4 4 21 351 97 240 14 4
North Brookfield2 5,034 0 2 0 55 13 40 2 0
Northfield 3,003 3 0 0 0 3 45 12 33 0 1
North Reading 14,417 21 0 2 1 18 128 41 84 3 0
Norton 19,217 3 0 0 1 2 98 35 59 4 0
Norwell 10,279 14 1 3 2 8 115 44 67 4 0
Norwood 28,130 29 0 7 5 17 493 110 346 37 4
Oak Bluffs 3,948 17 1 3 2 11 145 28 112 5 0
Orleans 6,177 10 0 2 1 7 222 51 164 7 0
Oxford 13,690 40 0 3 8 29 198 27 146 25 2
Palmer 13,021 51 0 2 4 45 190 53 121 16 2
Paxton 4,820 5 0 0 1 4 22 12 10 0 1
Peabody 51,517 111 0 15 15 81 1,216 136 1,025 55 1
Pelham 1,377 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 6 0 0
Pembroke 18,843 31 0 2 2 27 281 86 184 11 2
Pepperell 11,418 36 0 1 3 32 122 38 75 9 1
Pittsfield 41,666 281 1 26 17 237 1,183 375 749 59 10
Plainville 8,271 9 0 1 2 6 105 34 68 3 1
Plymouth2 56,751 1 3 22 1,115 283 810 22 2
Plympton 2,787 4 0 0 0 4 37 11 21 5 1
Princeton 3,504 1 0 0 0 1 38 24 13 1 1
Provincetown 3,378 21 0 0 0 21 215 19 196 0 0
Quincy 90,304 414 11 22 112 269 1,782 505 1,152 125 8
Randolph 30,701 113 1 8 16 88 605 106 462 37 1
Raynham 13,601 26 0 0 4 22 333 62 262 9 2
Reading 23,233 13 0 0 8 5 256 90 156 10 0
Rehoboth 11,516 14 2 2 0 10 159 57 88 14 4
Revere 51,597 308 0 10 86 212 1,599 361 1,048 190 3
Rochester 5,304 1 0 0 0 1 54 22 32 0 3
Rockland 17,932 52 1 1 13 37 442 101 322 19
Rockport 7,580 5 0 2 0 3 13 5 7 1 0
Rowley 5,795 7 0 1 0 6 30 6 20 4 0
Rutland 8,189 21 0 2 0 19 52 22 26 4 0
Salem 41,017 188 1 15 26 146 1,015 213 729 73
Salisbury 8,612 36 0 7 4 25 189 79 98 12 2
Sandwich 19,721 41 0 7 2 32 273 76 190 7 3
Saugus 27,830 57 0 5 18 34 1,124 229 832 63 1
Scituate 18,143 32 0 2 0 30 223 49 158 16 0
Seekonk 13,635 35 0 0 9 26 401 65 320 16 2
Sharon 17,903 4 0 0 1 3 115 36 77 2 0
Sherborn 4,251 0 0 0 0 0 37 17 17 3 0
Shirley 8,073 15 1 1 2 11 73 28 37 8 0
Shrewsbury2 33,796 1 2 3 316 84 216 16 0
Somerset 18,364 42 0 4 5 33 217 47 156 14 2
Somerville 75,585 238 0 12 71 155 1,925 486 1,274 165 5
Southampton 5,957 7 0 3 0 4 57 17 39 1 3
Southbridge 17,305 102 0 10 9 83 362 118 231 13 4
South Hadley 17,138 37 0 1 6 30 288 73 198 17 4
Southwick 9,673 24 0 2 3 19 166 58 97 11 3
Spencer 11,909 40 1 1 2 36 213 49 157 7 1
Springfield 154,314 2,090 16 129 587 1,358 7,547 2,660 4,015 872 66
Sterling 7,745 11 0 3 0 8 89 44 41 4 2
Stockbridge 2,164 7 0 1 1 5 116 58 56 2 0
Stoneham 21,285 35 0 2 17 16 358 134 204 20 1
Stoughton 26,866 111 2 5 21 83 601 179 388 34 1
Stow 6,678 3 0 0 1 2 33 10 23 0 0
Sturbridge 8,865 26 0 2 2 22 165 45 110 10 2
Sudbury 17,552 4 0 1 0 3 89 13 75 1 0
Sutton 9,161 11 0 2 0 9 110 60 43 7 3
Swampscott 13,883 19 0 0 4 15 269 44 216 9 1
Swansea 16,012 37 0 4 2 31 301 45 244 12 1
Taunton 55,156 304 2 13 60 229 940 410 487 43 5
Tewksbury 30,447 88 0 8 16 64 625 127 466 32 5
Tisbury 3,901 9 0 2 0 7 120 21 89 10 1
Townsend 9,630 11 0 4 0 7 93 54 35 4 0
Truro 2,104 0 0 0 0 0 24 6 17 1 0
Tyngsboro 11,952 19 0 1 2 16 170 35 127 8 3
Upton 6,745 5 0 0 0 5 74 22 49 3 0
Uxbridge 12,909 16 0 2 1 13 185 70 108 7 2
Wakefield 24,973 61 0 3 9 49 301 76 209 16 4
Walpole 23,257 18 0 3 4 11 454 43 401 10 0
Waltham 60,106 151 2 13 24 112 1,032 200 759 73 2
Ware 9,748 44 0 4 11 29 191 53 132 6 3
Wareham 21,218 165 0 7 20 138 729 174 515 40 6
Warren 5,279 18 0 2 0 16 81 27 46 8 0
Watertown 32,780 64 0 4 13 47 534 69 436 29 0
Wayland 13,396 4 0 0 1 3 37 16 21 0 0
Webster 16,721 96 0 7 19 70 436 93 317 26 7
Wellesley 27,143 21 0 1 3 17 210 40 164 6 3
Wellfleet 2,820 8 0 0 1 7 62 16 45 1 0
Wenham 4,705 4 0 0 0 4 33 3 27 3 0
Westborough 18,214 16 1 3 1 11 261 42 207 12 1
West Boylston 8,085 10 0 3 1 6 156 32 116 8 1
Westfield 41,899 95 1 11 8 75 809 194 576 39 4
Westford 22,582 24 2 2 4 16 167 42 121 4 5
Westhampton 1,581 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 0 0
Westminster 7,447 8 0 0 1 7 101 35 62 4 0
West Newbury 4,393 6 0 0 0 6 32 4 26 2 0
Weston 11,815 5 1 0 0 4 56 12 42 2 1
Westport 15,496 24 0 4 0 20 235 92 126 17 2
West Springfield 27,861 154 0 12 34 108 1,337 269 947 121 9
West Tisbury 2,652 8 1 2 0 5 29 14 12 3 0
Westwood 14,190 15 0 1 1 13 170 34 128 8 1
Weymouth 53,400 180 0 7 47 126 1,032 277 698 57 3
Whately 1,554 2 0 0 0 2 17 4 11 2 0
Whitman 14,062 51 0 3 13 35 247 67 170 10 3
Wilbraham 14,070 12 0 0 2 10 249 47 178 24 3
Williamstown 7,902 3 0 1 0 2 202 40 159 3 1
Wilmington 22,230 35 0 4 6 25 334 105 213 16 1
Winchendon 10,261 52 0 5 2 45 245 24 205 16 1
Winchester 21,331 10 4 0 0 6 329 62 257 10 0
Woburn 38,731 86 1 9 22 54 754 105 602 47 1
Worcester 181,908 1,744 7 19 368 1,350 6,190 1,910 3,687 593 10
Wrentham 11,166 5 0 0 0 5 225 48 173 4 0
Yarmouth2 23,498 1 12 22 813 408 390 15 5
  • 1 The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
  • 2 The FBI determined that the agency did not follow national Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program guidelines for reporting an offense. Consequently, this figure is not included in this table.

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