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Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2011

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson1
Abington 16,082 22 0 1 6 15 351 102 226 23 1
Acton 22,058 33 0 0 2 31 201 23 173 5 0
Acushnet 10,366 16 0 0 3 13 120 43 72 5 0
Adams 8,537 26 0 6 1 19 200 65 124 11 0
Agawam 28,611 41 0 5 3 33 199 55 114 30 5
Amesbury 16,382 28 0 4 2 22 249 43 190 16 1
Amherst 38,050 82 0 19 4 59 384 179 187 18 0
Andover 33,403 14 2 2 5 5 309 52 233 24 3
Arlington 43,105 52 0 2 7 43 626 133 458 35 1
Ashburnham 6,118 10 0 2 0 8 68 18 48 2 0
Ashby 3,093 4 0 0 1 3 24 20 2 2 0
Ashfield 1,748 1 0 0 0 1 17 1 16 0 0
Ashland 16,694 19 0 3 2 14 160 53 98 9 1
Athol 11,655 54 0 6 4 44 296 89 197 10 1
Attleboro 43,859 168 1 7 20 140 927 249 607 71 3
Auburn 16,287 50 0 2 7 41 611 69 517 25 2
Avon 4,383 7 1 0 3 3 196 34 158 4 0
Ayer 7,472 19 0 2 1 16 177 89 86 2 2
Barnstable 45,468 303 1 28 32 242 1,278 360 855 63 4
Barre 5,431 29 0 1 0 28 108 35 71 2 0
Becket 1,790 1 0 0 0 1 57 47 10 0 0
Bedford 13,401 5 0 0 1 4 144 32 111 1 0
Bellingham 16,432 29 0 2 5 22 341 38 288 15 0
Belmont 24,880 23 0 5 3 15 289 94 180 15 0
Berkley 6,450 4 0 0 1 3 109 49 55 5 2
Bernardston 2,142 4 0 0 0 4 12 6 5 1 1
Beverly 39,743 92 1 2 9 80 743 130 584 29 2
Billerica 40,488 58 0 10 7 41 619 124 467 28 4
Blackstone 9,081 15 0 1 0 14 135 19 103 13 0
Boston 621,359 5,252 63 271 1,904 3,014 19,445 3,482 14,064 1,899
Bourne 19,874 61 0 6 9 46 537 225 295 17 1
Boxborough 5,026 6 0 0 1 5 47 13 32 2 0
Boxford 8,014 1 0 0 1 0 28 13 15 0 0
Boylston 4,382 2 0 0 0 2 50 19 31 0 0
Brewster 9,880 25 0 5 2 18 223 59 159 5 0
Brockton 94,380 1,160 9 61 232 858 3,229 1,037 1,805 387 19
Brookline 59,090 124 0 1 29 94 832 178 634 20 0
Cambridge 105,803 479 5 24 152 298 3,159 539 2,465 155 8
Canton 21,692 26 0 0 4 22 301 75 210 16 2
Carlisle 4,882 0 0 0 0 0 19 12 7 0 0
Carver 11,579 30 0 2 2 26 271 95 166 10 6
Chatham 6,162 11 0 3 0 8 126 20 102 4 0
Chelmsford 34,008 32 0 1 4 27 520 60 441 19 1
Chelsea 35,391 617 2 33 228 354 1,353 394 770 189 4
Cheshire 3,255 3 0 0 0 3 6 2 4 0
Chicopee 55,635 257 1 25 44 187 1,628 436 1,046 146 6
Chilmark 871 1 0 0 0 1 20 4 16 0 0
Cohasset 7,588 11 0 3 0 8 79 30 45 4 0
Cummington 877 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0
Dalton 6,797 17 0 1 0 16 66 20 35 11 1
Danvers 26,654 60 1 1 10 48 852 88 739 25 3
Dartmouth 34,239 68 0 2 17 49 881 159 688 34 4
Dedham 24,880 21 0 0 3 18 670 72 573 25 0
Deerfield 5,156 13 0 0 1 12 100 49 50 1 0
Dennis 14,294 64 0 5 6 53 541 208 324 9 4
Dighton 7,129 4 0 2 0 2 38 15 21 2 0
Douglas 8,523 11 0 0 0 11 63 26 35 2 0
Dover 5,623 2 0 0 0 2 34 8 26 0 0
Dracut 29,637 13 0 1 11 1 274 12 232 30 0
Dudley 11,459 22 0 3 2 17 78 37 40 1 0
Duxbury 15,151 5 0 0 0 5 94 15 79 0 0
East Brookfield 2,196 1 0 0 1 0 41 13 23 5 0
Eastham 4,986 17 0 2 2 13 156 36 117 3 0
East Longmeadow 15,816 14 0 0 2 12 334 65 263 6 0
Easton 23,253 25 0 1 5 19 316 135 165 16 0
Edgartown 4,092 8 0 0 1 7 156 45 104 7 1
Egremont 1,232 3 0 0 0 3 21 4 17 0 0
Erving 1,811 1 0 0 0 1 53 18 33 2 0
Essex 3,525 3 0 1 1 1 40 14 26 0 0
Everett 41,921 195 0 25 58 112 1,056 241 681 134 3
Fairhaven 15,970 65 0 8 11 46 452 114 325 13 5
Fall River 89,399 1,089 2 52 274 761 3,187 863 2,027 297 35
Falmouth 31,723 157 0 12 26 119 1,067 581 447 39 6
Fitchburg 40,564 304 2 15 43 244 1,424 464 908 52 7
Framingham 68,734 187 0 6 21 160 1,126 212 830 84 0
Franklin 31,828 5 0 0 3 2 114 25 89 0 0
Freetown 8,924 15 0 0 1 14 165 62 97 6 2
Gardner 20,351 149 0 12 22 115 581 236 326 19 2
Georgetown 8,233 8 0 0 3 5 60 21 36 3 0
Gill 1,509 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 7 1 1
Gloucester 28,964 22 0 6 1 15 553 82 466 5 0
Grafton 17,873 20 0 2 1 17 135 43 87 5 2
Granby 6,278 7 0 0 1 6 65 12 53 0 2
Granville 1,576 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Great Barrington 7,147 19 0 4 4 11 168 43 120 5 4
Groton 10,711 0 0 0 0 0 19 6 13 0 0
Groveland 6,498 1 0 0 0 1 25 2 21 2 0
Hadley 5,282 10 0 2 1 7 254 31 221 2 1
Halifax 7,564 9 0 1 0 8 81 28 49 4 0
Hamilton 7,811 2 0 0 0 2 52 17 32 3 0
Hampden 5,170 4 0 0 2 2 65 22 41 2 0
Hanover 13,964 2 0 0 1 1 288 31 253 4 0
Hanson 10,271 44 0 6 2 36 131 29 93 9 1
Hardwick 3,008 8 0 0 0 8 49 12 37 0 2
Harvard 6,560 3 0 0 0 3 48 20 28 0 3
Harwich 12,318 42 0 4 3 35 283 144 132 7 5
Hatfield 3,299 3 0 0 0 3 18 6 12 0 0
Haverhill 61,250 362 0 18 55 289 1,461 462 853 146 14
Hinsdale 2,044 6 0 1 0 5 29 17 12 0 1
Holbrook 10,857 61 0 6 18 37 159 42 109 8 0
Holden 17,452 6 0 1 0 5 117 21 91 5 1
Holliston 13,630 6 0 0 0 6 85 17 64 4 0
Holyoke 40,123 404 4 34 75 291 2,421 420 1,829 172 15
Hopedale 5,947 13 0 3 0 10 64 17 45 2 0
Hopkinton 15,016 0 0 0 0 0 95 2 93 0 0
Hubbardston 4,409 16 0 1 0 15 44 22 21 1 0
Hudson 19,179 10 0 4 2 4 209 24 181 4 0
Ipswich 13,255 6 1 0 1 4 191 65 124 2 1
Kingston 12,706 16 0 3 2 11 246 42 192 12 0
Lakeville 10,667 11 0 1 1 9 162 77 79 6 0
Lancaster 8,104 14 0 3 5 6 90 29 55 6 2
Lawrence 76,843 764 10 12 244 498 2,481 682 773 1,026
Lee 5,979 10 0 2 0 8 127 34 90 3 0
Leicester 11,037 14 0 2 2 10 181 43 121 17 1
Lenox 5,056 4 0 0 0 4 111 24 86 1 0
Leominster 41,007 248 1 17 26 204 1,260 243 947 70 5
Lexington 31,585 13 0 0 0 13 332 69 263 0 4
Lincoln 6,401 8 0 0 0 8 57 16 41 0 0
Littleton 8,978 10 0 1 0 9 93 27 64 2 0
Longmeadow 15,880 11 0 0 3 8 189 41 146 2 5
Lowell 107,167 795 3 36 168 588 3,101 914 1,941 246 33
Ludlow 21,232 11 0 0 9 2 317 76 219 22 0
Lunenburg 10,147 29 0 0 2 27 272 59 207 6 0
Lynn 90,880 804 3 29 181 591 2,620 718 1,559 343 7
Lynnfield 11,667 11 0 0 2 9 228 63 159 6 0
Malden 59,812 250 2 14 80 154 1,307 317 872 118 2
Mansfield 23,325 47 2 9 3 33 395 149 224 22 1
Marblehead 19,929 31 0 0 1 30 211 34 164 13 1
Marion 4,937 5 0 1 0 4 59 13 44 2 0
Marlborough 38,734 183 0 10 11 162 773 129 609 35 2
Mashpee 14,091 36 1 6 7 22 331 61 254 16 2
Mattapoisett 6,082 7 0 0 0 7 100 22 76 2 0
Maynard 10,168 25 1 1 0 23 93 18 67 8 1
Medfield 12,097 7 0 0 1 6 57 16 41 0 0
Medway 12,830 6 1 0 0 5 99 20 78 1 0
Melrose 27,147 46 0 2 14 30 305 62 221 22 1
Mendon 5,875 7 0 0 1 6 30 8 19 3 0
Methuen 47,543 87 0 1 30 56 990 201 685 104 0
Middleboro 23,257 95 1 6 9 79 445 118 307 20 3
Middleton 9,042 10 0 0 0 10 100 3 96 1 0
Millbury 13,342 26 0 1 2 23 309 51 240 18 3
Millville 3,209 3 0 0 0 3 21 6 13 2 0
Milton 27,168 26 0 1 6 19 356 84 258 14
Monson 8,612 31 0 1 1 29 110 55 50 5 0
Montague 8,488 60 0 0 4 56 213 75 132 6 3
Nahant 3,431 4 0 0 0 4 35 10 25 0 0
Nantucket 10,234 24 0 1 3 20 320 54 258 8 2
Natick 33,207 45 0 4 5 36 637 52 567 18 1
Needham 29,060 4 0 0 0 4 249 30 211 8 0
New Bedford 95,649 1,093 4 59 294 736 3,329 969 2,018 342 30
Newbury 6,707 11 0 1 0 10 47 19 27 1 0
Newburyport 17,522 28 0 1 3 24 206 21 177 8 1
Newton 85,665 80 0 2 19 59 1,181 212 942 27 3
Norfolk 11,295 1 0 0 0 1 80 29 48 3 0
Northampton 28,723 102 0 13 10 79 783 152 610 21 1
North Andover 28,525 9 0 0 0 9 338 52 273 13 0
Northborough 14,241 15 0 1 0 14 130 31 96 3 0
Northbridge 15,803 26 0 2 2 22 280 67 208 5 1
North Brookfield 4,709 21 0 1 2 18 77 30 39 8 0
Northfield 3,050 2 0 0 1 1 32 12 18 2 0
North Reading 14,983 18 0 3 4 11 145 28 111 6 1
Norton 19,147 7 0 1 0 6 126 55 64 7 0
Norwell 10,570 9 0 0 2 7 159 60 92 7 1
Norwood 28,776 20 0 4 7 9 469 84 358 27 0
Oak Bluffs 4,555 13 0 0 0 13 176 30 130 16 0
Orange 7,887 37 0 3 2 32 212 111 95 6 1
Orleans 5,926 14 0 1 0 13 236 93 142 1 0
Oxford 13,793 33 0 4 5 24 194 46 128 20 0
Palmer 12,214 54 0 6 3 45 198 59 123 16 1
Paxton 4,835 6 0 1 0 5 26 12 13 1 1
Peabody 51,563 124 2 9 13 100 1,282 212 996 74 2
Pelham 1,329 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0
Pembroke 17,946 38 0 8 4 26 246 56 178 12 0
Pepperell 11,567 25 0 2 1 22 185 35 143 7 1
Pittsfield 45,010 269 4 31 40 194 1,266 459 738 69 9
Plainville 8,314 11 0 1 1 9 170 28 137 5 0
Plymouth 56,812 156 2 9 16 129 746 196 533 17 2
Plympton 2,837 7 0 0 1 6 36 12 22 2 0
Princeton 3,434 2 0 1 0 1 30 13 17 0 1
Provincetown 2,960 23 1 1 0 21 98 14 83 1 0
Quincy 92,834 394 1 31 91 271 1,776 551 1,087 138 3
Randolph 32,308 117 1 6 20 90 593 120 448 25 1
Raynham 13,465 32 0 2 13 17 348 78 253 17 1
Reading 24,898 11 0 1 2 8 270 105 158 7 0
Rehoboth 11,679 11 0 2 0 9 156 46 103 7 0
Revere 52,070 181 3 3 49 126 1,340 261 905 174 4
Rochester 5,264 10 0 1 3 6 59 15 41 3 0
Rockport 6,994 2 0 1 0 1 12 6 5 1 0
Rowley 5,892 5 0 0 2 3 23 7 14 2 0
Rutland 8,022 19 1 3 0 15 99 48 48 3 3
Salem 41,592 119 0 15 22 82 986 173 744 69
Salisbury 8,333 41 0 9 2 30 169 54 108 7 1
Sandwich 20,801 50 0 9 1 40 282 59 220 3 2
Saugus 26,790 84 0 5 23 56 908 174 666 68 4
Scituate 18,244 38 0 1 5 32 197 51 135 11 1
Seekonk 13,806 26 0 3 2 21 392 46 335 11 3
Sharon 17,719 4 0 0 1 3 144 59 80 5 0
Sherborn 4,144 5 0 0 0 5 30 15 10 5 0
Shirley 7,255 11 0 1 0 10 43 14 28 1 1
Shrewsbury 35,825 5 0 0 3 2 283 69 199 15 0
Somerset 18,276 38 0 3 2 33 296 45 229 22 1
Somerville 76,216 282 0 17 90 175 1,742 415 1,178 149 3
Southampton 5,827 11 0 0 0 11 51 17 32 2 1
Southborough 9,827 2 0 0 1 1 69 28 40 1 0
Southbridge 16,821 61 0 3 6 52 446 199 222 25 10
South Hadley 17,621 45 0 4 9 32 274 65 199 10 3
Spencer 11,759 42 0 3 2 37 225 63 156 6 1
Springfield 153,993 1,581 20 31 532 998 7,365 2,499 4,072 794 55
Sterling 7,856 5 0 1 0 4 84 40 39 5 1
Stockbridge 1,959 6 0 2 0 4 91 49 40 2 0
Stoneham 21,568 30 0 1 8 21 314 137 163 14 0
Stoughton 27,126 116 0 3 23 90 590 129 427 34 6
Stow 6,630 4 0 1 2 1 39 14 24 1 0
Sturbridge 9,324 30 0 4 5 21 172 44 120 8 3
Sudbury 17,767 2 0 0 0 2 128 16 111 1 0
Sutton 9,018 3 0 0 0 3 134 54 70 10 0
Swampscott 13,871 12 0 0 3 9 203 42 155 6 1
Swansea 15,962 36 0 5 2 29 353 63 277 13 1
Taunton 56,215 298 0 13 69 216 1,010 451 529 30 4
Templeton 8,062 18 0 1 2 15 125 40 78 7 1
Tewksbury 29,138 80 0 13 10 57 579 122 436 21 2
Topsfield 6,122 0 0 0 0 0 55 14 39 2 0
Townsend 8,980 5 0 0 0 5 112 58 52 2 0
Truro 2,015 5 0 0 0 5 49 18 31 0 0
Tyngsboro 11,361 18 0 1 2 15 193 46 124 23 0
Upton 7,588 4 0 2 0 2 51 12 35 4 1
Uxbridge 13,539 23 0 3 2 18 178 72 95 11 1
Wakefield 25,084 61 1 5 7 48 304 68 220 16 0
Wales 1,849 1 0 0 1 0 6 3 3 0 0
Walpole 24,217 21 0 3 6 12 353 47 301 5 0
Waltham 61,002 174 0 15 24 135 868 191 639 38 3
Ware 9,932 48 0 1 7 40 130 37 81 12 1
Wareham 21,955 130 2 4 13 111 843 264 550 29 8
Watertown 32,110 51 0 2 7 42 492 80 385 27 2
Wayland 13,073 2 1 0 0 1 28 6 21 1 1
Wellesley 28,153 19 0 2 2 15 184 37 140 7 0
Wellfleet 2,767 9 0 0 0 9 54 17 32 5 1
Wenham 4,905 2 0 0 0 2 31 7 24 0 0
West Boylston 7,716 1 0 1 0 0 138 27 105 6 0
West Bridgewater 6,958 16 0 2 5 9 188 36 141 11 0
Westfield 41,344 93 0 16 10 67 703 144 537 22 5
Westford 22,085 19 0 4 3 12 188 37 144 7 0
Westhampton 1,617 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0
Westminster 7,321 7 0 0 1 6 258 18 236 4 0
West Newbury 4,261 10 0 0 0 10 38 7 30 1 0
Weston 11,330 6 0 2 0 4 60 15 45 0 0
Westport 15,627 23 0 2 1 20 214 69 126 19 0
West Springfield 28,564 181 0 20 36 125 1,327 271 973 83 3
West Tisbury 2,757 2 0 0 0 2 28 11 16 1 0
Westwood 14,707 16 0 2 3 11 133 36 89 8 0
Weymouth 54,071 183 4 13 35 131 947 166 738 43 5
Whately 1,505 1 0 0 0 1 22 7 14 1 0
Whitman 14,577 40 0 2 6 32 208 50 148 10 1
Wilbraham 14,306 31 0 3 2 26 193 49 140 4 3
Williamstown 7,801 14 0 3 0 11 202 27 173 2 1
Wilmington 22,461 26 0 4 1 21 299 77 218 4 0
Winchendon 10,363 35 0 0 0 35 285 26 247 12 0
Winchester 21,504 5 0 0 2 3 222 45 170 7 0
Winthrop 17,604 40 1 2 6 31 221 77 133 11 1
Woburn 38,352 82 0 9 14 59 739 140 573 26 1
Worcester 182,145 1,800 11 36 411 1,342 6,077 2,066 3,481 530 10
Wrentham 11,022 4 0 2 1 1 200 9 191 0 0
Yarmouth 23,939 162 0 17 18 127 788 400 370 18 5
  • 1 If a blank is presented in the arson column, it indicates that the FBI did not receive 12 complete months of arson data for that agency.

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