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Table 8

MASSACHUETTS

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2012

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson1
Abington 16,215 41 0 1 6 34 358 97 244 17 1
Acton 22,349 23 0 4 1 18 241 37 202 2 0
Acushnet 10,408 13 0 0 1 12 139 72 57 10 2
Adams 8,508 41 0 11 4 26 189 49 135 5 3
Agawam 28,708 34 0 5 5 24 272 108 140 24 0
Amesbury 16,557 44 0 6 5 33 256 48 192 16 1
Amherst 38,112 79 0 26 4 49 343 92 242 9 2
Andover 33,753 23 0 1 2 20 290 50 226 14 0
Arlington 43,675 51 0 3 9 39 515 100 404 11 7
Ashburnham 6,155 10 0 0 1 9 59 20 36 3 1
Ashby 3,134 2 0 0 0 2 32 23 8 1 0
Ashfield 1,757 1 0 1 0 0 10 2 8 0 0
Ashland 16,916 14 0 3 3 8 143 56 74 13 1
Athol 11,727 46 0 8 8 30 255 88 162 5 5
Attleboro 44,033 142 0 19 23 100 1,062 245 753 64 6
Auburn 16,389 48 0 3 3 42 587 74 493 20 4
Avon 4,427 9 0 1 0 8 155 29 124 2
Ayer 7,568 28 0 3 4 21 169 76 89 4 2
Barnstable 45,570 283 1 22 29 231 1,269 378 847 44 10
Barre 5,464 13 0 0 0 13 80 24 51 5 0
Bedford 13,575 7 0 1 0 6 76 19 56 1 0
Belchertown 14,751 19 0 1 1 17 156 50 97 9 1
Belmont 25,209 19 0 3 4 12 291 114 168 9 1
Berkley 6,475 7 0 2 0 5 75 36 36 3 0
Berlin 2,903 1 0 0 0 1 43 1 41 1 0
Bernardston 2,154 4 0 0 0 4 28 13 15 0 0
Beverly 40,150 83 0 8 13 62 630 116 503 11 3
Billerica 41,016 56 1 10 7 38 468 89 356 23 4
Blackstone 9,138 15 0 0 2 13 124 12 102 10 2
Blandford 1,245 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 4 0
Bolton 4,959 10 0 1 0 9 47 19 25 3 0
Boston 630,648 5,266 57 249 1,910 3,050 18,349 3,325 13,400 1,624
Bourne 19,921 76 0 8 8 60 542 267 249 26 5
Boxborough 5,094 1 0 0 0 1 48 4 44 0 1
Boxford 8,099 0 0 0 0 0 37 7 26 4 0
Braintree 36,310 30 0 2 15 13 700 133 530 37 2
Brewster 9,902 15 0 0 2 13 168 47 117 4 1
Brimfield 3,643 6 0 1 0 5 32 6 26 0 0
Brockton 95,156 1,088 6 48 225 809 3,071 815 2,046 210 33
Brookline 59,658 82 0 4 31 47 803 148 637 18 0
Burlington 24,975 39 1 5 7 26 631 58 557 16 0
Cambridge 106,981 431 1 20 135 275 3,091 502 2,482 107 8
Canton 21,903 35 0 1 5 29 259 50 185 24 1
Carver 11,676 27 0 2 2 23 292 85 196 11 2
Charlton 13,142 19 0 2 4 13 172 47 117 8 2
Chatham 6,176 18 0 2 0 16 169 32 134 3 1
Chelmsford 34,460 25 0 0 5 20 547 69 463 15 0
Chelsea 35,966 666 2 41 253 370 1,377 288 910 179 5
Cheshire 3,245 1 0 0 0 1 11 5 5 1
Chesterfield 1,230 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 1 0
Chicopee 55,825 258 0 27 72 159 1,679 634 925 120 7
Clinton 13,774 9 0 0 1 8 60 9 42 9 0
Concord 17,995 13 0 2 1 10 170 20 149 1 0
Dalton 6,774 21 0 0 3 18 66 27 34 5 2
Danvers 26,934 58 0 3 6 49 753 57 673 23 2
Dartmouth 34,368 73 0 9 11 53 1,011 193 802 16 2
Dedham 25,116 19 0 0 8 11 623 60 536 27 0
Deerfield 5,186 8 0 0 0 8 84 37 44 3 0
Dennis 14,325 49 0 0 6 43 527 256 267 4 2
Dighton 7,157 10 0 0 0 10 49 16 27 6 0
Douglas 8,576 11 0 4 0 7 50 25 23 2 1
Dover 5,677 3 0 3 0 0 45 10 33 2 0
Dracut 30,032 14 0 2 8 4 311 77 212 22 0
Dudley 11,528 39 0 3 1 35 73 39 33 1 1
Duxbury 15,276 3 0 0 0 3 95 45 47 3 0
East Bridgewater 13,989 24 0 1 2 21 217 53 158 6 3
East Brookfield 2,209 3 0 0 0 3 37 14 22 1 0
Eastham 4,997 8 0 1 0 7 126 24 98 4 0
Easthampton 16,166 35 1 7 1 26 200 52 138 10 0
East Longmeadow 15,871 25 0 1 6 18 359 79 274 6 2
Easton 23,342 31 0 5 6 20 259 81 162 16 0
Egremont 1,229 3 0 0 0 3 18 4 13 1
Erving 1,822 11 0 0 0 11 37 7 29 1 0
Essex 3,562 0 0 0 0 0 27 4 22 1
Everett 42,476 170 2 11 66 91 986 249 602 135 2
Fairhaven 16,033 50 1 2 11 36 421 83 323 15 0
Fall River 89,753 954 2 52 262 638 2,706 774 1,659 273 27
Falmouth 31,794 129 0 11 16 102 1,064 559 472 33 3
Fitchburg 40,809 319 1 21 47 250 1,086 307 734 45 6
Framingham2 69,605 154 0 7 21 126 1,238 254 884 100 1
Franklin 32,134 11 0 0 9 2 135 43 90 2 0
Freetown 8,960 12 0 0 2 10 200 75 111 14 1
Gardner 20,474 88 0 7 8 73 523 142 366 15 1
Gill 1,518 0 0 0 0 0 19 10 9 0 0
Gloucester 29,272 27 0 4 0 23 416 40 372 4 0
Goshen 1,062 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0
Grafton 17,986 22 0 1 1 20 116 40 69 7 2
Granby 6,282 7 0 1 0 6 91 23 62 6 1
Granville 1,581 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 9 0
Greenfield 17,667 115 1 8 22 84 574 230 330 14 4
Groton 10,851 7 0 0 1 6 104 46 54 4 0
Groveland 6,567 2 0 0 0 2 45 2 40 3 0
Hadley 5,288 14 0 0 4 10 238 26 209 3 0
Halifax 7,627 19 0 2 2 15 75 22 46 7 1
Hamilton 7,896 5 0 0 1 4 55 11 40 4 0
Hampden 5,188 5 0 0 0 5 36 14 22 0 0
Hanover 14,078 3 0 0 1 2 268 36 230 2 0
Hanson 10,357 29 0 3 1 25 112 33 73 6 0
Hardwick 3,027 11 0 0 0 11 55 8 43 4 0
Harvard 6,595 3 0 1 0 2 50 32 18 0 0
Harwich 12,345 28 0 4 0 24 249 119 126 4 1
Haverhill 61,897 418 2 12 52 352 1,439 393 920 126 8
Hingham 22,475 17 0 0 3 14 362 89 261 12 1
Holbrook 10,963 42 0 0 20 22 226 80 144 2
Holden 17,562 8 0 3 1 4 98 20 75 3 1
Holliston 13,811 8 0 0 0 8 106 23 78 5 0
Holyoke 40,260 382 0 33 87 262 2,509 444 1,955 110 16
Hopedale 5,985 17 0 0 0 17 49 10 35 4 2
Hopkinton 15,214 2 0 0 1 1 94 0 92 2 0
Hubbardston 4,436 11 0 3 0 8 53 20 31 2 0
Hudson 19,435 8 0 0 0 8 235 19 205 11 0
Hull 10,441 34 0 2 0 32 109 35 68 6 0
Ipswich 13,397 5 0 2 1 2 107 27 77 3 0
Kingston 12,809 17 0 2 4 11 260 57 195 8 3
Lakeville 10,754 12 0 1 1 10 221 70 145 6 1
Lancaster 8,148 9 0 0 1 8 82 34 46 2 1
Lawrence 77,661 785 2 25 223 535 1,965 536 743 686
Lee 5,960 15 0 4 1 10 129 39 89 1 1
Leicester 11,106 18 0 4 1 13 171 42 119 10 1
Lenox 5,039 5 0 0 0 5 122 31 78 13 1
Leominster 41,262 271 0 13 45 213 1,316 267 1,000 49 8
Lexington 32,000 13 0 0 0 13 226 36 190 0 0
Lincoln 6,487 8 0 0 0 8 45 17 28 0 0
Littleton 9,097 11 0 0 1 10 113 35 73 5 1
Longmeadow 15,936 11 0 1 6 4 194 26 163 5 1
Lowell 108,539 585 0 37 174 374 3,125 849 1,981 295 27
Ludlow 21,304 28 0 2 12 14 361 115 233 13 3
Lunenburg 10,212 27 0 1 1 25 227 51 167 9 0
Lynn 91,846 754 2 48 170 534 2,589 698 1,614 277 8
Lynnfield 11,791 7 0 0 1 6 106 30 70 6 1
Malden 60,605 280 1 19 75 185 1,203 281 794 128 7
Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,222 4 0 0 0 4 26 2 24 0 0
Marblehead 20,142 27 0 2 2 23 222 43 171 8 1
Marion 4,976 6 0 1 0 5 69 21 46 2 0
Marlborough 39,241 117 0 12 6 99 698 112 547 39 4
Marshfield 25,496 38 0 4 1 33 294 56 224 14 0
Mashpee 14,123 47 0 4 7 36 293 60 226 7 3
Mattapoisett 6,133 7 0 1 1 5 104 32 70 2 0
Maynard 10,303 24 0 3 1 20 139 13 119 7 0
Medfield 12,216 16 0 2 1 13 69 13 56 0 0
Medway 12,956 12 2 1 0 9 118 23 94 1 0
Melrose 27,506 38 0 1 6 31 313 82 216 15 5
Mendon 5,913 5 0 2 0 3 44 14 26 4 1
Merrimac 6,446 7 0 1 0 6 58 19 37 2 0
Methuen 48,051 78 0 1 14 63 870 142 658 70 1
Middleboro 23,448 73 0 1 7 65 515 140 353 22 4
Middleton 9,130 14 0 0 0 14 82 3 77 2 1
Milford 28,346 79 1 8 14 56 525 93 412 20 0
Millbury 13,425 40 0 6 2 32 298 55 233 10 1
Millville 3,228 1 0 0 0 1 42 15 26 1 0
Milton2 27,424 28 0 0 5 23 278 90 181 7
Monson 8,641 20 0 3 0 17 145 69 69 7 2
Montague 8,540 38 0 7 1 30 214 81 127 6 2
Monterey 965 4 0 0 0 4 3 2 1 0 0
Nahant 3,467 6 0 0 0 6 34 9 25 0 1
Nantucket 10,232 15 0 2 1 12 327 37 279 11 0
Natick 33,646 61 0 4 7 50 792 83 683 26 2
Needham 29,342 2 0 0 0 2 276 48 220 8 0
New Bedford 96,031 1,030 2 54 272 702 3,180 929 1,950 301 29
Newburyport 17,708 21 0 1 2 18 235 35 188 12 1
Newton 86,710 76 0 5 17 54 894 185 693 16 2
Norfolk 11,390 1 0 0 1 0 56 19 34 3 1
North Adams 13,753 97 0 5 6 86 595 187 390 18 2
Northampton 28,755 115 0 8 16 91 858 137 696 25 5
North Attleboro 29,001 0 0 0 0 0 438 26 407 5 0
Northborough 14,329 16 1 0 0 15 180 36 142 2 0
Northbridge 15,901 32 0 5 2 25 446 112 316 18 2
North Brookfield 4,737 16 0 0 0 16 46 28 14 4 0
Northfield 3,069 1 0 0 0 1 42 13 28 1 0
North Reading 15,182 15 0 1 5 9 148 40 101 7 0
Norton 19,222 9 0 1 1 7 129 70 55 4 0
Norwell 10,656 9 0 0 2 7 100 27 69 4 0
Norwood 29,057 28 0 5 7 16 509 82 392 35 3
Oak Bluffs 4,631 14 0 0 2 12 147 22 117 8 0
Oakham 1,926 1 0 0 0 1 20 11 8 1 0
Orleans 5,939 17 0 0 0 17 178 38 138 2 0
Oxford 13,880 47 1 4 11 31 215 43 161 11 3
Palmer 12,257 47 0 4 3 40 259 116 126 17 3
Paxton 4,864 3 0 1 0 2 36 16 19 1 0
Peabody 52,113 121 0 11 12 98 1,102 155 893 54 3
Pelham 1,329 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 5 0 0
Pepperell 11,719 18 0 1 3 14 177 50 121 6 0
Pittsfield 44,868 191 0 34 38 119 1,166 372 751 43 5
Plainville 8,396 8 0 2 3 3 155 26 125 4 0
Plympton 2,862 2 0 0 0 2 73 34 38 1 2
Princeton 3,454 1 0 0 0 1 43 28 14 1 0
Provincetown 2,966 27 0 0 0 27 117 13 104 0 0
Quincy 93,736 401 0 31 84 286 1,554 495 943 116 13
Randolph 32,624 125 1 8 18 98 552 150 379 23 4
Raynham 13,518 19 0 2 5 12 339 48 272 19 0
Reading 25,223 10 0 0 6 4 189 44 136 9 0
Rehoboth 11,724 14 0 1 0 13 181 46 129 6 1
Revere 52,926 269 1 12 72 184 1,245 230 844 171 2
Rochester 5,308 6 0 0 1 5 62 23 37 2 0
Rockport 7,068 3 0 0 0 3 15 2 12 1 0
Rowley 5,955 4 0 0 0 4 17 7 9 1 0
Rutland 8,073 19 0 6 0 13 61 31 28 2 0
Salem2 42,025 159 0 7 17 135 955 148 754 53
Salisbury 8,422 36 0 5 1 30 226 47 165 14 0
Sandwich 20,848 39 0 5 3 31 315 115 193 7 1
Saugus 27,075 84 2 5 24 53 796 113 641 42 1
Scituate 18,395 23 0 2 1 20 208 34 169 5 6
Seekonk 13,862 34 0 4 6 24 396 53 323 20 3
Sharon 17,892 15 0 0 2 13 109 43 62 4 0
Shelburne 1,915 1 0 0 0 1 16 6 10 0 0
Sherborn 4,199 2 0 0 0 2 28 9 18 1 0
Shirley 7,337 18 0 3 0 15 42 23 18 1 1
Shrewsbury 36,048 6 1 0 2 3 273 75 185 13 1
Somerset 18,349 35 0 1 6 28 298 69 217 12 2
Somerville 77,200 269 0 23 82 164 1,724 348 1,248 128 3
Southampton 5,832 3 0 1 0 2 67 16 49 2 0
Southborough 9,887 3 0 0 0 3 69 32 37 0 0
Southbridge 16,924 63 0 2 13 48 428 183 234 11 5
South Hadley 17,642 42 1 10 2 29 334 90 235 9 2
Southwick 9,594 15 0 1 0 14 147 56 83 8 0
Spencer 11,832 23 1 3 0 19 212 48 159 5 2
Springfield 154,518 1,606 11 39 542 1,014 7,024 2,317 3,947 760 68
Sterling 7,904 14 0 0 0 14 89 31 56 2 1
Stockbridge 1,953 6 0 1 0 5 54 23 29 2 0
Stoneham 21,852 29 0 1 9 19 259 111 138 10 0
Stoughton 27,392 89 0 2 16 71 603 100 459 44 4
Stow 6,717 2 0 0 0 2 63 26 33 4 0
Sturbridge 9,383 29 0 1 3 25 177 30 140 7 0
Sudbury 18,002 1 0 0 0 1 75 24 50 1 0
Sutton 9,075 10 0 1 1 8 115 55 51 9 0
Swansea 16,025 42 0 7 6 29 382 89 275 18 3
Taunton 56,438 268 0 18 62 188 851 380 437 34 2
Templeton 8,111 11 0 1 1 9 69 29 36 4 0
Tewksbury 29,518 98 0 15 9 74 615 152 428 35 1
Tisbury 4,040 7 0 0 1 6 113 12 90 11 2
Truro 2,020 4 0 0 0 4 40 10 29 1 0
Upton 7,636 8 0 2 0 6 75 21 53 1 0
Uxbridge 13,623 19 0 4 1 14 150 51 90 9 1
Wakefield 25,415 67 0 3 8 56 309 70 223 16 0
Wales 1,855 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0
Walpole 24,450 13 0 6 1 6 374 37 326 11 0
Waltham 61,725 146 0 12 24 110 849 191 610 48 1
Ware 9,942 41 0 3 2 36 194 46 145 3 6
Wareham 22,136 152 1 15 26 110 893 244 629 20 6
Watertown 32,535 56 0 3 6 47 528 66 442 20 0
Wayland 13,248 8 0 0 1 7 50 17 29 4 0
Webster 16,974 112 0 6 23 83 554 111 418 25 4
Wellesley 28,402 12 0 1 1 10 211 46 161 4 0
Wellfleet 2,772 6 0 0 1 5 53 19 32 2 1
Wenham 4,948 3 0 0 0 3 33 4 27 2 0
Westborough 18,496 18 0 5 3 10 200 42 148 10 1
West Boylston 7,759 6 0 0 1 5 102 25 76 1 1
West Bridgewater 7,016 9 0 0 2 7 149 31 110 8 1
Westfield 41,485 76 0 8 14 54 770 201 551 18 2
Westford 22,378 11 0 2 1 8 160 32 121 7 1
Westminster 7,367 10 0 0 2 8 140 16 124 0 0
West Newbury 4,306 11 0 0 0 11 24 5 18 1 1
Weston 11,472 1 0 0 0 1 51 15 34 2 0
Westport 15,688 20 1 2 1 16 264 129 122 13 0
West Springfield 28,663 156 0 16 33 107 1,365 267 989 109 7
West Tisbury 2,803 2 0 0 0 2 17 4 13 0 0
Westwood 14,852 27 0 5 2 20 136 36 95 5 0
Weymouth 54,597 188 0 9 42 137 805 210 551 44 9
Whately 1,514 0 0 0 0 0 23 5 18 0 0
Whitman 14,699 43 0 2 7 34 189 31 150 8 0
Wilbraham 14,356 25 0 2 4 19 251 70 165 16 2
Williamsburg 2,499 2 0 0 0 2 32 11 20 1 0
Wilmington 22,758 28 0 2 3 23 275 58 213 4 3
Winchendon 10,427 34 0 4 1 29 258 24 223 11 0
Winchester 21,786 12 0 1 3 8 202 40 154 8 1
Winthrop 17,895 39 0 2 6 31 184 41 125 18 2
Woburn 38,863 96 0 4 19 73 668 105 544 19 0
Worcester 183,247 1,758 8 33 419 1,298 6,432 2,040 3,927 465 6
Wrentham 11,125 6 0 0 1 5 85 8 71 6 0
Yarmouth 23,991 147 0 5 6 136 724 287 422 15 7
  • 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 Because of changes in the state/local agency's reporting practices, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.

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