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Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2013

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape
(revised
definition)1 		Rape
(legacy
definition)2 		Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson3
Abington 16,121 48 0 5 7 36 297 82 201 14 1
Acton 22,871 8 0 1 2 5 178 31 144 3 0
Acushnet 10,362 19 0 2 0 17 74 27 40 7 2
Adams 8,352 21 0 3 3 15 157 40 109 8 1
Agawam 28,659 41 0 12 3 26 270 105 130 35 1
Amesbury 16,655 42 0 3 2 37 239 40 191 8 2
Amherst 39,127 70 0 23 3 44 367 76 274 17 5
Andover 34,529 20 0 3 1 16 314 39 255 20 0
Arlington 44,098 55 3 7 10 35 516 126 365 25 3
Ashburnham 6,166 5 0 2 1 2 65 20 44 1 0
Ashby 3,169 7 0 1 1 5 43 23 18 2 0
Ashland 17,162 18 0 2 0 16 206 91 109 6 0
Athol 11,668 53 0 7 3 43 154 55 97 2 4
Attleboro 44,034 108 0 16 16 76 942 171 702 69 2
Auburn 16,361 47 0 4 7 36 530 77 437 16 1
Avon 4,406 10 0 0 4 6 252 29 220 3
Ayer 7,788 12 0 1 1 10 137 51 84 2 0
Barnstable 44,837 302 0 18 30 254 1,191 289 835 67 8
Barre 5,453 26 0 6 0 20 53 23 27 3 1
Becket 1,778 4 0 0 0 4 27 20 7 0
Bedford 13,947 6 0 1 3 2 74 11 62 1 0
Belchertown 14,744 21 0 4 1 16 167 41 121 5 0
Bellingham 16,619 35 0 3 8 24 291 55 225 11 3
Belmont 25,421 24 0 4 2 18 241 56 172 13 3
Berkley 6,543 9 0 0 1 8 45 21 23 1 0
Berlin 2,921 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 0 0
Bernardston 2,136 4 0 0 1 3 15 2 11 2 0
Beverly 40,592 88 0 7 9 72 574 77 469 28 1
Billerica 41,926 48 0 7 8 33 468 88 352 28 5
Blackstone 9,094 17 0 3 2 12 84 20 60 4 0
Bolton 5,060 9 0 0 2 7 44 18 25 1 0
Boston 643,799 5,037 39 279 1,868 2,851 17,853 3,096 13,147 1,610
Bourne 19,875 91 0 14 8 69 465 215 235 15 4
Boxborough 5,151 8 0 0 1 7 24 4 17 3 0
Boxford 8,145 4 0 0 1 3 34 9 23 2 0
Braintree 36,496 83 0 5 18 60 771 97 648 26 1
Brewster 9,825 7 0 0 0 7 132 50 78 4 1
Brimfield 3,675 1 0 0 0 1 21 9 12 0 0
Brockton 94,448 1,162 9 87 228 838 3,189 865 2,100 224 20
Brookline 59,382 85 0 6 16 63 676 107 549 20 1
Burlington 25,435 33 0 3 6 24 501 32 453 16 0
Cambridge 107,282 361 2 24 114 221 2,907 401 2,402 104 10
Canton 22,100 59 0 3 7 49 188 43 140 5 1
Carver 11,552 35 0 6 1 28 185 56 123 6 2
Charlton 13,195 22 0 4 2 16 113 33 77 3 1
Chatham 6,162 11 0 0 0 11 123 20 101 2 1
Chelmsford 34,862 22 0 1 4 17 488 49 422 17 0
Chelsea 37,454 458 5 28 175 250 1,234 209 874 151 4
Chicopee 55,566 272 1 22 81 168 1,563 459 995 109 4
Chilmark 911 1 0 0 0 1 8 1 7 0 0
Clinton 13,721 10 0 0 2 8 40 9 31 0 0
Cohasset 8,450 9 0 0 0 9 69 20 46 3 0
Concord 19,437 17 0 1 1 15 184 20 162 2 0
Dalton 6,725 5 0 2 0 3 69 20 48 1 2
Danvers 27,263 51 1 3 6 41 761 54 684 23 0
Dartmouth 34,562 49 0 5 9 35 914 157 732 25 1
Dedham 25,094 15 0 3 7 5 518 47 446 25 0
Deerfield 5,120 7 0 0 2 5 86 16 67 3 0
Dennis 14,173 80 0 13 8 59 505 211 276 18 3
Dighton 7,194 10 0 1 2 7 30 14 16 0
Douglas 8,628 10 0 1 0 9 58 33 21 4 0
Dover 5,778 2 0 0 0 2 36 5 31 0 0
Dracut 30,533 20 0 4 8 8 494 75 392 27 0
Dudley 11,619 34 0 3 0 31 90 39 48 3 0
Dunstable 3,350 7 0 1 1 5 22 6 15 1 0
Duxbury 15,244 2 0 0 0 2 59 16 43 0 0
East Bridgewater 14,044 31 0 0 2 29 200 33 158 9 0
East Brookfield 2,192 5 0 0 0 5 16 3 11 2 0
Eastham 4,956 11 0 0 0 11 100 16 82 2 1
Easthampton 15,997 19 0 3 2 14 159 35 118 6 2
East Longmeadow 15,946 28 0 3 0 25 297 58 227 12 1
Easton 23,420 33 0 5 6 22 246 67 160 19 0
Edgartown 4,252 8 0 0 0 8 129 32 89 8 0
Egremont 1,225 1 0 0 0 1 23 2 21 0
Erving 1,803 6 0 1 0 5 22 6 15 1 2
Essex 3,618 0 0 0 0 0 29 7 19 3
Everett 42,966 202 1 19 61 121 898 186 621 91 0
Fairhaven 15,951 64 1 7 5 51 364 66 285 13 0
Fall River 89,220 944 0 73 225 646 2,364 698 1,443 223 32
Falmouth 31,592 102 2 11 18 71 899 467 392 40 2
Fitchburg 40,521 307 2 33 35 237 1,060 275 705 80 7
Framingham 70,753 172 0 4 23 145 1,025 217 735 73 3
Franklin 32,633 7 0 0 6 1 171 31 138 2 0
Freetown 8,996 21 0 3 2 16 137 54 74 9 2
Gardner 20,341 93 0 13 10 70 571 190 366 15 2
Georgetown 8,457 3 0 1 0 2 64 17 46 1 0
Gill 1,503 1 0 0 0 1 12 5 7 0 0
Gloucester 29,383 22 0 9 0 13 383 33 345 5 0
Goshen 1,057 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Grafton 18,182 22 0 2 4 16 121 40 76 5 0
Granby 6,297 9 0 0 0 9 75 13 58 4 0
Granville 1,616 2 0 0 0 2 8 4 4 0
Great Barrington 6,972 30 0 8 1 21 124 27 88 9 1
Groton 11,164 8 0 2 0 6 86 35 51 0 0
Groveland 6,917 1 0 0 1 0 17 6 11 0 0
Halifax 7,574 8 0 2 0 6 77 32 41 4 0
Hamilton 8,122 3 0 0 0 3 50 8 41 1 0
Hampden 5,161 3 0 0 1 2 55 18 33 4 0
Hanover 14,275 2 0 2 0 0 211 34 171 6 0
Hanson 10,342 19 0 3 1 15 86 23 57 6 0
Hardwick 3,005 5 0 1 0 4 31 8 20 3 0
Harvard 6,548 4 0 2 0 2 37 23 14 0 3
Harwich 12,299 24 0 2 1 21 251 120 124 7 0
Hatfield 3,275 5 0 1 2 2 10 4 6 0 0
Haverhill 62,249 414 2 25 57 330 1,618 431 1,052 135 5
Hingham 22,687 17 0 2 2 13 382 84 287 11 0
Holbrook 10,959 39 0 0 11 28 183 74 100 9
Holden 17,775 8 0 1 1 6 96 21 71 4 0
Holliston 14,199 14 0 0 0 14 75 25 44 6 1
Holyoke 40,215 419 4 42 108 265 2,664 484 2,067 113 9
Hopedale 5,952 18 0 2 0 16 57 23 32 2 1
Hopkinton 15,689 3 0 1 0 2 93 6 86 1 1
Hubbardston 4,448 6 0 0 0 6 44 20 21 3 0
Hudson 19,659 16 0 2 1 13 209 33 169 7 0
Hull 10,331 42 1 5 0 36 141 42 95 4 2
Ipswich 13,699 10 0 0 0 10 122 20 96 6 1
Kingston 12,791 20 0 3 3 14 191 28 152 11 0
Lakeville 10,939 10 1 2 1 6 183 62 115 6 0
Lancaster 7,943 8 0 3 1 4 80 30 48 2 1
Lawrence 77,812 776 1 19 283 473 2,273 433 1,012 828
Lee 5,883 7 0 3 0 4 98 23 72 3 0
Leicester 11,183 13 0 1 0 12 250 17 223 10 1
Lenox 4,993 4 0 1 0 3 120 35 83 2 1
Leominster 41,175 263 1 25 34 203 1,235 244 939 52 5
Lexington 32,632 17 0 0 3 14 232 45 185 2 2
Lincoln 6,563 6 1 1 1 3 37 8 29 0 1
Littleton 9,219 9 0 4 0 5 92 15 75 2 1
Longmeadow 15,844 14 0 2 3 9 156 27 121 8 1
Lowell 109,449 625 4 40 192 389 3,379 759 2,300 320 18
Ludlow 21,214 32 0 7 8 17 320 78 232 10 0
Lunenburg 11,149 22 0 5 1 16 210 62 145 3 0
Lynn 91,769 814 2 39 189 584 2,398 510 1,635 253 7
Lynnfield 11,900 2 0 0 1 1 133 14 111 8 0
Malden 60,816 205 1 3 79 122 945 240 618 87 3
Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,255 9 0 1 0 8 28 5 23 0 0
Mansfield 23,552 47 0 8 3 36 352 144 196 12 2
Marblehead 20,209 17 0 1 0 16 159 21 134 4 0
Marion 4,923 7 0 1 1 5 69 9 60 0 0
Marlborough 39,531 156 0 18 17 121 756 119 605 32 2
Marshfield 25,581 54 0 5 3 46 229 29 186 14 2
Mashpee 14,041 45 0 4 3 38 284 61 214 9 2
Mattapoisett 6,149 6 0 1 1 4 66 16 45 5 0
Maynard 10,393 13 0 0 0 13 99 14 79 6 0
Medfield 12,309 12 0 2 0 10 58 16 42 0 0
Medford 57,428 112 0 10 29 73 898 160 672 66 2
Medway 12,929 1 0 0 0 1 111 20 89 2 0
Melrose 27,648 21 0 3 4 14 262 69 181 12 0
Mendon 5,902 5 0 0 0 5 57 17 39 1 0
Merrimac 6,590 11 0 0 1 10 56 24 29 3 0
Methuen 48,363 106 0 4 30 72 1,127 177 830 120 1
Middleboro 23,547 70 1 6 7 56 443 126 300 17 1
Middleton 9,394 11 0 0 0 11 75 4 70 1 0
Milford 28,312 58 0 13 7 38 522 56 449 17 1
Millbury 13,355 38 0 7 5 26 275 58 206 11 4
Millville 3,209 2 0 1 1 0 32 5 27 0 0
Milton 27,269 21 1 1 9 10 391 95 285 11 0
Monson 8,716 27 0 3 0 24 101 35 53 13 1
Montague 8,418 45 0 4 3 38 222 72 147 3 2
Monterey 953 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0
Nahant 3,461 8 0 1 0 7 18 4 13 1 0
Nantucket 10,378 41 0 8 3 30 330 29 286 15 0
Natick 34,085 36 1 2 3 30 544 62 468 14 2
New Bedford 95,156 1,039 6 100 256 677 3,437 916 2,186 335 20
Newburyport 17,773 31 0 3 3 25 177 15 154 8 0
Newton 86,867 74 0 11 18 45 807 205 584 18 4
Norfolk 11,663 0 0 0 0 0 41 13 28 0 0
North Adams 13,516 133 1 21 8 103 585 175 395 15 1
Northampton 28,581 130 0 29 14 87 800 126 647 27 4
North Andover 28,667 10 0 0 0 10 479 26 440 13 0
North Attleboro 28,913 2 0 0 2 0 406 31 366 9 0
Northborough 14,878 18 0 1 4 13 182 38 140 4 0
Northbridge 16,026 38 0 15 1 22 308 93 210 5 2
North Brookfield 4,695 34 0 3 0 31 29 12 15 2 0
North Reading 15,406 12 0 0 3 9 134 17 112 5 0
Norton 19,414 8 0 0 2 6 90 36 53 1 0
Norwell 10,622 12 0 1 0 11 122 28 89 5 0
Norwood 28,906 18 0 1 9 8 386 85 281 20 2
Oak Bluffs 4,679 18 0 0 0 18 137 26 107 4 0
Orange 7,818 25 0 5 3 17 166 52 110 4 4
Orleans 5,892 9 0 1 1 7 148 24 123 1 1
Oxford 13,828 27 0 1 4 22 212 42 160 10 1
Palmer 12,155 38 0 8 5 25 210 88 111 11 0
Paxton 4,884 4 0 2 0 2 25 10 14 1 0
Peabody 52,178 115 0 14 24 77 1,061 121 877 63 2
Pelham 1,321 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0
Pembroke 18,040 33 0 2 3 28 159 38 114 7 0
Pepperell 11,920 22 0 1 1 20 126 32 89 5 1
Pittsfield 43,992 111 0 31 29 51 1,352 481 827 44 3
Plainville 8,512 2 0 0 1 1 136 31 101 4 0
Plymouth 57,893 184 0 9 18 157 806 236 540 30 1
Plympton 2,852 7 0 1 1 5 42 17 24 1 0
Princeton 3,452 7 0 1 0 6 32 14 17 1 0
Provincetown 2,983 17 0 1 0 16 105 17 85 3 1
Quincy 93,490 361 0 35 87 239 1,647 461 1,113 73 4
Randolph 33,583 176 0 16 31 129 536 126 374 36 2
Raynham 13,580 26 0 2 9 15 395 68 310 17 1
Reading 25,398 10 0 0 3 7 184 51 122 11 0
Rehoboth 11,809 13 0 1 1 11 143 51 83 9 0
Revere 53,777 317 0 19 82 216 1,161 182 813 166 8
Rochester 5,367 3 0 1 0 2 50 18 28 4 0
Rockport 7,116 6 0 1 1 4 8 5 3 0 0
Rowley 6,015 6 0 1 1 4 24 7 14 3 0
Rutland 8,272 25 1 3 1 20 52 11 37 4 0
Salem 42,468 128 0 3 22 103 1,238 135 1,058 45 8
Salisbury 8,490 45 1 7 5 32 178 57 113 8 0
Sandwich 20,713 31 0 8 1 22 259 70 181 8 1
Saugus 27,628 80 0 10 15 55 648 84 527 37 2
Scituate 18,230 24 0 3 3 18 135 26 105 4 0
Seekonk 14,102 33 1 0 4 28 351 50 280 21 0
Sharon 17,935 1 0 0 0 1 76 26 46 4 0
Sherborn 4,236 3 0 1 1 1 39 13 23 3 2
Shirley 7,649 11 0 0 0 11 44 20 23 1 0
Shrewsbury 36,315 6 0 0 2 4 269 54 204 11 0
Somerset 18,340 28 0 3 2 23 263 45 208 10 0
Somerville 77,768 191 0 18 51 122 1,525 426 998 101 21
Southampton 5,976 4 0 2 1 1 46 9 36 1 0
Southborough 9,908 2 0 1 0 1 58 31 24 3 0
Southbridge 16,870 82 0 11 14 57 407 149 236 22 10
South Hadley 17,794 38 0 4 4 30 276 97 167 12 1
Southwick 9,597 8 0 0 1 7 122 41 70 11 2
Spencer 11,801 29 0 4 1 24 161 34 116 11 0
Springfield 153,586 1,673 22 89 598 964 7,113 2,360 4,018 735 56
Sterling 7,895 12 0 3 1 8 72 21 48 3 0
Stockbridge 1,966 4 0 0 0 4 35 15 20 0 0
Stoneham 21,763 11 0 0 2 9 217 52 154 11 1
Stoughton 28,186 80 1 9 15 55 532 74 422 36 0
Stow 6,949 4 0 0 1 3 24 7 17 0 0
Sturbridge 9,399 30 0 7 5 18 175 25 146 4 2
Sudbury 18,312 0 0 0 0 0 94 12 80 2 0
Sutton 9,137 4 0 1 0 3 106 46 55 5 0
Swampscott 13,995 26 0 1 5 20 266 58 204 4 0
Swansea 16,099 34 1 5 7 21 350 54 279 17 2
Taunton 56,264 209 0 15 52 142 962 433 485 44 5
Templeton 8,083 22 0 2 2 18 81 21 57 3 0
Tewksbury 29,953 141 0 14 9 118 502 68 398 36 2
Townsend 9,213 7 0 2 2 3 117 60 57 0 0
Truro 2,016 5 0 0 0 5 35 12 23 0 0
Tyngsboro 12,183 16 0 0 2 14 129 26 97 6 1
Upton 7,690 7 0 1 1 5 60 22 35 3 0
Uxbridge 13,629 21 0 3 2 16 176 52 115 9 2
Wakefield 25,838 49 0 11 1 37 313 66 233 14 0
Wales 1,872 1 0 0 0 1 10 4 4 2 0
Walpole 24,771 11 0 1 3 7 321 36 279 6 0
Waltham 62,446 141 1 22 28 90 952 212 694 46 6
Ware 9,856 42 0 2 3 37 238 36 198 4 5
Wareham 22,567 163 0 20 21 122 806 222 554 30 12
Warren 5,158 33 0 2 1 30 60 17 39 4 0
Watertown 33,254 53 0 6 5 42 461 61 388 12 0
Wayland 13,411 5 0 0 0 5 42 16 24 2 0
Webster 16,871 122 0 9 21 92 426 85 319 22 8
Wellesley 29,053 15 0 0 1 14 202 54 142 6 0
Wellfleet 2,747 4 0 0 0 4 38 13 24 1 2
Westborough 18,563 14 0 3 3 8 149 15 131 3 0
West Boylston 7,821 5 0 4 0 1 109 23 83 3 0
West Bridgewater 6,966 23 0 1 4 18 142 23 111 8 2
Westfield 41,493 103 1 20 25 57 661 174 464 23 3
Westford 23,196 14 0 3 1 10 121 26 93 2 3
Westhampton 1,602 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 0
Westminster 7,377 9 0 0 0 9 189 17 169 3 0
West Newbury 4,419 6 0 1 0 5 24 6 18 0 0
Weston 11,893 3 0 0 0 3 65 14 49 2 0
Westport 15,735 27 0 3 2 22 198 64 124 10 1
West Springfield 28,647 163 0 22 40 101 1,321 250 985 86 6
West Tisbury 2,856 1 0 0 0 1 26 8 16 2 0
Westwood 14,850 20 0 4 4 12 111 17 87 7 0
Weymouth 55,432 195 1 23 27 144 784 145 604 35 4
Whately 1,510 6 0 0 0 6 17 3 11 3 0
Whitman 14,682 53 0 8 3 42 217 43 164 10 1
Wilbraham 14,375 17 0 4 1 12 235 52 170 13 1
Williamsburg 2,474 4 0 0 0 4 36 12 22 2 0
Williamstown 7,682 14 0 3 1 10 216 43 173 0 0
Wilmington 23,187 29 0 5 6 18 253 65 180 8 2
Winchendon 10,551 50 0 4 2 44 217 19 189 9 5
Winchester 22,082 10 0 0 2 8 194 25 167 2 0
Winthrop 18,131 58 0 2 4 52 211 82 117 12 2
Woburn 39,284 83 0 12 15 56 581 91 469 21 1
Worcester 183,454 1,750 9 22 483 1,236 6,239 1,916 3,924 399 7
Wrentham 11,195 8 0 1 0 7 262 48 206 8 0
Yarmouth 23,736 202 0 17 8 177 668 200 446 22 2
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
  • 3 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.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.