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Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2017

State Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson2
Abington 16,369 33 0 4 6 23 158 26 120 12 0
Acton 23,937 23 0 1 1 21 170 33 134 3 1
Acushnet 10,547 32 0 4 3 25 101 28 62 11 0
Adams 8,051 20 0 10 1 9 114 46 60 8 0
Agawam 28,839 66 0 3 9 54 519 178 313 28 3
Amesbury 17,636 50 0 6 0 44 120 12 105 3 0
Amherst 40,313 100 0 20 3 77 263 54 203 6 3
Andover 35,898 72 0 5 3 64 287 25 239 23 1
Arlington 45,449 38 0 7 7 24 257 80 162 15 0
Ashburnham 6,255 7 0 1 1 5 50 9 40 1 0
Ashland 17,878 18 0 4 1 13 92 11 73 8 1
Athol 11,630 58 0 6 3 49 202 47 150 5 2
Attleboro 44,607 120 1 17 18 84 593 118 457 18 1
Auburn 16,563 41 0 4 2 35 347 33 301 13 3
Avon 4,560 5 0 0 2 3 60 7 49 4
Ayer 8,240 23 0 1 3 19 81 20 59 2 0
Barnstable 44,142 197 1 18 13 165 547 79 446 22 4
Bedford 14,607 9 0 1 4 4 59 9 47 3 0
Belchertown 15,097 25 0 5 2 18 91 23 65 3 0
Bellingham 17,121 28 0 4 3 21 263 17 238 8 0
Belmont 26,432 12 0 4 3 5 210 85 116 9 0
Berkley 6,745 12 0 5 2 5 40 9 26 5 0
Berlin 3,175 3 0 0 1 2 45 3 38 4 0
Bernardston 2,082 1 0 1 0 0 28 8 20 0 0
Beverly 41,678 48 0 6 6 36 235 25 202 8 0
Billerica 43,127 40 1 5 8 26 244 52 177 15 2
Blackstone 9,079 13 0 1 1 11 59 11 46 2 0
Bolton 5,272 5 0 0 1 4 36 5 29 2 0
Boston 682,903 4,570 57 290 1,404 2,819 14,266 2,109 10,952 1,205
Bourne 19,867 41 0 4 5 32 262 103 149 10 1
Boxborough 5,972 18 0 3 0 15 24 3 18 3 0
Boxford 8,333 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 21 0 0
Boylston 4,610 2 0 0 0 2 16 1 14 1 0
Braintree 37,579 48 0 2 5 41 665 45 584 36 0
Brewster 9,895 22 0 14 0 8 98 22 76 0 0
Bridgewater 27,769 78 0 11 2 65 155 20 120 15 0
Brimfield 3,764 7 0 0 0 7 18 8 10 0 0
Brockton 96,016 917 7 93 172 645 1,961 327 1,250 384 16
Brookline 59,233 45 0 1 12 32 665 91 563 11 1
Burlington 26,678 53 0 7 5 41 485 26 447 12 1
Cambridge 111,707 313 2 17 101 193 2,031 252 1,685 94 3
Canton 23,551 90 0 8 8 74 149 22 122 5 0
Carver 11,671 25 0 5 1 19 114 26 86 2 1
Charlton 13,523 19 0 4 2 13 89 10 71 8 1
Chatham 6,158 5 0 2 0 3 90 8 81 1 0
Chelmsford 35,392 45 0 3 5 37 490 48 419 23 1
Chelsea 40,514 315 3 31 107 174 662 97 491 74 2
Chesterfield 1,266 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0 0
Chicopee 56,255 289 3 35 60 191 1,381 325 928 128 0
Chilmark 925 2 0 0 0 2 14 1 13 0 0
Clinton 13,839 6 0 0 1 5 34 5 26 3 0
Cohasset 8,598 6 0 3 0 3 75 20 55 0 0
Concord 20,193 14 0 0 0 14 103 9 93 1 0
Dalton 6,602 15 0 0 0 15 42 17 24 1 0
Danvers 28,168 48 0 4 7 37 498 32 440 26 2
Dartmouth 34,802 73 0 8 11 54 707 87 581 39 5
Dedham 25,358 10 0 2 6 2 427 15 397 15 0
Deerfield 4,971 11 0 0 0 11 52 11 41 0 0
Dennis 13,976 58 0 7 2 49 291 86 191 14 0
Douglas 8,795 14 0 0 0 14 42 12 29 1 0
Dover 6,053 1 0 0 0 1 18 1 15 2 0
Dracut 31,685 41 0 3 5 33 320 63 237 20 0
Dudley 11,801 37 0 10 3 24 56 17 31 8 0
Dunstable 3,389 2 0 0 1 1 20 5 13 2 0
Duxbury 16,085 9 0 2 1 6 102 22 78 2 0
East Bridgewater 14,573 17 0 2 0 15 133 16 112 5 1
East Brookfield 2,180 4 0 2 0 2 14 5 9 0 0
Eastham 4,899 11 0 1 1 9 51 4 46 1 0
Easthampton 16,061 41 0 5 3 33 170 34 125 11 1
East Longmeadow 16,288 24 0 4 3 17 279 51 214 14 2
Easton 24,176 40 0 6 6 28 160 28 125 7 0
Edgartown 4,323 16 0 2 0 14 71 11 57 3 0
Erving 1,763 4 0 2 0 2 25 8 14 3 0
Everett 47,185 157 2 18 29 108 662 114 477 71 2
Fairhaven 16,188 40 1 8 1 30 338 44 276 18 0
Fall River 89,012 880 3 53 187 637 1,564 426 909 229 29
Falmouth 31,487 123 0 14 3 106 468 190 246 32 4
Fitchburg 40,445 299 0 45 47 207 741 169 516 56 7
Foxborough 17,636 45 1 4 0 40 192 45 138 9 1
Framingham 72,153 235 0 14 20 201 748 132 549 67 2
Franklin 33,397 9 0 0 1 8 74 20 51 3 0
Freetown 9,343 23 0 4 2 17 100 30 58 12 1
Gardner 20,491 99 1 18 7 73 336 82 234 20 5
Georgetown 8,715 4 0 1 0 3 51 7 42 2 0
Gloucester 29,980 82 0 5 7 70 207 19 181 7 1
Goshen 1,074 1 0 0 0 1 7 4 3 0 0
Grafton 18,763 22 0 6 1 15 60 11 43 6 0
Granby 6,379 10 0 1 0 9 34 9 22 3 0
Great Barrington 6,815 24 0 3 2 19 64 10 49 5 1
Greenfield 17,462 110 0 21 14 75 333 42 280 11 6
Groton 11,411 6 4 1 0 1 34 6 28 0 1
Hadley 5,382 17 0 2 2 13 134 11 117 6 2
Halifax 7,963 6 0 0 0 6 73 13 58 2 0
Hamilton 8,216 4 0 1 0 3 39 7 31 1 1
Hampden 5,217 6 0 0 0 6 39 4 28 7 0
Hanover 14,597 5 0 0 0 5 102 10 82 10 1
Hanson 10,860 31 0 5 1 25 49 15 32 2 1
Hardwick 4,031 24 0 3 0 21 35 9 25 1 0
Harvard 6,572 1 0 0 0 1 27 11 16 0 0
Harwich 12,150 23 0 1 0 22 151 58 88 5 0
Haverhill 63,244 391 3 15 40 333 917 201 597 119 4
Hingham 23,392 13 0 1 1 11 234 54 175 5 2
Holbrook 11,064 39 0 3 9 27 129 13 108 8 1
Holden 19,062 10 0 0 1 9 52 9 39 4 1
Holland 2,502 1 0 0 0 1 20 7 12 1 0
Holliston 14,736 8 0 1 2 5 30 2 28 0 0
Holyoke 40,451 438 4 32 96 306 1,946 297 1,538 111 9
Hopedale 5,959 7 0 1 0 6 26 5 19 2 1
Hopkinton 17,348 0 0 0 0 0 59 2 57 0 0
Hudson 19,963 7 0 2 1 4 150 21 127 2 1
Hull 10,553 29 1 10 2 16 79 11 61 7 0
Ipswich 13,951 9 0 1 0 8 80 15 62 3 1
Kingston 13,615 27 0 2 3 22 162 28 129 5 1
Lakeville 11,502 18 0 5 3 10 102 27 69 6 1
Lancaster 8,212 10 0 2 1 7 56 13 40 3 0
Lawrence 80,890 585 11 30 151 393 1,391 224 759 408
Lee 5,749 8 0 1 0 7 105 16 85 4 0
Leicester 11,369 27 0 2 2 23 170 13 152 5 0
Lenox 4,947 11 0 3 1 7 83 16 64 3 0
Leominster 41,846 234 2 18 20 194 940 121 770 49 7
Leverett 1,835 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0 0
Lincoln 6,860 2 0 0 0 2 40 5 35 0 0
Littleton 10,196 11 0 2 0 9 75 21 50 4 0
Longmeadow 15,848 6 0 2 2 2 147 33 109 5 0
Lowell 111,294 322 1 13 144 164 2,198 474 1,370 354 10
Ludlow 21,529 52 0 2 4 46 213 44 145 24 1
Lunenburg 11,477 25 0 5 0 20 158 35 115 8 1
Lynn 93,140 666 12 28 164 462 1,631 299 1,101 231 8
Lynnfield 13,042 7 0 0 2 5 104 5 93 6 0
Malden 61,098 207 1 7 35 164 780 119 588 73 0
Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,435 2 0 1 0 1 14 0 14 0 0
Mansfield 23,847 39 0 7 3 29 249 31 209 9 0
Marblehead 20,618 36 0 4 0 32 155 25 128 2 0
Marion 5,124 8 0 0 0 8 54 15 35 4 0
Marlborough 39,919 152 0 15 8 129 610 67 514 29 4
Marshfield 25,929 31 0 5 2 24 85 15 67 3 2
Mashpee 14,272 40 1 3 2 34 185 18 157 10 0
Mattapoisett 6,354 11 0 2 0 9 46 13 31 2 0
Maynard 10,756 21 0 3 0 18 54 8 43 3 0
Medford 57,418 88 0 5 14 69 663 115 485 63 1
Medway 13,407 6 0 2 0 4 53 12 38 3 0
Melrose 28,101 23 0 1 3 19 216 23 174 19 3
Mendon 6,069 9 0 1 0 8 43 11 27 5 0
Merrimac 6,948 2 0 2 0 0 26 8 16 2 0
Methuen 50,396 94 0 0 26 68 670 78 530 62 0
Middleboro 25,084 88 0 16 3 69 243 36 183 24 2
Middleton 9,788 15 1 0 0 14 67 4 56 7 0
Milford 28,772 58 2 13 2 41 308 38 251 19 1
Millbury 13,626 21 0 4 1 16 166 19 137 10 2
Millville 3,254 1 0 1 0 0 14 2 11 1 0
Milton 27,420 15 0 1 7 7 215 58 146 11 0
Monson 8,842 31 0 3 2 26 72 27 41 4 1
Montague 8,211 64 0 8 0 56 126 51 71 4 0
Nahant 3,500 12 0 1 1 10 27 5 20 2 1
Nantucket 11,165 47 0 7 0 40 264 34 213 17 5
Natick 36,705 39 0 4 2 33 455 46 396 13 1
Needham 31,054 9 1 2 0 6 194 6 187 1 1
New Bedford 95,107 633 8 37 241 347 2,717 570 1,971 176 35
Newbury 7,071 9 0 3 0 6 40 12 26 2 0
Newburyport 18,092 26 0 4 2 20 219 25 184 10 0
Newton 89,736 49 0 5 5 39 576 87 471 18 2
Norfolk 11,815 1 0 1 0 0 35 7 27 1 1
North Adams 12,948 193 0 15 11 167 399 115 280 4 2
Northampton 28,458 165 0 29 21 115 555 75 466 14 3
North Andover 31,035 27 0 3 2 22 164 19 136 9 0
North Attleboro 29,158 27 0 3 0 24 475 50 411 14 0
Northborough 15,109 3 0 3 0 0 155 4 148 3 1
Northbridge 16,711 39 0 9 1 29 202 28 161 13 0
Northfield 2,966 6 0 0 0 6 27 8 19 0 1
North Reading 15,780 24 0 6 5 13 65 6 52 7 0
Norton 19,654 1 0 0 0 1 18 12 5 1 0
Norwell 11,150 3 0 1 0 2 43 6 35 2 0
Norwood 29,194 42 0 4 2 36 293 25 245 23 0
Oakham 1,941 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0
Orange 7,569 23 0 1 0 22 104 38 62 4 1
Orleans 5,837 8 0 3 1 4 69 21 48 0 0
Oxford 13,955 21 0 1 2 18 143 24 115 4 1
Palmer 12,136 50 0 7 3 40 129 34 86 9 0
Paxton 4,891 2 0 0 0 2 17 5 12 0 0
Peabody 52,721 153 2 12 17 122 624 83 496 45 0
Pembroke 18,454 12 0 2 0 10 105 9 91 5 1
Pepperell 12,267 15 0 2 1 12 79 20 52 7 1
Pittsfield 42,546 375 4 50 43 278 1,092 399 656 37 5
Plainville 9,334 12 0 1 1 10 126 16 105 5 0
Plymouth 59,803 151 1 21 10 119 591 81 486 24 0
Plympton 2,976 4 0 1 0 3 16 6 9 1 0
Princeton 3,472 1 0 0 0 1 17 4 12 1 0
Provincetown 2,993 23 0 3 0 20 127 12 111 4 0
Quincy 93,966 383 0 24 65 294 1,564 322 1,154 88 6
Randolph 33,837 121 1 10 20 90 483 93 351 39 0
Raynham 14,048 34 0 6 4 24 231 43 177 11 0
Reading 26,033 8 0 2 2 4 157 25 129 3 0
Rehoboth 12,153 10 0 1 0 9 63 15 41 7 1
Revere 53,425 248 2 16 42 188 1,010 134 770 106 1
Rochester 5,593 9 0 0 0 9 40 13 25 2 0
Rockport 7,255 7 0 3 0 4 12 0 12 0 1
Rowley 6,378 7 0 2 1 4 39 4 31 4 0
Rutland 8,687 18 0 3 0 15 70 19 47 4 1
Salem 43,385 116 0 19 28 69 951 113 787 51 3
Salisbury 9,517 33 0 2 2 29 121 18 84 19 1
Sandwich 20,362 34 0 5 0 29 155 30 117 8 0
Saugus 28,241 73 0 4 11 58 478 41 402 35 0
Seekonk 15,521 24 0 2 6 16 264 22 225 17 0
Sharon 18,419 15 0 3 4 8 45 4 39 2 0
Shelburne 1,829 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 9 2 0
Sherborn 4,318 6 0 1 0 5 7 0 7 0 0
Shirley 7,499 16 1 3 1 11 41 4 35 2 1
Shrewsbury 36,974 3 0 0 0 3 128 21 100 7 0
Somerset 18,239 35 0 15 2 18 169 18 138 13 1
Somerville 82,326 191 1 16 41 133 1,071 174 808 89 5
Southampton 6,263 11 0 3 0 8 41 13 25 3 1
Southborough 10,148 7 0 2 1 4 60 16 44 0 0
Southbridge 16,860 88 0 11 3 74 283 55 213 15 2
South Hadley 17,804 27 0 2 4 21 251 95 148 8 1
Southwick 9,778 11 0 3 0 8 75 23 51 1 0
Spencer 11,920 19 0 4 0 15 73 14 52 7 1
Springfield 154,562 1,351 14 73 380 884 4,594 1,183 2,902 509 37
Sterling 8,102 9 0 2 0 7 79 12 60 7 2
Stockbridge 1,919 5 0 3 0 2 38 12 25 1 0
Stoneham 22,077 27 0 1 1 25 199 72 118 9 0
Stoughton 28,678 104 0 8 9 87 389 29 333 27 4
Stow 7,196 5 0 0 0 5 31 7 19 5 0
Sturbridge 9,605 21 0 2 2 17 129 19 99 11 1
Sudbury 19,120 11 0 1 0 10 72 14 57 1 0
Sunderland 3,627 6 0 2 2 2 27 10 15 2 0
Sutton 9,401 9 0 1 0 8 84 29 48 7 1
Swampscott 15,016 14 0 2 1 11 181 17 159 5 0
Swansea 16,597 22 0 1 6 15 259 34 210 15 2
Taunton 57,047 220 0 15 28 177 492 133 299 60 3
Templeton 8,184 9 0 0 0 9 53 16 33 4 0
Tewksbury 31,245 85 0 23 10 52 331 52 258 21 2
Tisbury 4,114 26 0 0 0 26 75 14 56 5 0
Topsfield 6,604 7 0 0 0 7 24 6 18 0 0
Townsend 9,626 8 0 3 0 5 52 27 24 1 1
Truro 2,018 14 0 2 0 12 23 7 13 3 0
Tyngsboro 12,490 8 0 0 0 8 95 19 70 6 1
Upton 7,816 14 0 2 1 11 33 7 24 2 1
Wakefield 27,049 46 0 5 3 38 195 36 150 9 0
Wales 1,900 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 2 0 0
Walpole 25,312 59 0 10 2 47 249 29 209 11 0
Waltham 63,413 98 1 16 14 67 609 118 447 44 2
Ware 9,907 45 0 0 5 40 193 21 164 8 2
Wareham 22,743 129 0 9 6 114 425 75 326 24 2
Watertown 35,586 32 0 5 5 22 341 37 289 15 0
Wayland 13,976 2 0 0 0 2 9 5 1 3 0
Webster 16,883 123 0 6 11 106 252 51 186 15 4
Wellesley 29,434 12 0 1 3 8 131 15 111 5 0
Wellfleet 2,757 3 0 0 1 2 41 17 22 2 2
Wenham 5,242 2 0 0 1 1 8 0 8 0 0
Westborough 19,074 10 0 1 1 8 151 17 126 8 0
West Boylston 7,856 9 0 1 1 7 56 5 46 5 0
West Bridgewater 7,189 18 1 1 1 15 92 12 75 5 0
Westfield 41,735 105 0 21 14 70 559 96 432 31 3
Westford 24,639 9 0 1 2 6 76 14 57 5 1
Westminster 7,699 20 0 1 1 18 64 7 57 0 0
West Newbury 4,671 9 0 1 0 8 19 3 15 1 0
Weston 12,249 5 0 3 0 2 37 8 27 2 0
Westport 15,919 23 0 7 3 13 147 37 100 10 2
West Springfield 28,635 174 1 23 21 129 1,105 121 917 67 5
West Tisbury 2,920 9 0 2 0 7 26 5 19 2 0
Westwood 16,347 19 0 6 1 12 165 10 153 2 0
Weymouth 56,382 147 1 15 17 114 577 66 478 33 2
Whately 1,531 1 0 0 0 1 17 9 7 1 0
Whitman 15,000 25 0 3 0 22 96 15 76 5 1
Wilbraham 14,749 13 0 4 2 7 179 42 126 11 1
Williamstown 7,756 10 0 4 0 6 138 6 131 1 1
Wilmington 23,791 30 0 4 6 20 175 26 141 8 0
Winchendon 10,812 33 0 7 2 24 170 16 145 9 2
Winchester 23,059 9 0 1 1 7 119 18 99 2 1
Winthrop 18,319 36 0 1 4 31 111 25 78 8 0
Woburn 39,677 63 0 3 5 55 433 39 355 39 0
Worcester 185,107 1,345 5 42 324 974 4,047 866 2,784 397 7
Wrentham 11,838 8 0 0 0 8 198 14 175 9 0
Yarmouth 23,370 159 1 14 11 133 372 76 287 9 3
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 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

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