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Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2018

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson2
Abington 16,443 41 0 5 3 33 147 18 107 22 0
Acton 24,038 26 1 7 2 16 156 27 125 4 0
Acushnet 10,576 19 0 5 1 13 69 21 42 6 0
Adams 8,036 23 1 1 2 19 96 32 60 4 1
Agawam 28,955 105 0 14 12 79 428 142 268 18 0
Amesbury 17,623 32 0 8 2 22 143 18 117 8 1
Amherst 40,242 120 0 27 2 91 175 43 121 11 3
Andover 36,324 7 0 4 1 2 173 27 139 7 1
Aquinnah 329 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Arlington 45,876 34 0 2 9 23 191 41 144 6 0
Ashburnham 6,335 6 0 1 0 5 24 4 17 3 0
Ashland 17,860 22 0 4 0 18 90 8 73 9 0
Athol 11,721 57 0 7 4 46 143 19 121 3 1
Attleboro 44,719 98 0 23 8 67 529 70 432 27 4
Auburn 16,771 29 1 3 1 24 318 28 281 9 3
Avon 4,514 4 0 0 3 1 64 10 50 4
Ayer 8,246 36 0 2 4 30 69 10 50 9 1
Barnstable 44,015 166 1 20 8 137 462 85 363 14 3
Becket 1,716 3 0 0 0 3 15 5 10 0
Bedford 14,319 7 0 1 1 5 58 9 48 1 0
Belchertown 15,165 25 0 3 0 22 78 11 63 4 0
Bellingham 17,184 19 0 4 2 13 210 17 185 8 1
Belmont 26,700 5 0 1 0 4 167 52 107 8 0
Berkley 6,748 7 0 0 0 7 19 6 9 4 0
Berlin 3,222 3 0 2 1 0 33 4 28 1 0
Bernardston 2,108 4 0 0 0 4 22 7 12 3 0
Beverly 42,114 42 0 3 3 36 243 24 208 11 0
Billerica 44,482 37 0 4 7 26 171 39 123 9 2
Blackstone 9,345 3 0 1 1 1 37 11 22 4 0
Bolton 5,335 0 0 0 0 0 33 9 22 2 0
Boston 694,673 4,324 56 278 1,172 2,818 14,007 1,853 11,000 1,154
Bourne 19,894 46 0 5 1 40 266 99 157 10 0
Boxborough 6,634 5 0 2 0 3 16 1 14 1 1
Boxford 8,355 2 0 2 0 0 20 0 20 0 0
Boylston 4,674 3 0 1 0 2 13 7 5 1 0
Braintree 37,345 52 0 0 8 44 487 49 409 29 2
Brewster 9,831 31 0 9 0 22 68 10 55 3 2
Bridgewater 27,584 57 0 4 1 52 116 29 81 6 0
Brockton 95,922 868 9 72 182 605 2,071 267 1,496 308 7
Brookline 59,199 56 0 5 9 42 632 71 540 21 0
Burlington 27,562 40 0 11 5 24 378 21 346 11 0
Cambridge 114,881 339 0 27 102 210 2,068 255 1,704 109 7
Canton 23,709 81 0 4 4 73 118 7 98 13 1
Carlisle 5,289 1 0 1 0 0 22 3 19 0 0
Carver 11,743 30 0 8 2 20 70 6 59 5 0
Charlton 13,652 13 0 0 1 12 88 11 69 8 1
Chatham 6,174 9 0 1 1 7 54 10 43 1 0
Chelmsford 35,264 31 0 4 2 25 381 32 335 14 0
Chelsea 40,974 277 0 39 60 178 584 78 428 78 1
Chilmark 923 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0
Clinton 14,009 10 0 0 2 8 18 1 17 0 0
Cohasset 8,665 6 0 0 1 5 56 8 48 0 0
Concord 19,459 8 0 3 0 5 111 8 100 3 0
Dalton 6,556 14 0 4 0 10 30 5 20 5 0
Danvers 27,703 54 0 5 6 43 420 53 351 16 2
Dartmouth 34,322 66 2 12 5 47 458 55 383 20 1
Dedham 25,437 7 0 0 2 5 339 12 294 33 0
Deerfield 5,012 7 0 1 1 5 59 12 41 6 0
Dennis 13,872 63 0 8 1 54 231 55 164 12 0
Douglas 8,925 20 0 1 1 18 20 4 14 2 0
Dover 6,104 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9 1 0
Dracut 31,917 41 0 3 4 34 277 48 208 21 1
Dudley 11,807 24 0 7 1 16 33 7 24 2 1
Dunstable 3,407 4 0 1 0 3 18 6 11 1 0
Duxbury 16,049 7 0 0 0 7 92 18 74 0 1
East Bridgewater 14,558 22 0 2 1 19 94 15 70 9 0
Eastham 4,871 10 0 3 1 6 66 8 57 1 0
Easthampton 16,050 34 0 5 2 27 122 26 88 8 0
East Longmeadow 16,398 28 0 4 6 18 262 40 212 10 0
Easton 25,225 45 0 15 3 27 173 27 135 11 0
Edgartown 4,357 27 0 4 1 22 91 11 78 2 0
Egremont 1,202 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0
Erving 1,762 6 0 1 0 5 23 8 13 2 0
Everett 47,005 173 1 17 36 119 685 140 472 73 1
Fairhaven 16,076 55 0 8 2 45 293 53 229 11 2
Fall River 89,475 908 1 76 118 713 1,361 388 764 209 20
Falmouth 31,033 109 0 22 3 84 329 97 211 21 0
Fitchburg 40,836 238 2 32 36 168 526 110 376 40 2
Foxborough 17,667 44 0 5 2 37 154 20 128 6 0
Framingham 72,510 253 0 21 18 214 820 123 635 62 5
Franklin 33,156 5 0 2 0 3 85 4 77 4 0
Freetown 9,404 24 0 4 1 19 67 9 47 11 1
Gardner 20,704 92 0 21 4 67 364 64 271 29 1
Georgetown 8,757 2 0 0 0 2 45 8 36 1 3
Gill 1,498 4 0 2 0 2 16 3 12 1 0
Gloucester 30,356 72 0 8 3 61 216 33 167 16 2
Goshen 1,067 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Grafton 18,900 21 0 0 2 19 61 13 42 6 0
Granby 6,347 7 0 3 0 4 41 8 29 4 0
Great Barrington 6,821 18 0 2 3 13 53 5 45 3 0
Greenfield 17,443 101 0 21 10 70 325 50 261 14 1
Groton 11,462 11 0 3 1 7 36 5 30 1 0
Groveland 6,833 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 13 3 0
Hadley 5,347 34 0 4 1 29 122 9 111 2 0
Halifax 7,901 4 0 1 0 3 94 13 79 2 1
Hamilton 8,088 2 0 0 0 2 26 7 18 1 0
Hampden 5,213 5 0 1 0 4 23 2 18 3 0
Hanover 14,521 2 0 1 0 1 120 6 110 4 0
Hanson 10,858 30 0 4 1 25 58 12 42 4 2
Hardwick 3,029 6 0 0 0 6 31 6 23 2 0
Harvard 6,572 4 0 1 0 3 76 8 68 0 1
Harwich 12,130 24 0 4 2 18 125 32 90 3 0
Hatfield 3,302 4 0 0 2 2 22 9 12 1 0
Haverhill 64,012 358 2 18 32 306 895 186 615 94 3
Hingham 23,588 37 0 7 0 30 180 20 152 8 0
Holbrook 11,052 23 0 2 3 18 110 17 85 8 0
Holland 2,502 2 1 0 0 1 12 4 8 0 0
Holliston 14,924 12 0 0 0 12 40 5 35 0 0
Holyoke 40,470 391 1 40 62 288 1,640 246 1,275 119 9
Hopedale 5,984 2 0 2 0 0 16 4 10 2 0
Hopkinton 18,516 2 0 0 1 1 30 0 29 1 0
Hudson 20,060 48 0 13 3 32 90 6 84 0 0
Ipswich 14,107 14 0 1 0 13 74 13 59 2 1
Kingston 13,700 26 0 2 1 23 102 9 86 7 0
Lakeville 11,525 14 0 2 1 11 114 28 78 8 0
Lancaster 8,074 15 0 0 0 15 53 12 36 5 1
Lawrence 80,669 500 5 29 71 395 934 129 583 222
Lee 5,694 17 0 2 2 13 83 15 67 1 0
Leicester 11,435 35 0 8 2 25 142 11 124 7 0
Lenox 4,941 11 0 5 0 6 78 8 70 0 0
Leominster 41,727 219 0 17 12 190 824 125 670 29 1
Lexington 34,050 8 0 1 0 7 113 24 88 1 1
Lincoln 6,839 5 0 2 0 3 25 1 24 0 0
Littleton 10,292 9 0 1 0 8 56 6 48 2 0
Longmeadow 15,898 15 0 6 0 9 183 33 145 5 0
Lowell 111,989 363 4 24 105 230 1,718 354 1,147 217 15
Ludlow 21,590 46 1 2 2 41 228 47 169 12 1
Lunenburg 11,498 18 0 3 0 15 180 30 144 6 0
Lynn 94,558 563 3 51 140 369 1,359 187 954 218 5
Lynnfield 13,141 4 0 1 1 2 93 4 86 3 1
Malden 61,469 180 0 8 35 137 588 63 451 74 0
Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,428 6 0 2 2 2 11 2 8 1 0
Mansfield 24,050 34 0 6 1 27 205 35 159 11 0
Marblehead 20,652 20 0 3 1 16 102 12 88 2 0
Marion 5,134 9 0 1 0 8 50 7 40 3 0
Marlborough 40,052 167 0 36 17 114 456 53 378 25 2
Marshfield 25,922 33 0 5 1 27 83 14 66 3 0
Mashpee 14,215 47 0 7 2 38 134 12 119 3 0
Mattapoisett 6,369 12 0 2 0 10 36 12 23 1 0
Maynard 10,744 21 0 4 0 17 52 6 42 4 0
Medford 57,997 73 0 6 9 58 548 85 414 49 2
Medway 13,406 21 0 4 1 16 73 7 64 2 0
Melrose 28,552 15 0 1 1 13 146 22 115 9 0
Mendon 6,130 4 0 0 0 4 31 4 24 3 0
Merrimac 6,993 4 0 2 1 1 26 10 14 2 0
Methuen 50,676 44 0 2 10 32 486 52 384 50 1
Middleboro 25,125 111 0 16 6 89 215 37 166 12 4
Middleton 9,991 17 0 0 0 17 48 6 40 2 0
Milford 29,056 61 0 18 2 41 233 19 192 22 1
Millbury 13,802 19 0 1 1 17 155 22 124 9 1
Millville 3,260 0 0 0 0 0 19 3 15 1 1
Milton 27,642 12 0 3 2 7 60 23 29 8 0
Monson 8,890 22 0 4 1 17 51 27 21 3 2
Montague 8,235 58 0 5 2 51 95 22 71 2 1
Nahant 3,513 6 0 0 1 5 7 1 6 0 0
Nantucket 11,388 37 0 9 1 27 225 21 193 11 0
Natick 36,717 56 0 19 1 36 419 27 382 10 0
Needham 31,264 16 1 2 2 11 144 7 134 3 1
New Bedford 95,106 603 3 45 166 389 2,425 491 1,753 181 18
New Braintree 1,028 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 0
Newbury 7,135 9 0 3 0 6 28 7 19 2 0
Newburyport 18,146 18 0 8 0 10 121 9 105 7 0
Newton 89,505 58 0 3 5 50 629 72 540 17 2
Norfolk 11,872 1 0 0 0 1 21 2 18 1 0
North Adams 12,858 100 1 3 7 89 421 112 290 19 1
Northampton 28,587 113 1 24 7 81 540 108 414 18 1
North Andover 31,394 35 1 9 2 23 173 10 151 12 3
North Attleboro 29,208 28 0 7 2 19 357 27 323 7 0
Northborough 15,124 0 0 0 0 0 111 5 103 3 0
Northbridge 16,759 27 0 7 3 17 186 25 148 13 0
Northfield 2,982 4 0 2 0 2 15 5 10 0 0
North Reading 15,849 16 0 0 1 15 44 6 35 3 0
Norton 19,983 14 0 0 0 14 23 6 13 4 0
Norwell 11,144 9 0 2 0 7 51 6 42 3 0
Norwood 29,267 39 0 9 7 23 265 23 214 28 1
Oak Bluffs 4,699 25 0 0 0 25 74 9 62 3 0
Oakham 1,952 3 0 0 1 2 11 2 8 1 0
Orleans 5,809 8 0 0 1 7 72 3 69 0 0
Oxford 14,015 33 0 7 5 21 171 10 151 10 2
Palmer 12,320 57 1 6 4 46 98 15 70 13 0
Paxton 4,888 3 0 0 1 2 14 1 12 1 0
Peabody 53,209 159 0 17 11 131 532 93 402 37 0
Pelham 1,326 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Pembroke 18,446 15 0 4 0 11 86 8 75 3 0
Pepperell 12,234 13 0 3 1 9 41 5 32 4 1
Pittsfield 42,298 356 3 43 35 275 1,196 464 661 71 8
Plainville 9,281 10 0 0 1 9 62 6 52 4 0
Plymouth 60,349 230 0 42 17 171 519 85 411 23 3
Plympton 2,988 5 0 0 1 4 26 6 19 1 0
Princeton 3,458 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 5 0 0
Provincetown 2,960 18 0 6 0 12 96 16 78 2 0
Quincy 94,388 352 0 32 49 271 1,190 261 860 69 4
Randolph 34,535 108 0 14 18 76 456 74 349 33 1
Raynham 14,320 27 0 1 1 25 235 20 198 17 0
Reading 26,293 5 0 0 2 3 144 24 112 8 1
Rehoboth 12,268 8 0 0 0 8 97 14 76 7 0
Revere 54,296 259 0 32 33 194 885 99 700 86 1
Rochester 5,623 7 0 0 1 6 25 3 20 2 0
Rockport 7,284 5 0 2 0 3 13 3 10 0 0
Rowley 6,392 9 0 2 0 7 29 6 21 2 0
Rutland 8,803 18 0 1 0 17 27 4 21 2 0
Salem 43,634 83 0 5 22 56 824 96 688 40 0
Salisbury 9,567 20 0 4 0 16 90 16 54 20 1
Sandwich 20,248 23 0 10 1 12 102 17 81 4 1
Saugus 28,471 66 0 4 9 53 370 34 303 33 0
Scituate 18,761 15 0 4 0 11 63 8 54 1 0
Seekonk 15,820 26 0 2 3 21 267 20 230 17 0
Sharon 18,373 13 0 2 3 8 51 10 39 2 1
Shelburne 1,842 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 12 1 0
Sherborn 4,351 8 0 1 1 6 23 3 19 1 0
Shirley 7,724 10 0 0 1 9 31 6 18 7 0
Shrewsbury 37,631 4 0 1 1 2 114 10 94 10 1
Somerset 18,166 39 1 7 1 30 155 14 130 11 1
Somerville 82,161 177 0 21 43 113 1,020 160 750 110 1
Southampton 6,254 11 0 0 0 11 28 4 22 2 0
Southborough 10,187 11 0 5 1 5 23 2 19 2 0
Southbridge 16,933 89 1 6 9 73 304 55 237 12 1
South Hadley 17,799 24 0 1 3 20 251 78 160 13 0
Southwick 9,810 17 0 2 1 14 70 16 51 3 0
Spencer 11,989 18 0 2 0 16 69 14 49 6 0
Springfield 155,179 1,534 19 104 475 936 4,089 910 2,752 427 20
Sterling 8,181 7 0 0 0 7 32 9 21 2 0
Stockbridge 1,900 3 0 1 0 2 26 5 20 1 0
Stoneham 22,135 33 0 3 2 28 243 68 166 9 1
Stoughton 28,729 76 0 4 12 60 327 38 259 30 3
Stow 7,171 5 0 1 0 4 35 12 19 4 0
Sturbridge 9,626 24 1 2 2 19 115 15 91 9 0
Sudbury 19,037 21 0 7 0 14 63 3 58 2 1
Sunderland 3,638 4 0 0 1 3 23 4 18 1 0
Sutton 9,527 15 0 1 1 13 67 17 45 5 0
Swampscott 15,380 9 0 3 1 5 170 25 138 7 0
Swansea 16,619 29 0 1 4 24 193 20 157 16 0
Taunton 57,304 243 0 18 35 190 356 84 248 24 3
Templeton 8,156 15 0 1 1 13 27 8 16 3 0
Tewksbury 31,561 82 0 22 7 53 345 33 293 19 1
Tisbury 4,131 24 0 4 0 20 57 12 44 1 0
Topsfield 6,628 6 0 0 0 6 16 2 14 0 0
Townsend 9,600 9 0 0 0 9 48 14 29 5 0
Truro 2,004 5 0 0 0 5 18 6 11 1 0
Tyngsboro 12,499 20 0 4 0 16 53 8 33 12 0
Upton 7,979 5 0 3 0 2 21 3 15 3 0
Wakefield 27,447 42 0 12 5 25 175 15 152 8 1
Wales 1,902 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 7 1 0
Walpole 25,204 42 0 3 4 35 262 34 220 8 0
Waltham 62,655 117 0 13 11 93 561 90 431 40 0
Ware 9,850 46 1 1 4 40 153 15 130 8 1
Wareham 22,747 160 0 17 15 128 384 57 299 28 2
Watertown 36,320 29 0 9 3 17 283 38 230 15 0
Wayland 14,088 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Webster 17,051 108 1 16 10 81 206 52 129 25 1
Wellesley 29,681 12 0 3 1 8 124 11 113 0 0
Wellfleet 2,733 5 0 1 0 4 31 4 27 0 0
Wenham 5,299 3 0 0 0 3 14 2 12 0 0
Westborough 19,226 17 0 6 2 9 181 38 132 11 0
West Boylston 8,103 11 1 1 2 7 56 7 46 3 0
West Bridgewater 7,272 6 0 0 1 5 86 7 70 9 0
Westfield 41,854 111 0 16 8 87 464 78 362 24 2
Westford 24,649 12 0 3 0 9 64 10 54 0 1
Westminster 7,835 13 0 3 0 10 49 4 44 1 1
West Newbury 4,694 2 0 0 0 2 16 3 11 2 0
Weston 12,264 5 0 3 0 2 45 4 39 2 0
Westport 15,959 33 0 7 2 24 115 39 72 4 1
West Springfield 28,802 168 0 26 26 116 1,020 138 821 61 3
West Tisbury 2,920 8 0 0 0 8 23 2 20 1 0
Westwood 16,267 10 0 3 0 7 136 8 122 6 0
Weymouth 57,069 160 1 14 20 125 514 46 437 31 3
Whately 1,559 2 0 0 0 2 9 2 6 1 0
Whitman 15,093 38 0 5 2 31 111 15 87 9 1
Wilbraham 14,760 22 0 5 1 16 170 45 121 4 0
Williamsburg 2,493 3 0 1 0 2 31 13 16 2 0
Williamstown 7,845 5 0 2 1 2 79 4 75 0 0
Wilmington 24,005 20 0 0 3 17 125 16 100 9 1
Winchendon 10,933 38 0 9 0 29 149 19 112 18 1
Winchester 23,036 6 1 1 0 4 112 21 87 4 0
Winthrop 18,783 28 0 6 2 20 112 24 82 6 1
Woburn 39,895 46 0 6 8 32 377 35 312 30 1
Worcester 186,188 1,271 4 49 290 928 3,979 849 2,790 340 9
Wrentham 11,952 5 0 2 0 3 218 11 195 12 0
Yarmouth 23,269 113 1 17 7 88 291 48 227 16 5
  • 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

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