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Table 13

MASSACHUSETTS

Hate Crime Incidents
per Bias Motivation and Quarter
by State and Agency, 2010

State Agency type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter1 Population2
Race Religion Sexual
orientation 		Ethnicity Disability 1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
MASSACHUSETTS Total 148 57 69 42 0
Cities 139 50 61 41 0
Acton 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 21,090
Amherst 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 36,004
Andover 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 33,505
Arlington 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 41,212
Barnstable 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 45,599
Belmont 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23,430
Berlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2,978
Beverly 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 39,064
Billerica 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 39,519
Boston 75 15 43 15 0 30 30 46 42 644,064
Bourne 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19,239
Boylston 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4,384
Braintree 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 35,298
Brockton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 92,383
Cambridge 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 3 108,356
Chelsea 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 37,335
Chicopee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 55,444
Danvers 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 27,165
Dedham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24,687
Dennis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15,212
Douglas 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8,109
Duxbury 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14,222
Easthampton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16,116
East Longmeadow 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15,916
Egremont 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 1,329
Everett 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 37,897
Great Barrington 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7,263
Greenfield 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 17,625
Hampden 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5,346
Hinsdale 0 1 0 0 0 1 1,890
Hudson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19,985
Hull 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11,008
Ipswich 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 13,307
Kingston 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12,419
Lee 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5,654
Lincoln 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8,622
Lynn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 86,340
Malden 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 55,540
Marblehead 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19,705
Mashpee 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14,347
Medfield 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12,134
Medway 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12,820
Methuen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 43,938
Natick 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 32,017
New Bedford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 89,613
Newton 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 83,781
North Adams 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13,590
North Attleboro 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 27,559
Norton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19,217
Pittsfield 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 41,666
Plymouth 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 56,751
Quincy 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 90,304
Revere 5 1 1 3 0 2 4 2 2 51,597
Salem 1 1 0 0 0 2 41,017
Sharon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17,903
Southampton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,957
Southbridge 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17,305
Spencer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11,909
Springfield 3 0 5 3 0 1 5 0 5 154,314
Stoneham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21,285
Stoughton 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26,866
Waltham 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 60,106
Webster 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16,721
Wellesley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27,143
West Bridgewater 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6,619
Westfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41,899
Weymouth 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 53,400
Williamsburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,491
Wilmington 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22,230
Winthrop 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19,127
Worcester 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 181,908
Wrentham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11,166
Universities and Colleges 8 7 8 1 0
Assumption College 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,794
Bentley College 1 0 0 0 0 1 5,628
Brandeis University 0 1 0 0 0 1 5,598
Clark University 1 4 1 0 0 4 1 1 3,416
Emerson College 0 0 1 0 0 1 4,556
Harvard University 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 27,651
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10,384
Merrimack College 1 0 0 0 0 1 2,090
Northeastern University 2 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 27,537
University of Massachusetts:
Amherst 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 27,016
Dartmouth 0 0 1 0 0 1 9,302
Other Agencies 1 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Suffolk County 1 0 0 0 0 1
  • 1 Agencies published in this table indicated that at least one hate crime incident occurred in their respective jurisdictions during the quarter(s) for which they submitted a report to the Hate Crime Statistics Program. Blanks indicate quarters for which agencies did not submit reports.
  • 2 Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2009 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.

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