Table 13
MASSACHUSETTS
Hate Crime Incidents
per Bias Motivation and Quarter
by State and Agency, 2011
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 |
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Total | 166 | 75 | 90 | 32 | 4 | ||||||
Cities | 158 | 63 | 88 | 30 | 4 | ||||||
Acton | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22,058 | |
Amesbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16,382 | |
Amherst | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38,050 | |
Andover | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33,403 | |
Ashfield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,748 | ||||
Barnstable | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45,468 | |
Belchertown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14,738 | |
Belmont | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24,880 | |
Beverly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39,743 | |
Boston | 102 | 22 | 63 | 19 | 0 | 40 | 63 | 54 | 49 | 621,359 | |
Brewster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9,880 | |
Brockton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94,380 | |
Brookline | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 59,090 | |
Cambridge | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 105,803 | |
Chatham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6,162 | |
Chelmsford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34,008 | |
Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35,391 | |
Danvers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26,654 | |
Dartmouth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34,239 | |
Dennis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14,294 | |
Douglas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8,523 | |
East Longmeadow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15,816 | |
Edgartown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4,092 | |
Everett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41,921 | |
Framingham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 68,734 | |
Gardner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20,351 | |
Great Barrington | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7,147 | |
Greenfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17,562 | |
Holbrook | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10,857 | |
Holliston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,630 | |
Lakeville | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10,667 | |
Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76,843 | |
Leominster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41,007 | |
Lincoln | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6,401 | |
Lowell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107,167 | |
Lynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90,880 | |
Marlborough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38,734 | |
Methuen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47,543 | |
Milford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28,170 | |
Milton | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27,168 | |
Natick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33,207 | |
New Bedford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 95,649 | |
Newton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85,665 | |
North Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13,792 | |
Northampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28,723 | |
Norton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19,147 | |
Norwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,570 | |
Plymouth | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56,812 | |
Provincetown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,960 | |
Randolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32,308 | |
Revere | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 52,070 | |
Rutland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8,022 | |
Salem | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41,592 | |
Saugus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26,790 | |
Somerset | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18,276 | |
Somerville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76,216 | |
Spencer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11,759 | |
Springfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 153,993 | |
Stoneham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21,568 | |
Stoughton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27,126 | |
Taunton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56,215 | |
Upton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7,588 | |
Wayland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13,073 | |
Westfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41,344 | |
Whitman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14,577 | |
Wilbraham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14,306 | |
Williamstown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7,801 | |
Wilmington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22,461 | |
Worcester | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 182,145 | |
Universities and Colleges | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Boston University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32,727 | |
Clark University | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3,451 | ||
Hampshire College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1,529 | |
Harvard University | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 27,594 | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10,566 | |
Northeastern University | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29,519 | |
University of Massachusetts: | |||||||||||
Amherst | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27,569 | |
Dartmouth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9,432 | |
Harbor Campus, Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,454 | |
Western New England University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3,734 | |
Other Agencies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Suffolk County | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
- 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 2010 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
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