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Table 13

MASSACHUSETTS

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2013

Agency type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter1 Population2
Race Religion Sexual
orientation 		Ethnicity Disability Gender Gender
Identity 		1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 146 64 91 42 3 1 3
Cities 142 57 86 40 3 0 3
Acton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 22,871
Amesbury 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16,655
Amherst 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 39,127
Attleboro 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 44,034
Bedford 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13,947
Belmont 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25,421
Beverly 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40,592
Billerica 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41,926
Bolton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,060
Boston 73 21 53 15 0 0 3 39 56 40 30 643,799
Braintree 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 36,496
Brookline 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 59,382
Cambridge 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 6 2 3 2 107,282
Chelsea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37,454
Danvers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27,263
Douglas 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8,628
Dover 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,778
Dracut 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 30,533
East Longmeadow 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 15,946
Edgartown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4,252
Fall River 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 89,220
Framingham 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 70,753
Greenfield 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17,598
Haverhill 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 62,249
Kingston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12,791
Lakeville 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10,939
Lincoln 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6,563
Lowell 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 109,449
Lunenburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,149
Lynn 3 2 5 4 2 0 0 1 5 6 4 91,769
Malden 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 60,816
Marblehead 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20,209
Marlborough 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 39,531
Medford 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 4 0 57,428
Middleboro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23,547
Milton 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 27,269
Monson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8,716
Needham 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29,544
New Bedford 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 95,156
Newburyport 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17,773
Norton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19,414
Peabody 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 52,178
Pittsfield 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43,992
Plainville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,512
Plymouth 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 57,893
Provincetown 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2,983
Quincy 6 3 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 4 3 93,490
Randolph 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 33,583
Reading 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25,398
Revere 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 53,777
Salem 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 42,468
Saugus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27,628
Sharon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17,935
Shrewsbury 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 36,315
Somerville 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 77,768
South Hadley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17,794
Spencer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11,801
Springfield 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 153,586
Stoughton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28,186
Swampscott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13,995
Taunton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 56,264
Waltham 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 62,446
Watertown 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33,254
Westborough 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18,563
West Boylston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7,821
West Springfield 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28,647
Williamstown 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7,682
Worcester 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 183,454
Universities and Colleges 4 7 5 2 0 1 0
Boston College 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14,605
Boston University 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 32,603
Bridgewater State University 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,417
Dean College 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,322
Emerson College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4,531
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1,799
Northeastern University 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 27,694
Tufts University, Medford 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10,837
University of Massachusetts:
Amherst 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 28,236
Harbor Campus, Boston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15,874
  • 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 2012 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.

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