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Table 13

MASSACHUSETTS

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by State and Agency, 2016

Agency Type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter Population1
Race/
Ethnicity/
Ancestry 		Religion Sexual
orientation 		Disability Gender Gender
Identity 		1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 212 94 76 8 8 16
Cities 194 71 65 8 7 16
Acton 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 23,770
Andover 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 35,558
Arlington2 9 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 3 1 45,004
Barnstable 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 43,974
Belmont 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25,637
Beverly 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 41,303
Billerica 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 42,965
Boston2 75 16 28 1 0 9 29 34 27 30 673,880
Boxford 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8,271
Braintree2 6 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 37,673
Cambridge2 16 6 4 0 0 0 5 7 3 10 111,030
Chelmsford 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 35,251
Chelsea 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40,096
Chicopee 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 56,887
Cohasset 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8,538
Danvers 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27,997
Dartmouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 34,630
Dennis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13,905
Dudley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,558
Everett2 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 46,754
Fitchburg 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40,391
Framingham 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 71,422
Freetown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9,199
Greenfield 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17,456
Haverhill2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 62,851
Holliston 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14,656
Hopkinton 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16,960
Lancaster 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,150
Lawrence 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 80,622
Lenox 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4,971
Lexington 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33,643
Lowell 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 111,027
Lynn2 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 92,443
Malden 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 61,102
Manchester-by-the-Sea 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,387
Mansfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23,681
Mattapoisett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6,282
Medford 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 57,367
Methuen2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 49,912
Milford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28,606
Millbury 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13,532
Milton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27,317
Nahant 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3,484
Newburyport 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18,011
Newton2 7 16 0 0 0 1 8 6 4 3 89,116
Northampton2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 28,521
Pepperell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12,242
Pittsfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43,031
Provincetown 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2,959
Quincy 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 93,437
Randolph 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 33,807
Salem 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 42,888
Saugus 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28,131
Sharon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18,200
Shelburne 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,839
Somerville 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 5 80,899
Southbridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16,819
Springfield 7 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 154,102
Stoughton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28,583
Sturbridge 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9,520
Sudbury 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19,035
Swampscott 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14,551
Taunton 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 56,720
Topsfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6,590
Waltham 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 63,613
Watertown2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 34,655
Westfield 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 41,700
West Tisbury 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2,927
Williamstown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7,591
Worcester 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 184,595
Universities and Colleges 14 22 10 0 1 0
Boston University2 5 11 4 0 1 0 3 3 9 4 32,158
Brandeis University 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5,752
Bridgewater State University 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11,089
Bristol Community College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8,761
Clark University 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3,485
Hampshire College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,410
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11,331
Northeastern University 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19,940
Salem State University 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 9,215
Tufts University, Suffolk3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
University of Massachusetts:
Amherst2 6 4 2 0 0 0 6 4 1 0 29,269
Medical Center, Worcester 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,079
Other Agencies 4 1 1 0 0 0
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority:
Middlesex County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Suffolk County 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
  • 1 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 2015 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 Includes one incident reported with more than one bias motivation.
  • 3 Student enrollment figures were not available.

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