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Home • Hate Crime • 2019 • Tables • Table 13 State Cuts • Massachusetts

Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2019

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 213 101 92 1 2 7
Cities 202 88 86 1 2 7
Acton 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 23,780
Amherst 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 39,603
Andover 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 36,547
Arlington2 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 45,614
Ashburnham 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6,330
Attleboro 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 44,959
Barnstable2 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 44,032
Belmont 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26,331
Boston2 113 26 47 0 1 1 39 57 39 42 698,941
Braintree 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 37,145
Brewster 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9,725
Brockton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 95,287
Brookline 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 58,928
Cambridge2 9 6 3 0 0 2 4 4 5 5 119,908
Chilmark 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 920
Concord 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19,253
Danvers2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 27,664
Dracut 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31,786
Easthampton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15,979
Edgartown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4,362
Everett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 47,195
Fall River 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 89,066
Framingham 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 73,127
Gloucester 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30,362
Greenfield 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 17,464
Hamilton2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8,075
Haverhill2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 63,935
Hingham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23,960
Hull2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10,402
Kingston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13,758
Leominster 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41,631
Lynn 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 94,449
Malden 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 60,746
Manchester-by-the-Sea 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5,423
Medford 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 57,484
Medway 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13,405
Methuen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50,727
Milton 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27,471
Montague 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8,298
Natick 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 36,358
Needham 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31,275
Newburyport 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18,158
Newton2 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 88,658
North Andover 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31,428
Northampton 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 28,735
Oak Bluffs 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4,681
Pepperell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12,146
Pittsfield 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 42,268
Provincetown 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2,939
Quincy 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 94,113
Randolph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34,385
Revere 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 53,654
Salem2 1 3 5 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 43,443
Sharon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18,973
Somerville 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 81,668
Spencer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11,911
Springfield2 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 154,306
Sturbridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9,611
Sunderland2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,656
Swampscott 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15,296
Tewksbury 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31,424
Tisbury 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4,116
Waltham 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 62,737
Webster2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 16,925
Wilbraham2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14,730
Winchester 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22,850
Winthrop 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18,692
Worcester 4 2 4 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 184,945
Universities and Colleges 10 13 5 0 0 0
Boston University 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 41,418
Fitchburg State University 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,496
Framingham State University 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9,007
Harvard University 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 40,803
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2,157
Massasoit Community College 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10,323
Northeastern University 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 27,795
Salem State University 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10,556
Smith College 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3,259
Tufts University, Medford 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12,492
Westfield State University 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7,598
Wheaton College 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1,715
Worcester Polytechnic Institute2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7,338
Other Agencies 1 0 1 0 0 0
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority:
Middlesex County 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Norfolk County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  • 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 2018 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 The figures shown include one incident reported with more than one bias motivation.