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Table 13

MASSACHUSETTS

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2012

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
Total 70 31 35 19 2
Cities 67 31 35 19 2
Acton 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 22,349
Amesbury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16,557
Amherst 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 38,112
Andover 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33,753
Attleboro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 44,033
Barnstable 4 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 3 45,570
Bedford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13,575
Belchertown 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14,751
Belmont 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25,209
Beverly 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 40,150
Billerica 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 41,016
Braintree 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 36,310
Brookline 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 59,658
Burlington 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 24,975
Cambridge 2 3 3 2 0 2 2 2 4 106,981
Carver 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11,676
Charlton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13,142
Chelsea 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 35,966
Chicopee 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 55,825
Danvers 5 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 26,934
Dracut 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30,032
East Longmeadow 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15,871
Everett 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 42,476
Falmouth 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31,794
Fitchburg 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 40,809
Framingham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 69,605
Grafton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17,986
Hadley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,288
Harvard 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6,595
Haverhill 2 2 2 2 0 4 3 0 1 61,897
Hingham 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 22,475
Hull 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10,441
Longmeadow 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15,936
Lowell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 108,539
Ludlow 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21,304
Lynn 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 91,846
Malden 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 60,605
Manchester-by-the-Sea 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,222
Mansfield 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 23,419
Marblehead 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20,142
Mendon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5,913
Millis 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8,016
Monson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8,641
Montague 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8,540
Natick 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 33,646
Needham 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29,342
Newburyport 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17,708
Newton 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 86,710
Norton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19,222
Oak Bluffs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4,631
Pembroke 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18,094
Plainville 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,396
Plymouth 6 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 3 57,272
Provincetown 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2,966
Quincy 3 3 1 1 0 2 3 0 3 93,736
Randolph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32,624
Revere 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 52,926
Salem 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 42,025
Seekonk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13,862
Sharon 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17,892
Somerville 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 77,200
Southborough 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9,887
South Hadley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17,642
Southwick 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9,594
Springfield 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 154,518
Stoneham 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21,852
Stoughton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27,392
Taunton 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 56,438
Tisbury 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4,040
Uxbridge 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13,623
Westfield 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 41,485
Worcester 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 183,247
Yarmouth 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 23,991
Universities and Colleges 3 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1,886
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10,894
University of Massachusetts, Harbor Campus, Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15,741
  • 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 The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2011 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.

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