Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2005

City Population Violent crime Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated assault Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft Arson1
Abington 16,219 54 0 5 8 41 233 68 134 31 0
Acton 20,603 3 0 2 1 0 251 40 203 8 1
Acushnet 10,553 34 0 2 3 29 131 55 67 9 1
Adams 8,484 42 0 0 0 42 220 85 119 16 6
Agawam 28,537 43 0 5 4 34 521 206 239 76 4
Amesbury 16,691 50 0 4 1 45 214 36 167 11 5
Amherst 34,160 75 0 17 4 54 369 176 168 25 7
Andover 32,052 30 0 6 3 21 468 63 382 23 4
Arlington 41,431 40 0 4 9 27 501 157 313 31 5
Ashburnham 5,885 17 0 2 1 14 84 35 40 9 0
Ashfield 1,815 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Ashland 15,485 21 0 7 1 13 69 17 48 4 2
Athol 11,641 49 1 4 2 42 153 52 91 10 1
Attleboro 43,386 114 0 9 12 93 919 176 654 89 7
Auburn2 16,336   0 9 5   586 142 406 38 3
Avon 4,373 21 0 1 1 19 178 42 120 16 0
Ayer 7,192 25 1 4 2 18 118 51 62 5 2
Barnstable 48,403 346 2 34 25 285 1,238 429 724 85 12
Barre 5,342 17 0 3 0 14 68 25 35 8 1
Becket 1,770 3 0 0 0 3 18 11 6 1 0
Bedford 12,484 0 0 0 0 0 47 2 45 0 0
Belchertown 13,808 17 0 3 0 14 163 56 88 19 1
Bellingham 15,718 22 0 3 2 17 290 65 208 17 1
Belmont 23,539 32 0 5 6 21 220 69 140 11 7
Berkley 6,333 6 0 0 0 6 40 8 28 4 0
Berlin 2,670 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 26 4 0
Beverly 40,055 93 0 8 17 68 635 145 445 45 0
Billerica 39,840 37 0 0 3 34 435 55 347 33 1
Blackstone 9,030 21 0 2 1 18 166 69 85 12 0
Bolton 4,377 2 0 0 0 2 42 12 26 4 0
Boston 567,589 7,479 73 268 2,649 4,489 25,205 4,531 15,957 4,717  
Bourne2 19,462   0 7 8   627 256 330 41 7
Boylston 4,169 3 0 0 0 3 46 7 36 3 0
Braintree 33,779 96 0 6 13 77 1,019 112 808 99 1
Bridgewater 25,652 24 0 3 3 18 284 66 196 22 1
Brimfield 3,590 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 15 2 0
Brockton2 94,746   10 47 211   3,707 687 2,282 738 17
Brookline2 56,032   0 7 59   1,013 219 749 45  
Buckland 1,981 1 0 0 0 1 21 9 12 0 0
Burlington 23,159 45 0 0 10 35 718 125 550 43 1
Cambridge 100,492 494 3 18 239 234 3,309 623 2,396 290  
Canton2 21,445   0 0 4   210 45 148 17 4
Carver 11,460 9 0 2 0 7 79 44 32 3 0
Charlemont 1,392 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 7 2 0
Charlton 12,261 16 0 2 1 13 87 30 49 8 1
Chelmsford 33,676 34 0 2 5 27 589 78 481 30 1
Chelsea2 33,135   4 21 151   1,195 286 627 282 7
Cheshire 3,346 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 1 1 0
Chicopee 54,686 343 2 27 46 268 1,750 479 1,048 223 12
Clinton 13,852 3 0 0 1 2 46 18 26 2 0
Cohasset 7,254 3 0 0 0 3 107 22 78 7 1
Concord 16,872 20 0 1 0 19 217 38 174 5 0
Cummington 991 5 0 0 0 5 11 7 4 0 0
Dalton2 6,717   0 3 1   64 27 35 2 1
Danvers 25,588 52 0 6 11 35 788 72 659 57 1
Dartmouth 31,230 104 0 2 20 82 1,037 199 759 79 3
Dedham 23,161 16 0 1 9 6 472 43 378 51 0
Deerfield 4,785 15 2 1 1 11 84 35 42 7 0
Dennis 16,078 81 0 5 7 69 456 147 281 28 5
Douglas 7,741 11 0 3 2 6 43 23 15 5 0
Dracut 28,602 36 0 7 2 27 384 115 232 37 2
Dudley 10,745 17 1 2 1 13 63 32 26 5 2
East Bridgewater 13,654 9 0 2 3 4 125 14 103 8 0
East Brookfield 2,115 4 0 0 0 4 21 3 17 1 0
Easthampton 16,044 43 2 2 1 38 193 67 113 13 0
East Longmeadow 14,770 19 0 2 3 14 334 66 249 19 3
Easton 22,997 10 0 0 7 3 124 32 85 7 0
Edgartown 3,929 6 0 0 0 6 92 16 75 1 0
Egremont 1,344 1 0 0 0 1 26 2 24 0 0
Erving 1,526 4 0 1 0 3 19 10 6 3 0
Everett 37,092 116 0 6 40 70 1,186 292 709 185 7
Fairhaven 16,290 69 0 3 10 56 441 148 264 29 1
Falmouth2 33,712   1 7 15   1,006 432 523 51 7
Fitchburg2 39,800   1 25 47   1,080 340 658 82 7
Foxborough 16,309 48 0 9 1 38 157 56 83 18 0
Framingham 65,416 184 0 12 48 124 1,556 312 1,025 219  
Franklin 30,108 7 0 2 0 5 130 43 72 15 0
Freetown 8,946 18 0 3 2 13 121 47 63 11 1
Gardner 20,909 116 0 11 9 96 532 173 308 51 7
Georgetown 7,939 2 0 0 2 0 51 18 30 3  
Gloucester 30,732 47 0 6 8 33 591 100 456 35 1
Goshen 955 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0
Grafton 16,252 16 0 1 1 14 92 21 60 11 1
Granby 6,321 18 0 2 1 15 93 27 60 6 0
Great Barrington 7,413 27 0 1 1 25 88 20 65 3 0
Greenfield2 17,876   0 21 5   546 250 260 36 5
Groton 10,340 0 0 0 0 0 51 13 37 1 0
Groveland 6,454 2 0 1 0 1 52 7 44 1 0
Hadley 4,847 13 0 2 3 8 142 30 98 14 0
Hamilton 8,403 8 1 0 0 7 111 40 59 12 0
Hampden 5,301 6 0 1 0 5 51 18 31 2 0
Hanover 13,815 3 0 0 2 1 247 27 214 6 0
Hanson2 9,871   0 1 1   127 26 93 8 2
Hardwick2 2,658   0 1 1   29 13 12 4 0
Harvard 6,066 7 0 0 0 7 52 14 37 1 1
Harwich 12,774 24 0 1 0 23 223 77 133 13 1
Hatfield 3,302 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 5 5 0
Haverhill 60,315 296 0 13 52 231 1,417 593 708 116 14
Hingham 21,139 34 0 0 1 33 219 33 180 6 0
Hinsdale2 1,820   0 0 0   6 2 2 2 0
Holbrook 10,802 18 0 0 5 13 182 50 117 15 0
Holden 16,549 18 0 3 2 13 92 17 71 4 2
Holliston 13,880 8 0 0 0 8 41 20 19 2 0
Holyoke2 39,947   3 30 92   2,213 356 1,560 297 16
Hopedale 6,205 6 0 0 0 6 35 10 21 4 2
Hubbardston 4,261 9 0 2 0 7 37 11 22 4 1
Hudson 18,674 3 0 1 1 1 190 25 147 18 1
Hull 11,289 41 0 2 2 37 112 47 53 12 1
Ipswich 13,337 8 0 0 1 7 150 40 103 7 2
Lakeville 10,504 10 0 3 2 5 76 25 46 5 0
Lawrence 71,659 584 0 17 159 408 1,711 601 577 533  
Lee 5,872 15 0 1 4 10 26 4 20 2 0
Leicester 10,874 25 0 1 2 22 122 30 77 15 1
Lenox 5,148 6 0 0 0 6 75 18 52 5 0
Lexington 30,335 12 0 3 1 8 275 50 210 15 4
Lincoln 7,978 5 0 0 1 4 35 11 21 3 0
Littleton 8,554 15 0 2 2 11 84 25 52 7 1
Longmeadow 15,588 14 0 1 4 9 198 83 112 3 1
Lowell 103,370 1,009 2 41 213 753 3,295 664 1,942 689  
Ludlow 21,873 35 0 1 7 27 300 64 199 37 1
Lunenburg 9,952 6 0 0 1 5 156 16 132 8 0
Lynn 89,234 1,070 5 12 270 783 2,925 816 1,527 582  
Malden 55,187 213 2 9 78 124 1,293 366 782 145 4
Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,355 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 70 4 0
Mansfield 22,934 49 0 3 5 41 377 121 226 30 3
Marblehead 20,315 2 0 0 0 2 239 29 193 17 1
Marion 5,295 10 0 1 0 9 98 20 76 2 1
Marlborough 37,595 38 0 8 11 19 616 126 442 48 1
Marshfield 24,748 31 0 2 5 24 274 50 204 20 0
Mashpee 14,261 49 0 5 2 42 249 63 164 22 1
Mattapoisett 6,449 11 0 0 1 10 87 9 74 4 1
Maynard 10,293 7 0 1 0 6 24 3 18 3 0
Medford 54,047 71 1 8 47 15 1,460 327 944 189  
Medway 12,850 1 0 0 0 1 56 12 43 1 0
Melrose 26,460 50 0 4 14 32 352 89 229 34 3
Mendon 5,745 14 0 2 2 10 61 21 38 2 1
Merrimac 6,304 3 0 0 0 3 33 12 17 4 1
Methuen 44,721 83 1 3 27 52 1,000 205 709 86 2
Middleboro 21,063 69 0 11 11 47 386 104 240 42 2
Middleton 9,082 7 0 0 1 6 119 7 104 8 0
Milford 27,334 75 0 6 13 56 298 50 231 17  
Millville 2,928 5 0 0 0 5 30 2 22 6 1
Milton 25,783 13 0 1 5 7 241 47 179 15  
Monson 8,660 24 0 3 0 21 99 38 43 18 3
Monterey 951 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0
Nahant 3,610 20 0 3 0 17 50 8 42 0 0
Nantucket 10,096 41 0 4 0 37 144 42 90 12 0
Natick 32,024 67 0 8 13 46 692 88 568 36 1
Needham 28,942 7 0 0 2 5 275 76 192 7 0
New Bedford 93,720 1,024 8 52 257 707 3,116 877 1,924 315 20
Newbury 6,867 14 0 1 1 12 43 14 27 2 0
Newburyport 17,503 16 0 0 6 10 211 71 133 7 2
New Salem 985 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 0
Newton 83,570 114 1 6 15 92 1,098 269 783 46 3
Norfolk 10,463 12 0 3 0 9 50 15 35 0 0
North Adams2 14,128   0 14 5   462 162 274 26 4
Northampton 28,850 114 0 9 9 96 805 122 626 57 4
North Attleboro 28,098 45 0 2 8 35 741 88 603 50 4
Northborough 14,280 5 0 0 1 4 119 14 103 2 1
Northbridge 13,844 38 0 8 1 29 149 41 103 5 2
North Brookfield2 4,802   0 1 0   41 11 26 4 2
Northfield 3,164 3 0 0 0 3 41 16 24 1 0
Norton 19,104 4 0 1 0 3 148 36 104 8 0
Norwell 10,361 12 0 0 2 10 87 22 58 7 3
Norwood 28,469 27 0 5 14 8 501 68 376 57 1
Oak Bluffs 3,817 27 0 2 2 23 91 31 53 7 0
Orange 7,542 33 0 4 1 28 171 56 102 13 6
Oxford 13,697 36 0 2 4 30 90 44 38 8 3
Palmer 12,866 44 0 4 5 35 217 60 128 29 8
Paxton 4,528 5 0 1