Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2006

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Abington	16,449	51	0	4	7	40	291	104	145	42	0
Acton	20,686	11	0	6	3	2	372	58	300	14	5
Acushnet	10,607	25	0	1	2	22	138	65	62	11	3
Adams	8,506	25	0	5	0	20	180	53	119	8	0
Agawam	28,771	43	0	4	4	35	441	172	225	44	6
Amesbury	16,743	48	0	3	3	42	255	46	195	14	1
Amherst	34,252	70	0	15	14	41	363	171	158	34	1
Arlington	41,472	51	1	8	8	34	612	216	360	36	12
Ashburnham	6,017	6	1	0	0	5	63	34	26	3	0
Ashfield	1,836	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	2	1	0
Ashland	15,644	26	0	7	0	19	76	26	43	7	1
Attleboro	43,643	134	0	10	31	93	931	212	612	107	10
Auburn²	16,499		0	7	4		463	89	349	25	5
Avon	4,366	28	0	0	13	15	155	13	133	9	0
Ayer	7,271	26	0	6	0	20	97	31	60	6	3
Barnstable	48,113	330	1	33	32	264	1,320	508	725	87	7
Barre	5,412	33	0	5	0	28	90	30	49	11	0
Becket	1,797	2	0	0	0	2	33	16	16	1
Bedford	12,537	2	0	0	0	2	104	22	80	2	0
Belchertown	14,042	23	0	3	1	19	201	72	113	16	3
Bellingham	15,879	18	0	1	3	14	268	69	186	13	1
Belmont	23,511	14	0	2	2	10	196	62	118	16	2
Berkley	6,413	9	0	0	0	9	45	15	23	7	0
Berlin	2,705	3	0	0	3	0	26	0	24	2	0
Beverly	40,116	112	0	13	19	80	664	99	533	32	0
Billerica	40,203	32	0	2	4	26	634	87	500	47	0
Blackstone	9,111	26	0	3	2	21	134	31	96	7	0
Bolton	4,462	5	0	1	0	4	40	12	27	1	1
Boston	562,393	7,533	75	275	2,698	4,485	25,094	4,121	16,897	4,076
Bourne²	19,472		1	1	5		647	257	348	42	10
Boxborough	5,092	6	0	1	0	5	29	2	26	1	0
Boylston	4,285	1	0	0	0	1	38	9	29	0	0
Brewster	10,304	6	0	2	1	3	183	53	129	1	0
Bridgewater	25,875	15	0	0	3	12	248	98	137	13	0
Brimfield	3,661	4	0	0	0	4	11	4	6	1	0
Brockton²	95,200		8	42	266		3,498	673	2,163	662	22
Brookline²	55,924		1	7	47		1,050	218	778	54
Buckland	2,007	3	0	0	0	3	12	3	8	1	0
Burlington	23,439	30	0	0	12	18	697	163	506	28	0
Cambridge	100,737	458	2	11	208	237	3,283	684	2,376	223
Canton	21,701	37	0	2	5	30	218	45	164	9	0
Carlisle	4,858	1	0	0	0	1	11	3	8	0	0
Carver	11,631	28	1	3	2	22	103	42	53	8	4
Charlton	12,550	27	0	1	1	25	144	34	90	20	1
Chelmsford	33,962	40	0	2	5	33	615	81	497	37	0
Chelsea²	32,713		0	27	179		1,318	345	665	308	8
Cheshire	3,377	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0
Chicopee	55,009	368	1	22	58	287	1,723	425	1,072	226	11
Clinton	14,079	15	0	0	1	14	60	15	45	0	1
Cohasset	7,265	8	0	0	0	8	116	25	89	2	3
Concord	16,934	16	0	1	0	15	187	35	150	2	4
Cummington	994	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	3	1	0
Dalton	6,740	18	0	2	1	15	100	27	70	3	2
Danvers	26,202	57	1	3	8	45	929	74	799	56	3
Dartmouth	31,578	111	1	4	16	90	1,004	213	727	64	7
Dedham	23,879	16	0	0	9	7	435	48	354	33	0
Deerfield	4,815	7	0	0	0	7	110	32	70	8	2
Dennis	15,986	63	1	2	7	53	552	175	351	26	0
Douglas	7,932	9	0	1	1	7	33	15	15	3	1
Dracut	29,066	33	0	3	9	21	362	73	253	36	0
Dudley	10,877	29	0	0	0	29	60	39	21	0	0
East Bridgewater	13,942	22	0	0	1	21	150	39	98	13	0
East Brookfield	2,124	5	0	0	0	5	16	5	9	2	0
Easthampton²	16,100		0	0	1		181	53	112	16	6
Easton	23,166	19	0	0	10	9	193	36	146	11	1
Edgartown	3,959	7	0	0	0	7	129	14	115	0	0
Egremont	1,364	1	0	0	0	1	45	11	32	2	0
Erving	1,553	1	0	0	0	1	20	8	10	2	0
Everett	37,058	128	0	6	55	67	1,110	262	664	184	2
Fairhaven	16,319	75	2	3	11	59	531	208	298	25	0
Falmouth	33,846	157	1	11	22	123	1,084	489	523	72	10
Fitchburg²	40,286		1	26	47		1,089	306	693	90	4
Foxborough	16,411	51	0	8	4	39	160	69	83	8
Framingham	65,451	163	2	8	33	120	1,571	223	1,160	188
Franklin	31,079	8	0	3	1	4	110	17	80	13	0
Freetown	9,033	35	0	2	3	30	138	34	92	12	1
Gardner	21,034	109	0	8	19	82	544	147	354	43	9
Georgetown	8,089	2	0	0	0	2	56	10	46	0
Gill	1,401	2	0	0	0	2	33	7	24	2	0
Gloucester	30,898	43	0	7	12	24	565	80	460	25	0
Goshen	963	2	0	0	0	2	4	1	1	2	0
Grafton	16,991	25	0	2	3	20	83	29	43	11	2
Granby	6,382	7	0	1	0	6	78	22	46	10	0
Great Barrington	7,486	27	0	2	2	23	124	23	94	7	0
Greenfield²	17,941		0	15	12		511	227	244	40	5
Groton	10,500	2	0	1	1	0	28	10	17	1	0
Hadley	4,851	9	0	1	3	5	151	36	104	11	0
Halifax	7,856	9	0	0	1	8	48	14	30	4	0
Hamilton	8,399	5	0	1	0	4	64	30	30	4	0
Hanover	14,186	1	0	0	1	0	266	41	220	5	0
Hanson²	9,986		0	2	1		114	30	78	6	4
Hardwick	2,671	16	0	2	0	14	27	10	15	2	0
Harvard	6,110	7	0	1	0	6	28	8	18	2	3
Harwich	12,751	32	0	1	1	30	217	95	110	12	2
Hatfield	3,302	1	0	0	1	0	18	14	4	0	0
Haverhill	60,604	285	0	15	56	214	1,698	769	721	208	15
Hingham	21,636	23	0	1	3	19	344	46	283	15	1
Hinsdale	1,822	9	0	0	0	9	14	10	1	3	0
Holbrook	10,840	12	0	3	2	7	216	76	131	9
Holden	16,692	21	0	2	0	19	87	6	76	5	2
Holliston	13,930	7	0	1	0	6	72	18	48	6	2
Holyoke²	40,198		2	38	81		2,154	374	1,472	308	12
Hopedale	6,281	7	0	1	0	6	54	16	30	8	1
Hopkinton	14,197	6	2	1	0	3	99	9	85	5	0
Hubbardston	4,378	15	0	2	0	13	36	10	23	3	2
Hudson	19,057	3	0	1	1	1	182	19	135	28	0
Hull²	11,348		1	4	1		122	48	63	11	2
Ipswich	13,382	5	0	1	0	4	199	97	96	6	0
Kingston	12,532	22	0	0	3	19	274	25	228	21	3
Lakeville	10,703	5	0	0	0	5	116	28	76	12	1
Lancaster	6,886	17	0	5	3	9	51	14	32	5	1
Lawrence	71,743	658	5	12	195	446	1,652	528	597	527
Lee	5,920	21	0	0	0	21	41	7	33	1	0
Leicester	11,033	21	0	2	2	17	147	28	105	14	1
Lenox	5,187	1	0	0	0	1	57	15	41	1	0
Leominster²	42,055		0	15	46		1,144	217	833	94	6
Lexington	30,448	16	0	1	0	15	245	52	186	7	1
Lincoln	7,979	4	0	0	0	4	36	8	28	0	0
Littleton	8,641	9	0	1	1	7	52	9	40	3	0
Longmeadow	15,663	8	0	1	3	4	191	54	133	4	1
Lowell	103,729	920	13	40	213	654	3,352	753	2,073	526
Ludlow	22,078	15	0	0	7	8	274	61	179	34	0
Lunenburg	10,084	11	0	1	2	8	133	34	95	4	0
Lynn	89,322	852	4	34	269	545	3,000	980	1,439	581
Lynnfield	11,615	17	0	0	5	12	173	62	96	15	2
Malden	56,207	266	0	5	94	167	1,416	341	912	163	4
Manchester-by-the-Sea	5,367	0	0	0	0	0	78	0	75	3	0
Mansfield	23,115	37	0	2	5	30	371	140	219	12	2
Marblehead	20,419	13	0	2	1	10	255	48	193	14	3
Marion	5,351	13	0	0	2	11	116	26	86	4	2
Marshfield	25,040	15	0	2	3	10	220	27	177	16	0
Mashpee	14,366	57	0	1	4	52	335	97	216	22	8
Mattapoisett	6,518	16	0	0	1	15	85	8	76	1	0
Maynard	10,291	14	0	1	1	12	36	3	31	2	0
Medfield	12,417	11	0	0	2	9	67	20	43	4	1
Medford	53,845	69	1	7	45	16	1,421	261	1,035	125
Medway	12,889	5	0	0	1	4	80	10	68	2	0
Melrose	26,523	44	0	1	12	31	326	78	226	22	0
Mendon	5,789	12	0	1	0	11	36	10	22	4	0
Merrimac	6,398	5	0	1	0	4	61	21	35	5	1
Methuen	44,877	92	0	3	26	63	1,012	209	704	99	3
Middleboro	21,325	59	0	4	5	50	430	144	235	51	1
Middleton	9,329	12	0	0	0	12	71	0	69	2	0
Millbury²	13,540		0	6	0		189	48	123	18	3
Millville	2,961	3	0	0	0	3	14	6	6	2	0
Milton	26,190	25	0	0	12	13	246	29	205	12
Monson	8,816	17	0	1	0	16	113	54	48	11	1
Montague	8,459	38	0	1	2	35	161	58	90	13	1
Nahant²	3,613		0	0	0		38	5	32	1	0
Natick	32,135	49	0	4	4	41	686	94	552	40	2
Needham	28,589	5	0	0	4	1	238	39	195	4	1
New Bedford	93,661	1,143	7	58	283	795	3,140	842	1,866	432	38
Newburyport	17,519	23	0	4	2	17	203	43	149	11	0
Newton	83,658	143	1	8	23	111	1,055	189	829	37	10
Norfolk	10,553	2	0	0	0	2	53	6	42	5	0
North Adams	14,094	93	1	15	1	76	571	240	297	34	1
Northampton	28,888	113	0	6	12	95	822	117	634	71	4
North Attleboro	28,302	47	1	1	6	39	728	95	591	42	2
Northborough	14,763	0	0	0	0	0	119	19	96	4	1
Northbridge	14,301	23	0	6	0	17	197	58	124	15	3
North Brookfield²	4,843		0	1	2		28	12	13	3	0
Northfield	3,249	6	0	1	0	5	68	26	34	8	0
North Reading	14,033	6	0	0	3	3	54	21	27	6	0
Norwell	10,458	10	0	1	2	7	119	34	82	3	0
Norwood	28,649	45	0	1	12	32	603	94	439	70	1
Oak Bluffs	3,810	13	0	1	0	12	84	34	50	0	0
Oakham	1,908	3	0	0	0	3	27	6	16	5	2
Orange	7,713	35	0	2	1	32	198	82	100	16	2
Orleans²	6,497		0	0	0		170	26	140	4	0
Oxford	13,800	47	0	5	3	39	93	31	46	16	3
Palmer	13,003	43	0	4	14	25	253	86	149	18	8
Paxton	4,585	19	0	0	2	17	21	10	10	1	0
Peabody	51,547	121	2	4	27	88	1,166	186	879	101	3
Pembroke	18,204	28	0	0	3	25	209	58	140	11	0
Pepperell	11,477	7	0	0	0	7	110	31	75	4	1
Pittsfield	44,124	343	1	40	36	266	1,240	348	804	88	5
Plainville	8,070	34	0	1	5	28	163	46	106	11	0
Plymouth	55,253	105	0	5	22	78	681	145	506	30	2
Princeton	3,544	2	0	0	0	2	18	8	10	0	0
Provincetown²	3,447		0	1	1		192	13	175	4	0
Quincy	90,792	305	3	23	92	187	1,684	473	1,058	153	16
Randolph	30,651	156	1	19	31	105	721	95	544	82	1
Raynham	13,579	31	0	4	5	22	429	61	320	48	1
Reading	23,303	16	0	0	7	9	202	35	157	10	0
Rehoboth	11,324	20	0	4	2	14	143	33	94	16	0
Revere	46,082	255	0	12	68	175	1,539	297	949	293	12
Rochester	5,342	4	0	0	0	4	59	33	24	2	0
Rockland	17,946	20	0	1	8	11	341	61	222	58
Rowley	5,880	8	1	0	3	4	44	16	27	1	1
Royalston	1,376	11	0	1	0	10	11	7	3	1	0
Rutland	7,491	14	0	3	0	11	45	18	22	5	0
Salem	42,007	122	0	10	26	86	877	191	627	59	0
Salisbury²	8,334		0	8	2		186	75	91	20	2
Sandwich	20,851	49	0	5	1	43	263	107	143	13	1
Saugus²	27,077		0	10	40		1,011	333	601	77	2
Savoy	729	2	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0
Scituate	18,229	18	0	0	0	18	151	41	103	7	0
Seekonk	13,750	34	0	2	11	21	500	79	378	43	0
Sharon	17,310	4	0	0	1	3	126	22	99	5	2
Shelburne	2,066	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	8	1	0
Sherborn	4,248	1	0	1	0	0	26	13	11	2	2
Shirley	7,658	3	0	0	0	3	24	7	14	3	0
Shrewsbury	33,373	26	0	9	2	15	344	30	297	17	1
Somerset	18,682	55	0	1	1	53	351	67	260	24	4
Somerville	75,413	322	2	19	129	172	1,954	434	1,204	316	6
Southampton²	5,876		0	0	0		50	8	39	3	1
Southborough	9,616	1	0	0	0	1	51	12	33	6	0
Southbridge	17,338	76	0	7	16	53	355	154	177	24	4
South Hadley	17,166	31	0	8	1	22	269	66	190	13	3
Southwick	9,605	10	0	2	0	8	139	36	92	11	2
Spencer	12,165	37	0	0	4	33	157	29	110	18	1
Springfield	152,644	2,260	15	115	682	1,448	8,747	2,178	4,963	1,606	75
Sterling	7,817	13	0	1	0	12	57	35	16	6	1
Stockbridge	2,270	9	0	0	0	9	56	14	39	3	1
Stoneham	21,712	24	0	0	6	18	382	82	276	24
Stow	6,216	4	0	0	1	3	42	25	16	1	1
Sturbridge	8,913	21	0	3	0	18	143	37	101	5	0
Sudbury	17,169	3	0	1	0	2	88	12	75	1	0
Sunderland	3,826	11	0	0	1	10	33	16	17	0	1
Sutton	9,043	8	0	1	1	6	94	37	50	7	1
Swansea	16,348	40	2	3	5	30	299	56	203	40	1
Taunton	56,589	290	1	9	68	212	1,088	407	537	144	2
Templeton	7,536	11	0	1	3	7	85	45	28	12	3
Tewksbury	29,218	42	0	7	7	28	489	72	376	41	1
Tisbury	3,835	13	0	1	0	12	141	31	100	10	0
Topsfield	6,220	1	0	0	0	1	36	6	28	2	0
Townsend	9,341	1	0	0	1	0	106	22	82	2	0
Truro	2,177	0	0	0	0	0	19	1	18	0	0
Tyngsboro	11,406	18	0	0	3	15	156	38	101	17	2
Upton	6,435	3	0	0	0	3	55	11	36	8	1
Uxbridge	12,484	21	0	3	0	18	123	49	64	10	2
Wakefield	24,723	57	2	3	9	43	270	45	202	23	0
Walpole	23,251	18	0	6	0	12	271	33	220	18	0
Waltham	59,914	98	0	8	20	70	690	113	528	49	1
Ware	10,065	32	0	7	3	22	154	42	97	15	8
Wareham²	21,424		1	5	24		695	231	406	58	2
Warren	5,075	35	0	6	0	29	40	20	15	5	2
Watertown	32,497	37	0	2	9	26	549	77	452	20	0
Wayland	13,080	5	0	2	2	1	93	12	76	5	0
Webster	16,952	80	0	8	17	55	310	102	175	33	3
Wellesley	27,140	19	0	2	0	17	250	73	174	3	1
Wellfleet	2,839	8	0	0	0	8	83	11	71	1	0
Wenham	4,678	1	0	0	1	0	50	26	23	1	0
Westborough	18,845	28	0	2	2	24	267	53	189	25	3
West Boylston	7,745	10	0	2	0	8	166	20	137	9	0
West Brookfield	3,918	11	0	0	0	11	44	13	25	6	0
Westfield²	40,769		1	11	9		643	260	331	52	9
Westford	21,590	3	0	2	0	1	148	12	134	2	0
Westhampton	1,577	1	0	0	0	1	7	2	5	0	0
West Newbury	4,332	15	0	1	0	14	25	6	17	2	0
Westport	15,162	34	0	1	1	32	216	109	93	14	0
West Springfield	28,157	106	1	10	29	66	1,270	235	905	130	5
West Tisbury	2,687	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	9	0	0
Westwood	13,984	12	0	0	2	10	153	22	121	10	2
Whately	1,594	5	0	0	1	4	33	7	25	1	0
Wilbraham	14,087	26	0	4	0	22	189	32	143	14	1
Williamstown	8,288	9	0	3	0	6	202	27	166	9	1
Wilmington	21,601	30	0	4	4	22	393	68	307	18
Winchendon	10,165	49	0	2	0	47	184	58	109	17	3
Winchester	21,308	11	0	0	3	8	307	49	241	17	0
Winthrop	17,172	66	0	3	6	57	154	74	77	3	1
Woburn	37,370	91	0	5	29	57	803	100	641	62	2
Worcester	176,956	1,496	6	124	388	978	5,671	1,231	3,452	988	16
Yarmouth²	24,769		0	4	11		736	318	387	31	3

¹ The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
² The data collection methodology for the offense of aggravated assault used by these agencies does not comply with national UCR guidelines. Consequently, their figures for aggravated assault and violent crime (of which aggravated assault is a part) are not included in this table.

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