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Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2014

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape
(revised
definition)1 		Rape
(legacy
definition)2 		Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson3
Abington 16,200 28 0 4 6 18 338 56 272 10 1
Acton 23,193 17 0 2 0 15 179 27 147 5 0
Acushnet 10,392 23 0 3 1 19 91 36 50 5 1
Adams 8,296 30 0 7 1 22 120 37 78 5 3
Amherst 38,977 69 0 21 7 41 284 95 171 18 4
Andover 34,882 16 0 4 3 9 252 22 213 17 2
Arlington 44,439 63 0 9 9 45 382 62 303 17 2
Ashburnham 6,190 10 0 2 2 6 56 22 33 1 0
Ashland 17,333 15 0 1 4 10 137 33 96 8 0
Athol 11,655 46 0 5 3 38 191 57 131 3 0
Attleboro 44,084 107 0 12 12 83 846 182 619 45 4
Auburn 16,392 41 1 4 4 32 490 85 390 15 1
Avon 4,490 3 0 0 1 2 132 19 112 1
Ayer 7,938 28 0 6 0 22 132 55 72 5 1
Barnstable 44,642 279 0 19 28 232 1,080 223 793 64 8
Barre 5,473 22 0 3 1 18 61 18 33 10 0
Becket 1,779 4 0 0 0 4 24 14 10 0
Bedford 14,179 6 1 1 1 3 66 5 59 2 0
Belchertown 14,758 21 0 2 3 16 157 34 119 4 1
Bellingham 16,801 30 0 1 8 21 272 50 207 15 3
Belmont 25,550 16 0 6 0 10 174 37 124 13 0
Berkley 6,559 5 0 1 1 3 40 10 26 4 0
Bernardston 2,122 0 0 0 0 0 18 11 5 2 0
Beverly 41,023 78 0 5 8 65 472 58 397 17 2
Billerica 42,393 34 0 3 2 29 387 64 297 26 5
Blackstone 9,118 5 0 1 0 4 97 16 75 6 0
Bolton 5,128 9 0 1 0 8 58 13 43 2 0
Boston 654,413 4,749 53 280 1,680 2,736 17,269 2,680 13,077 1,512
Bourne 19,781 62 1 8 5 48 309 103 187 19 1
Boxborough 5,185 4 0 2 0 2 27 6 20 1 0
Boxford 8,233 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 16 1 0
Boylston 4,463 7 0 0 0 7 40 25 14 1 0
Braintree 37,067 88 0 2 13 73 802 97 675 30 1
Brewster 9,765 16 0 5 0 11 115 38 75 2 0
Brimfield 3,731 2 0 0 0 2 25 7 16 2 0
Brockton 94,427 992 12 64 192 724 2,900 572 2,098 230 15
Brookline 59,413 166 0 1 17 148 765 92 661 12 0
Burlington 25,765 37 0 7 3 27 490 37 434 19 0
Cambridge 108,201 301 1 22 90 188 2,607 291 2,187 129 5
Canton 22,441 59 0 7 1 51 226 55 160 11 2
Carver 11,521 28 0 4 4 20 137 23 104 10 0
Charlton 13,258 15 0 5 0 10 100 40 51 9 1
Chatham 6,150 9 0 3 0 6 120 22 94 4 0
Chelmsford 35,037 30 0 0 7 23 565 39 513 13 1
Chelsea 38,396 427 4 21 171 231 1,054 195 737 122 1
Chicopee 55,831 213 0 30 59 124 1,477 455 921 101 3
Clinton 13,755 6 0 0 0 6 50 7 42 1 0
Cohasset4 8,493 4 0 0 0 4 80 2 1
Concord 19,753 10 0 1 1 8 160 21 135 4 2
Dalton 6,717 11 0 2 0 9 49 19 29 1 2
Danvers 27,809 36 0 5 2 29 682 37 625 20 1
Dartmouth 34,703 71 1 10 13 47 919 125 763 31 1
Dedham 25,495 17 0 5 5 7 525 21 484 20 0
Deerfield 5,080 19 0 1 1 17 58 19 37 2 1
Dennis 14,074 66 0 10 4 52 361 114 237 10 2
Dighton 7,267 9 0 2 0 7 23 7 13 3
Douglas 8,687 17 0 2 0 15 55 24 28 3 0
Dover 5,864 2 0 0 0 2 27 3 22 2 0
Dracut 31,067 20 0 6 3 11 485 69 395 21 0
Dudley 11,562 41 0 8 0 33 75 29 42 4 0
Dunstable 3,396 3 0 0 1 2 30 3 25 2 0
Duxbury 15,385 10 0 4 2 4 88 13 74 1 0
East Bridgewater 14,203 20 0 7 0 13 156 38 111 7 1
East Brookfield 2,189 6 0 1 1 4 17 2 14 1 0
Eastham 4,940 14 0 0 1 13 88 16 67 5 1
Easthampton 15,954 43 0 10 3 30 167 36 127 4 0
Easton 23,928 25 0 5 2 18 244 69 161 14 1
Edgartown 4,331 14 0 0 0 14 95 12 76 7 0
Egremont 1,224 2 0 0 1 1 13 6 7 0
Erving 1,795 6 0 2 0 4 34 6 27 1 0
Essex 3,640 0 0 0 0 0 35 8 27 0
Everett 43,368 172 0 10 67 95 870 147 624 99 1
Fairhaven 16,157 65 0 8 8 49 422 49 364 9 5
Fall River 88,915 1,036 1 80 221 734 2,187 527 1,462 198 35
Falmouth 31,760 113 2 9 13 89 760 386 347 27 5
Fitchburg 40,492 330 0 31 65 234 1,161 301 783 77 16
Franklin 32,857 5 0 1 2 2 105 41 61 3 0
Freetown 9,100 25 0 2 2 21 133 37 82 14 4
Gardner 20,462 151 0 11 15 125 605 175 408 22 2
Georgetown 8,559 1 0 0 1 0 71 17 52 2 0
Grafton 18,301 34 0 1 3 30 84 34 45 5 1
Granby 6,303 10 0 1 0 9 44 12 27 5 0
Great Barrington 6,971 25 0 5 2 18 78 21 55 2 1
Groton 11,260 1 0 0 0 1 60 11 45 4 1
Hadley 5,277 25 0 5 3 17 174 19 154 1 0
Halifax 7,648 12 0 4 0 8 78 24 53 1 1
Hamilton 8,191 6 0 0 0 6 58 7 48 3 0
Hampden 5,188 1 0 0 1 0 51 8 40 3 0
Hanover 14,418 4 0 0 1 3 189 14 171 4 0
Hanson 10,379 20 0 1 0 19 74 19 50 5 0
Hardwick 3,008 9 0 1 0 8 41 8 29 4 0
Harvard 6,597 6 0 2 1 3 43 17 25 1 1
Harwich 12,224 30 0 10 1 19 204 91 111 2 0
Hatfield 3,284 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 10 1 1
Haverhill 62,552 436 0 19 60 357 1,402 351 946 105 8
Hingham 22,940 17 0 3 6 8 270 65 198 7 0
Holden 18,208 13 0 6 1 6 100 36 58 6 3
Holliston 14,352 5 0 3 0 2 62 23 38 1 2
Holyoke 40,336 390 3 31 99 257 2,252 320 1,813 119 16
Hopedale 5,982 12 0 1 0 11 35 10 24 1 1
Hopkinton 16,209 1 0 0 0 1 43 1 41 1 0
Hull 10,370 32 0 7 3 22 135 51 81 3 1
Ipswich 13,707 6 0 3 0 3 114 15 95 4 1
Kingston 12,902 26 1 7 0 18 171 23 143 5 3
Lakeville 11,287 14 0 1 1 12 144 44 93 7 0
Lancaster 8,075 4 0 0 2 2 69 20 47 2 0
Lawrence 78,169 855 6 26 324 499 2,042 393 871 778
Lee 5,914 8 0 1 1 6 75 13 62 0 0
Leicester 11,342 27 0 2 4 21 233 38 193 2 0
Lenox 4,973 5 0 1 1 3 101 15 83 3 0
Leominster 41,179 270 0 18 45 207 1,171 162 962 47 4
Leverett 1,863 1 0 1 0 0 13 4 9 0 0
Lexington 33,047 10 0 0 3 7 220 34 181 5 0
Lincoln 6,632 6 0 3 0 3 41 7 34 0 0
Littleton 9,350 9 0 0 1 8 68 23 42 3 2
Longmeadow 15,901 9 0 1 1 7 137 25 111 1 0
Lowell 109,729 598 6 40 181 371 2,792 638 1,832 322 17
Ludlow 21,528 46 0 6 5 35 297 65 218 14 0
Lunenburg 11,238 20 0 2 4 14 293 59 228 6 0
Lynn 92,131 716 5 24 162 525 2,283 445 1,605 233 13
Lynnfield 12,635 8 0 0 0 8 93 18 72 3 0
Malden 60,925 219 1 7 63 148 1,108 186 813 109 1
Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,290 3 0 0 0 3 15 1 14 0 0
Mansfield 23,727 42 0 11 4 27 245 64 174 7 2
Marblehead 20,332 23 1 3 0 19 224 37 177 10 2
Marion 4,935 2 0 0 0 2 70 19 49 2 0
Marlborough 39,748 134 0 18 7 109 691 99 563 29 3
Marshfield 25,657 42 0 7 1 34 178 37 135 6 1
Mashpee 14,123 45 0 3 4 38 236 34 193 9 2
Mattapoisett 6,219 9 0 0 0 9 109 23 84 2 0
Maynard 10,463 20 0 2 1 17 89 13 75 1 0
Medfield 12,415 4 0 0 0 4 61 15 43 3 0
Medford 57,551 106 0 5 24 77 851 98 674 79 2
Medway 13,159 3 0 1 0 2 58 19 38 1 0
Melrose 27,940 31 0 3 9 19 265 44 205 16 1
Mendon 5,936 6 0 0 0 6 37 16 19 2 1
Methuen 48,950 80 0 0 19 61 746 123 561 62 1
Middleboro 23,784 60 0 12 6 42 299 46 235 18 2
Milford 28,434 55 0 9 7 39 461 79 369 13 2
Millbury 13,473 27 0 4 2 21 290 53 225 12 5
Millville 3,224 5 0 0 0 5 16 12 4 0 0
Milton 27,405 11 0 0 6 5 269 76 189 4 0
Monson 8,762 31 0 2 3 26 69 31 33 5 0
Montague 8,365 55 0 3 9 43 200 56 140 4 5
Nahant 3,464 6 0 0 0 6 20 4 15 1 0
Natick 35,879 53 0 3 3 47 497 43 444 10 1
Needham 29,990 4 0 0 0 4 195 32 157 6 0
New Bedford 95,366 1,199 3 86 254 856 3,363 866 2,253 244 19
Newbury 6,917 8 0 2 0 6 36 9 27 0 0
Newburyport 17,941 27 0 3 1 23 162 14 140 8 0
Newton 88,881 60 0 6 9 45 750 154 572 24 0
Norfolk 11,835 2 0 1 0 1 22 7 14 1 0
North Adams 13,471 75 0 6 7 62 495 111 368 16 4
Northampton 28,465 132 0 20 19 93 693 144 534 15 4
North Andover 29,502 8 0 0 2 6 318 24 289 5 0
Northborough 14,900 20 0 3 0 17 154 31 114 9 0
Northbridge 16,245 32 0 7 1 24 327 41 280 6 1
North Reading 15,537 17 0 0 0 17 99 11 85 3 1
Norton 19,477 4 0 2 0 2 96 26 62 8 0
Norwell 10,806 10 0 2 1 7 86 18 68 0 0
Norwood 29,114 23 1 3 5 14 329 43 265 21 1
Orange 7,737 22 0 2 2 18 158 64 90 4 3
Orleans 5,878 12 0 4 0 8 117 17 96 4 1
Oxford 13,869 39 0 4 4 31 220 50 161 9 2
Palmer 12,161 45 0 6 8 31 156 50 97 9 0
Paxton 4,875 7 0 2 0 5 19 10 9 0 0
Peabody 52,366 140 1 7 17 115 882 75 762 45 0
Pelham 1,319 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 0
Pembroke 18,207 30 0 3 4 23 130 18 105 7 1
Pepperell 11,999 18 0 4 1 13 118 21 93 4 0
Pittsfield 43,895 194 0 35 30 129 1,341 459 842 40 7
Plainville 8,991 9 0 3 2 4 156 36 113 7 0
Plympton 2,875 5 0 0 1 4 31 16 14 1 1
Provincetown 2,980 24 0 2 0 22 92 19 70 3 0
Quincy 94,035 392 0 35 72 285 1,499 405 1,032 62 10
Raynham 13,635 26 0 3 5 18 289 37 237 15 0
Rehoboth 11,924 9 0 2 0 7 106 24 76 6 0
Revere 54,402 303 0 30 62 211 1,086 196 758 132 3
Rockport 7,193 7 0 2 0 5 15 4 8 3 0
Salem 42,847 154 0 8 26 120 1,157 103 1,019 35 2
Salisbury 8,676 38 0 8 2 28 171 45 120 6 0
Sandwich 20,628 37 0 2 2 33 192 57 125 10 4
Saugus 28,078 71 0 6 13 52 706 72 598 36 1
Scituate 18,385 24 0 1 1 22 105 23 75 7 2
Seekonk 14,568 20 0 2 4 14 373 47 307 19 0
Sharon 18,177 0 0 0 0 0 81 18 60 3 1
Shelburne 1,894 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 6 0 0
Sherborn 4,280 5 0 0 0 5 24 9 14 1 0
Shirley 7,716 4 0 0 0 4 35 10 24 1 0
Shrewsbury 36,578 2 0 1 1 0 209 52 152 5 0
Somerset 18,363 37 0 6 4 27 286 43 230 13 0
Somerville 79,798 213 1 10 58 144 1,224 192 923 109 4
Southampton 6,030 4 0 1 0 3 30 5 25 0 0
Southborough 9,956 2 0 1 0 1 45 16 28 1 0
Southbridge 16,858 62 0 11 11 40 373 140 220 13 8
South Hadley 17,747 32 0 7 4 21 237 66 159 12 2
Southwick 9,666 6 0 1 0 5 89 24 64 1 0
Spencer 11,819 16 0 1 0 15 160 33 118 9 0
Springfield 153,766 1,662 13 94 583 972 5,903 1,793 3,478 632 55
Sterling 7,937 5 0 1 0 4 84 32 52 0 0
Stockbridge 1,967 5 0 0 1 4 33 11 21 1 0
Stoneham 21,905 21 0 0 6 15 211 62 140 9 1
Stoughton 28,451 95 0 7 17 71 482 96 358 28 0
Stow 7,010 2 0 1 0 1 37 8 28 1 0
Sturbridge 9,467 28 0 4 4 20 162 31 122 9 0
Sudbury 18,592 1 0 0 0 1 59 23 36 0 0
Sutton 9,200 9 0 2 0 7 118 54 58 6 1
Swampscott 14,028 18 0 1 3 14 249 36 205 8 0
Swansea 16,177 33 1 3 4 25 333 40 287 6 1
Taunton 56,277 208 0 15 47 146 636 209 380 47 2
Tewksbury 30,461 86 0 8 8 70 418 53 341 24 1
Townsend 9,279 14 0 1 0 13 89 49 35 5 1
Truro 2,019 8 0 2 0 6 19 8 11 0 1
Tyngsboro 12,263 15 0 0 4 11 101 16 77 8 0
Upton 7,719 11 0 4 0 7 49 17 31 1 0
Uxbridge 13,732 19 0 3 3 13 164 42 117 5 0
Wakefield 26,394 43 0 5 6 32 277 50 218 9 1
Wales 1,884 1 0 0 0 1 9 1 8 0 0
Walpole 25,063 17 0 4 2 11 332 37 291 4 0
Waltham 62,756 123 2 8 22 91 747 109 607 31 1
Ware 9,838 35 0 4 6 25 174 33 138 3 1
Wareham 22,585 114 0 13 9 92 683 172 483 28 4
Watertown 33,353 31 0 3 5 23 439 49 374 16 2
Wayland 13,592 6 0 0 2 4 13 6 6 1 0
Webster 16,869 81 0 10 8 63 347 78 251 18 4
Wellesley 29,412 14 0 1 4 9 178 39 135 4 0
Wellfleet 2,737 4 0 0 0 4 35 4 27 4 0
Wenham 5,114 4 0 2 1 1 7 0 7 0 0
Westborough 18,773 13 0 1 0 12 195 41 150 4 0
West Boylston 7,971 4 0 1 2 1 135 38 96 1 0
West Bridgewater 7,018 9 0 2 2 5 111 34 71 6 1
West Brookfield 3,784 1 0 0 0 1 19 5 13 1 0
Westfield 41,348 86 0 13 11 62 533 107 410 16 7
Westford 23,654 12 0 4 0 8 105 29 72 4 0
Westminster 7,455 10 0 0 1 9 108 11 95 2 1
West Newbury 4,498 7 0 0 0 7 21 4 16 1 1
Weston 12,015 3 0 1 0 2 42 13 25 4 0
Westport 15,785 21 0 2 2 17 221 73 137 11 2
West Springfield 28,767 124 0 14 28 82 1,290 236 962 92 2
West Tisbury 2,908 5 0 0 1 4 24 8 14 2 0
Westwood 14,978 17 0 5 2 10 124 27 89 8 1
Weymouth 55,996 134 0 12 16 106 677 117 528 32 3
Whately 1,508 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 8 0 0
Whitman 14,786 53 0 10 6 37 175 46 122 7 3
Wilbraham 14,541 11 0 1 0 10 150 36 105 9 0
Williamsburg 2,462 2 0 0 0 2 20 9 11 0 0
Williamstown 7,561 3 0 2 0 1 143 17 125 1 1
Wilmington 23,410 28 0 1 4 23 250 37 204 9 0
Winchendon 10,628 37 0 4 1 32 237 25 201 11 2
Winchester 22,313 5 1 1 0 3 151 14 132 5 1
Winthrop 18,314 59 0 6 2 51 182 58 113 11 0
Woburn 39,401 71 0 5 10 56 514 62 432 20 0
Worcester 183,248 1,762 6 7 402 1,347 5,604 1,414 3,824 366 2
Wrentham 11,375 10 0 1 0 9 206 25 171 10 3
Yarmouth 23,683 198 0 10 11 177 579 202 358 19 4
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
  • 3 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.
  • 4 The FBI determined that the agency's data were overreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

Data Declaration

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