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Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2007
City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter 		Forcible
rape 		Robbery Aggravated
assault 		Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft 		Motor
vehicle
theft 		Arson1
Abington 16,673 43 0 2 8 33 316 114 181 21 3
Acton 20,619 30 0 3 4 23 283 34 243 6 0
Acushnet 10,575 20 0 3 1 16 170 81 77 12 3
Adams 8,316 37 0 1 4 32 265 65 189 11 0
Agawam 28,573 41 0 4 8 29 428 138 248 42 3
Amesbury 16,551 41 0 3 3 35 239 53 175 11 2
Amherst 33,913 81 0 14 5 62 391 194 163 34 3
Andover 33,615 21 0 4 1 16 396 52 316 28 4
Aquinnah 356 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Arlington 40,902 64 1 6 11 46 638 231 371 36 15
Ashburnham 6,065 16 0 3 1 12 68 36 29 3 0
Ashfield 1,826 5 1 0 0 4 12 5 7 0
Ashland 15,818 26 0 5 5 16 84 25 50 9 2
Athol 11,721 50 0 4 1 45 183 89 88 6 3
Attleboro 43,474 139 0 8 25 106 962 243 613 106 4
Auburn2 16,445 0 5 7 528 72 418 38 2
Avon2 4,310 0 0 1 181 26 150 5
Ayer 7,306 25 0 3 2 20 151 66 81 4 8
Barnstable 47,342 301 2 17 25 257 1,252 439 717 96 6
Barre 5,467 15 0 1 2 12 89 18 67 4 1
Becket 1,804 1 0 0 0 1 48 33 14 1 0
Bedford 12,862 1 0 0 0 1 179 35 143 1 0
Belchertown 14,268 21 0 2 0 19 189 68 108 13 1
Bellingham 15,965 30 0 1 7 22 309 47 244 18 1
Belmont 23,184 25 0 5 4 16 242 71 156 15 1
Berkley 6,494 15 0 2 2 11 51 30 18 3 0
Berlin 2,771 0 0 0 0 0 29 3 26 0 0
Beverly 39,493 106 0 10 15 81 668 111 521 36 4
Billerica 41,568 40 0 4 7 29 589 74 478 37 1
Blackstone 9,067 13 0 1 5 7 121 35 66 20 0
Bolton 4,517 3 0 1 0 2 37 10 23 4 1
Boston 591,855 6,837 65 263 2,242 4,267 24,579 3,810 17,351 3,418
Bourne 19,308 80 0 3 5 72 674 288 353 33 11
Boxborough 5,106 8 0 1 0 7 37 6 28 3 2
Boxford 8,155 1 0 0 0 1 62 17 43 2 0
Boylston 4,295 0 0 0 0 0 27 4 22 1 0
Braintree 34,147 107 1 2 25 79 921 115 761 45 1
Brewster 10,158 19 0 1 0 18 127 25 99 3 1
Bridgewater 25,767 37 0 5 4 28 186 41 131 14 2
Brimfield 3,744 5 0 0 0 5 6 0 3 3 0
Brockton2 94,180 11 42 199 3,321 695 2,163 463 22
Brookline 54,976 129 0 1 36 92 1,008 161 809 38
Burlington 24,978 39 0 2 10 27 881 258 595 28 1
Cambridge3 101,161 421 0 12 148 261 3,616 662 2,718 236 9
Canton 21,890 60 0 5 2 53 261 44 202 15 1
Carver2 11,639 0 1 4 92 41 41 10 2
Charlemont 1,381 2 0 0 0 2 7 2 5 0 0
Charlton 12,765 21 0 0 0 21 134 43 75 16 0
Chatham 6,811 9 0 0 1 8 161 28 131 2 0
Chelmsford 33,740 44 1 1 6 36 520 63 438 19 0
Chelsea 32,439 607 2 19 207 379 1,334 372 756 206 10
Cheshire 3,335 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 2 1
Chicopee 54,414 305 0 32 52 221 1,735 474 1,055 206 3
Clinton 14,247 11 0 1 1 9 135 39 85 11 0
Cohasset 7,213 10 0 0 1 9 105 17 82 6 1
Concord 16,766 13 0 1 0 12 240 58 178 4 1
Dalton 6,627 20 0 3 0 17 79 20 54 5 2
Danvers 25,979 58 0 7 11 40 919 65 809 45 2
Dartmouth 31,465 106 0 7 17 82 1,157 188 907 62 6
Dedham 23,653 30 0 0 7 23 573 63 481 29 0
Deerfield 4,763 3 0 0 0 3 102 31 69 2 0
Douglas 8,093 8 0 2 1 5 29 9 16 4 2
Dover 5,650 3 0 0 1 2 20 7 13 0 0
Dracut 29,444 33 0 6 6 21 271 106 152 13 1
Dudley 10,951 14 2 0 0 12 50 27 21 2 0
East Bridgewater 14,077 22 0 5 1 16 257 56 190 11 4
East Brookfield 2,095 0 0 0 0 0 23 7 15 1 0
Eastham 5,519 4 0 3 0 1 70 12 57 1 0
Easthampton 16,082 35 0 2 1 32 172 55 99 18 4
East Longmeadow 15,061 44 0 2 9 33 400 54 332 14 2
Easton 23,142 14 0 0 3 11 201 54 131 16 0
Egremont 1,364 5 0 0 1 4 29 9 20 0 0
Erving 1,574 2 0 1 0 1 32 18 13 1 1
Everett 36,826 188 1 11 57 119 1,239 289 782 168 1
Fairhaven 16,268 75 1 1 15 58 564 140 404 20 5
Falmouth 33,722 151 0 11 10 130 1,113 548 495 70 6
Fitchburg2 40,180 0 21 39 1,015 293 645 77 9
Foxborough 16,276 37 1 4 2 30 173 72 85 16
Framingham 64,482 107 0 3 29 75 1,380 211 1,018 151
Franklin 31,478 6 0 1 1 4 99 14 76 9 0
Freetown 9,042 26 0 0 0 26 182 77 83 22 4
Gardner 20,813 120 1 6 10 103 497 139 328 30 6
Georgetown 8,210 5 0 0 0 5 45 14 30 1
Gloucester 30,597 28 0 5 4 19 538 82 445 11 1
Goshen 965 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 0
Grafton 17,750 13 1 0 0 12 125 41 73 11 0
Granby 6,381 15 0 1 1 13 72 19 47 6 0
Great Barrington 7,423 12 1 2 0 9 143 31 107 5 0
Greenfield2 17,648 3 12 9 438 165 238 35 6
Groton 10,737 3 0 0 0 3 31 10 21 0 0
Groveland 6,863 4 0 1 0 3 41 8 31 2 0
Hadley 4,817 7 0 0 4 3 197 42 146 9 0
Halifax 7,834 10 0 2 1 7 73 15 51 7 0
Hamilton 8,262 6 0 1 0 5 85 27 54 4 0
Hampden 5,349 5 0 1 1 3 46 18 24 4 1
Hanover 14,266 5 0 0 2 3 302 42 255 5 0
Hanson2 10,054 0 5 3 158 44 103 11 3
Hardwick 2,670 5 0 0 0 5 40 14 24 2 0
Harvard 6,062 2 0 0 0 2 31 15 12 4 2
Harwich 12,573 28 0 3 2 23 292 134 157 1 2
Hatfield 3,266 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 7 1 0
Haverhill 60,308 365 0 13 81 271 1,552 720 626 206 17
Hingham 22,059 16 0 1 1 14 324 67 248 9 1
Hinsdale2 1,782 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Holbrook 10,724 21 0 6 9 6 252 81 153 18
Holden 16,816 12 0 1 0 11 78 11 64 3 3
Holliston 13,903 7 0 1 0 6 64 19 40 5 2
Holyoke 39,769 497 2 45 54 396 2,203 421 1,569 213 15
Hopedale 6,277 11 0 1 1 9 45 23 17 5 1
Hopkinton 14,294 1 0 0 0 1 62 6 56 0 0
Hubbardston 4,494 16 0 0 0 16 35 11 23 1 1
Hudson 19,595 2 0 0 2 0 198 18 165 15 0
Hull 11,261 40 0 1 3 36 142 56 76 10 4
Ipswich 13,326 8 0 1 0 7 196 64 125 7 0
Kingston 12,581 28 0 5 5 18 335 48 263 24 2
Lakeville 10,770 13 1 0 1 11 188 72 110 6 2
Lancaster 7,043 9 0 1 0 8 46 22 19 5 2
Lawrence 70,462 506 4 15 128 359 1,676 451 817 408
Lee 5,842 14 0 0 0 14 31 3 25 3 0
Leicester 11,077 27 0 4 1 22 178 35 128 15 1
Lenox 5,169 2 0 0 0 2 64 11 52 1 0
Leominster2 41,602 0 11 28 1,169 204 881 84 5
Lexington 30,220 16 0 2 1 13 333 65 262 6 1
Lincoln 7,929 5 0 2 0 3 25 8 17 0 2
Littleton 8,713 5 0 1 1 3 63 12 46 5 0
Longmeadow 15,465 10 0 2 3 5 222 89 128 5 4
Lowell 102,918 875 3 44 241 587 3,326 953 1,891 482
Ludlow 22,066 22 0 3 2 17 254 71 161 22 0
Lunenburg 10,105 10 0 0 0 10 146 46 95 5 0
Lynn 87,817 931 8 45 192 686 2,697 1,105 1,202 390 3
Lynnfield 11,429 17 0 0 2 15 217 116 93 8 0
Malden 55,538 258 1 4 87 166 1,530 387 979 164 0
Mansfield 23,175 40 0 3 6 31 374 135 226 13 4
Marblehead 20,194 28 0 1 2 25 241 33 197 11 0
Marion 5,313 10 0 1 0 9 168 37 120 11 1
Marlborough 38,227 32 0 4 10 18 609 108 457 44 1
Marshfield 24,915 12 0 1 4 7 211 38 167 6 1
Mashpee 14,552 45 0 4 4 37 354 105 232 17 2
Mattapoisett 6,502 3 0 0 1 2 94 13 73 8 0
Maynard 10,150 16 0 2 1 13 28 5 20 3 1
Medfield 12,299 0 0 0 0 0 55 15 38 2 1
Medford 55,706 70 3 4 42 21 1,556 240 1,210 106
Medway 12,867 1 0 1 0 0 62 7 52 3 0
Melrose 26,549 34 0 4 8 22 409 81 291 37 0
Mendon 5,837 7 0 1 0 6 36 13 21 2 0
Merrimac 6,420 4 0 2 0 2 32 12 20 0 3
Methuen 44,333 106 1 6 20 79 959 166 718 75 4
Middleboro 21,503 57 0 6 9 42 453 122 281 50 7
Middleton 9,562 8 0 0 0 8 82 0 79 3 0
Milford 27,635 85 2 4 9 70 413 78 299 36 6
Millbury2 13,711 1 4 2 176 51 107 18 2
Millis 7,977 1 0 0 0 1 43 9 31 3 0
Millville 2,988 1 0 1 0 0 34 12 20 2 0
Milton 25,888 13 0 0 6 7 238 48 172 18
Monson 8,856 17 1 4 0 12 119 41 64 14 0
Montague 8,359 23 1 3 2 17 151 59 87 5 2
Monterey 967 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0
Nahant 3,544 9 0 0 1 8 43 5 36 2 0
Natick 31,854 61 0 7 12 42 648 81 528 39 2
Needham 28,343 6 1 0 1 4 251 33 215 3 0
New Bedford 92,373 1,093 2 40 286 765 3,152 900 1,859 393 33
Newbury 6,992 10 0 0 1 9 48 22 26 0 1
Newburyport 17,317 12 0 1 2 9 198 34 152 12 2
New Salem 990 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0
Newton 82,731 78 0 8 13 57 1,306 184 1,079 43 1
Norfolk 10,596 3 0 1 0 2 43 11 32 0 0
North Adams 13,738 93 0 6 8 79 507 176 294 37 5
Northampton 28,550 105 0 8 17 80 959 195 708 56 9
North Andover 27,271 3 0 0 0 3 284 65 210 9 0
North Attleboro 28,095 39 0 6 6 27 690 97 552 41 3
Northborough 14,783 3 0 0 0 3 104 16 84 4 0
Northbridge 14,596 19 0 3 3 13 265 58 195 12 3
North Brookfield2 4,847 0 0 0 29 8 16 5 0
Northfield 3,326 8 0 1 0 7 46 13 31 2 0
Norton 19,423 3 1 0 2 0 125 36 81 8 0
Norwell 10,466 12 0 0 2 10 124 41 78 5 0
Norwood 28,336 21 0 1 5 15 524 90 397 37 3
Oak Bluffs 3,768 8 0 1 0 7 111 24 84 3 0
Oakham 1,946 7 0 1 0 6 54 28 20 6 2
Orange 7,762 39 0 2 4 33 203 70 126 7 1
Orleans 6,412 14 0 1 2 11 190 36 152 2 0
Oxford 13,760 51 0 3 7 41 113 38 58 17 10
Palmer 12,991 43 2 4 6 31 202 67 117 18 4
Paxton 4,591 3 0 0 0 3 21 4 15 2 1
Peabody 52,194 128 0 7 16 105 1,235 126 1,002 107 4
Pembroke 18,932 32 0 2 4 26 212 62 133 17 0
Pepperell 11,454 15 0 2 0 13 130 24 97 9 0
Pittsfield 43,194 295 0 43 37 215 1,135 448 608 79 6
Plainville 8,162 12 0 3 1 8 165 55 106 4 2
Plymouth 56,023 106 0 5 14 87 824 177 611 36 3
Princeton 3,547 1 0 0 0 1 47 30 15 2 1
Provincetown 3,411 10 0 0 0 10 181 11 164 6 0
Quincy 91,382 253 2 16 70 165 1,877 589 1,147 141 12
Randolph 30,233 149 3 13 30 103 843 125 642 76 2
Raynham 13,975 43 0 1 17 25 432 72 327 33 3
Reading 23,004 14 0 0 3 11 269 41 219 9 0
Rehoboth 11,551 10 0 0 1 9 128 48 70 10 1
Revere 46,658 266 3 19 50 194 1,704 417 1,065 222 9
Rochester 5,530 7 0 0 1 6 65 31 29 5 0
Rockland 17,914 26 0 3 11 12 296 79 201 16
Rockport 7,677 7 0 2 0 5 18 2 14 2 0
Rowley 5,927 5 0 0 0 5 31 7 22 2 0
Royalston 1,399 2 0 0 1 1 14 9 5 0 0
Rutland 7,800 13 1 4 0 8 48 13 34 1 0
Salem 41,507 134 0 15 21 98 792 148 614 30 0
Salisbury 8,506 45 1 5 3 36 168 83 75 10 2
Sandwich 20,584 41 0 6 4 31 381 91 277 13 1
Saugus 27,214 94 2 5 18 69 997 248 679 70 1
Savoy 732 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 3 2
Scituate 18,116 12 0 0 0 12 167 50 113 4 1
Seekonk 13,681 30 0 2 4 24 558 76 449 33 2
Sharon 17,100 8 0 1 2 5 110 13 93 4 1
Shelburne 2,045 1 0 0 0 1 9 1 7 1 1
Sherborn 4,217 0 0 0 0 0 22 7 14 1 0
Shirley 7,661 7 0 2 0 5 31 7 21 3 0
Shrewsbury 33,485 13 0 4 0 9 377 40 308 29 0
Somerset 18,473 47 0 1 6 40 323 48 261 14 2
Somerville 74,156 289 1 17 119 152 2,252 436 1,533 283 2
Southampton2 6,010 0 1 0 37 9 25 3 1
Southborough 9,674 0 0 0 0 0 33 13 15 5 1
Southbridge 17,109 112 0 8 12 92 430 206 199 25 6
South Hadley 17,011 27 0 0 0 27 266 93 154 19 1
Southwick 9,719 13 0 1 2 10 161 52 96 13 1
Spencer 12,153 40 2 2 2 34 141 37 99 5 0
Springfield 151,074 2,068 20 91 690 1,267 7,942 2,027 4,694 1,221 63
Sterling 7,927 6 0 0 0 6 69 37 32 0 1
Stockbridge 2,256 6 0 0 0 6 77 26 46 5 0
Stoughton 26,814 105 0 4 13 88 423 154 230 39 2
Stow 6,263 3 0 0 0 3 29 12 17 0 1
Sturbridge 9,141 18 0 6 1 11 163 31 123 9 3
Sudbury 17,061 5 1 0 0 4 107 8 96 3 0
Sunderland 3,778 9 0 1 0 8 29 11 16 2 0
Sutton 9,154 17 0 1 1 15 103 45 52 6 2
Swampscott 14,097 6 0 1 2 3 318 28 281 9 0
Swansea 16,271 50 0 3 5 42 311 47 237 27 0
Taunton 56,091 290 1 12 71 206 1,230 472 582 176 7
Templeton 7,812 19 0 2 4 13 111 48 52 11 4
Tewksbury 29,450 53 0 5 13 35 452 92 329 31 4
Topsfield 6,128 1 0 0 1 0 78 11 62 5 0
Townsend 9,343 12 0 2 1 9 108 56 50 2 1
Truro 2,163 1 0 0 1 0 24 0 24 0 0
Tyngsboro 11,584 16 0 1 1 14 131 23 94 14 0
Upton 6,597 8 0 2 1 5 61 13 37 11 0
Uxbridge 12,818 10 1 2 0 7 126 55 65 6 4
Wakefield 24,557 49 0 5 6 38 290 49 220 21 3
Wales 1,853 2 0 0 0 2 8 2 5 1 0
Walpole 23,199 11 0 2 1 8 300 29 258 13 0
Waltham 59,425 125 0 11 19 95 820 172 594 54 1
Ware 10,031 31 0 2 1 28 123 34 81 8 2
Wareham 21,472 153 1 8 22 122 596 206 354 36 3
Watertown 32,065 56 0 3 12 41 610 114 464 32 0
Wayland 12,954 0 0 0 0 0 82 16 65 1 1
Webster 16,886 76 1 3 11 61 352 74 250 28 1
Wellesley 26,966 21 0 1 2 18 235 63 169 3 0
Wellfleet 2,798 9 0 2 0 7 60 6 51 3 0
Wenham 4,609 5 0 1 0 4 46 18 24 4 0
Westborough 18,740 20 0 3 2 15 309 95 185 29 1
West Boylston 7,810 5 0 2 1 2 193 28 152 13 1
Westfield2 40,518 0 11 12 657 274 354 29 4
Westford 21,624 1 0 0 1 0 95 11 82 2 0
Westhampton 1,601 1 0 0 0 1 7 3 3 1
West Newbury 4,306 11 0 0 0 11 30 10 18 2 2
Westport 15,280 29 0 0 0 29 217 114 87 16 3
West Springfield 27,854 124 1 5 33 85 1,209 218 870 121 1
West Tisbury 2,673 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 0 0
Westwood 13,790 6 0 0 1 5 149 22 110 17 0
Weymouth 53,553 112 1 9 22 80 891 203 611 77
Whately 1,578 1 0 0 1 0 15 3 11 1 1
Wilbraham 14,123 23 0 0 4 19 185 32 133 20 1
Williamsburg 2,440 3 0 0 0 3 38 21 16 1 0
Williamstown 8,159 6 0 2 0 4 165 29 134 2 2
Winchendon 10,221 52 0 1 6 45 170 54 101 15 2
Winchester 21,155 6 0 0 2 4 351 69 276 6 3
Winthrop 17,056 61 0 1 10 50 221 71 145 5 4
Woburn 36,996 116 0 6 17 93 942 110 750 82 4
Worcester 175,825 1,531 6 93 371 1,061 6,025 1,308 3,815 902 18
Wrentham 11,215 0 0 0 0 0 46 9 36 1 0
Yarmouth2 24,304 0 6 14 711 269 406 36 8

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Crime in the United States, 2007
U.S. Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
September 2008