Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2008

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Abington	16,590	56	1	10	5	40	360	119	213	28	0
Acton	20,795	21	0	5	2	14	273	46	223	4	0
Acushnet	10,474	24	0	2	1	21	173	70	91	12	3
Adams	8,145	39	0	6	0	33	251	83	161	7	2
Agawam	28,353	43	0	6	7	30	325	80	206	39	5
Amesbury	16,421	46	0	6	3	37	291	40	241	10	3
Amherst	36,106	86	0	13	9	64	470	211	235	24	2
Andover	33,442	10	0	0	2	8	441	61	360	20	1
Aquinnah	355	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7	0	0
Arlington	40,989	55	0	3	14	38	661	185	441	35	16
Ashburnham	6,009	6	0	0	1	5	45	18	25	2	4
Ashfield	1,817	3	0	0	0	3	16	5	11	0
Ashland	15,927	20	0	3	1	16	163	56	98	9	0
Athol	11,637	47	0	7	3	37	291	109	172	10	2
Attleboro	43,228	143	0	8	31	104	956	223	662	71	9
Auburn²	16,298		0	4	13		503	83	393	27	8
Avon	4,285	6	0	0	2	4	195	23	161	11
Ayer	7,378	24	0	3	5	16	148	50	88	10	3
Barnstable	47,828	372	1	39	41	291	1,638	450	1,105	83	14
Barre	5,455	20	0	2	2	16	72	21	47	4
Becket	1,803	2	0	0	0	2	50	26	24	0
Bedford	13,215	4	0	2	0	2	185	29	153	3	0
Belchertown	14,094	19	0	1	0	18	164	36	111	17	2
Belmont	23,252	38	0	5	8	25	263	96	152	15	1
Berkley	6,519	7	0	0	1	6	75	39	33	3	0
Berlin	2,740	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	16	1	0
Bernardston	2,234	3	0	0	0	3	24	7	14	3	0
Beverly	39,435	122	0	10	20	92	695	107	548	40	0
Blackstone	9,058	20	0	1	1	18	145	37	93	15	1
Bolton	4,522	2	0	0	0	2	61	29	31	1	2
Boston	604,465	6,676	62	237	2,398	3,979	22,429	3,493	16,531	2,405
Bourne	19,048	63	0	5	10	48	580	258	313	9	3
Boxborough	5,124	11	0	2	2	7	52	14	34	4	1
Boxford	8,088	0	0	0	0	0	65	9	54	2	0
Boylston	4,298	2	0	0	0	2	32	10	21	1	0
Braintree	34,495	45	0	5	6	34	912	76	806	30	1
Brewster	10,009	16	0	0	0	16	129	35	87	7	2
Bridgewater	25,546	51	0	4	5	42	236	59	166	11	2
Brookline²	54,527		0	3	30		861	156	683	22	2
Buckland	1,990	7	0	1	0	6	17	4	13	0	0
Burlington	25,319	23	0	1	5	17	688	191	470	27	1
Cambridge	101,362	414	2	14	155	243	3,138	396	2,500	242	10
Canton	22,054	54	0	3	3	48	301	66	218	17	3
Carlisle	4,900	2	0	1	0	1	15	10	5	0	0
Carver	11,592	20	0	1	3	16	100	30	62	8	3
Charlemont	1,368	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	7	0	0
Charlton	12,740	15	0	1	2	12	131	40	74	17	2
Chatham	6,735	5	0	0	0	5	191	44	146	1	0
Chelmsford	34,187	45	0	2	8	35	651	68	557	26	1
Chelsea	38,621	669	2	25	212	430	1,635	407	979	249	1
Cheshire	3,287	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	4	0
Chicopee	53,777	323	2	25	57	239	1,678	470	1,059	149	5
Chilmark	978	1	0	0	0	1	16	5	11	0	0
Clinton	14,101	4	0	0	0	4	122	23	92	7	0
Cohasset	7,171	7	0	1	1	5	128	62	64	2	0
Concord	17,543	13	0	0	2	11	273	88	182	3	2
Dalton	6,546	21	0	4	1	16	84	24	59	1	6
Danvers	26,958	52	0	2	9	41	945	65	845	35	1
Dartmouth	34,446	74	0	5	11	58	1,069	157	869	43	7
Dedham	24,217	37	0	3	20	14	593	74	492	27	1
Dennis	15,406	79	0	5	7	67	518	166	333	19	4
Dighton	6,819	13	0	0	0	13	27	10	15	2
Douglas	8,033	12	0	3	0	9	34	12	15	7	0
Dover	5,634	4	0	0	0	4	21	4	16	1	0
Dracut	29,608	32	0	2	11	19	280	45	235	0	1
Dudley	11,181	23	0	3	2	18	52	32	17	3	1
East Bridgewater	13,988	23	0	4	2	17	206	42	148	16	1
East Brookfield	2,065	6	0	0	1	5	49	7	39	3	1
Eastham	5,440	0	0	0	0	0	80	26	54	0	0
Easthampton	16,072	43	0	1	2	40	179	63	109	7	6
East Longmeadow	15,363	23	0	1	2	20	369	64	290	15	2
Easton	23,047	15	0	0	4	11	211	44	159	8	0
Edgartown	3,935	8	0	0	0	8	103	25	69	9	0
Egremont	1,351	2	0	0	0	2	22	5	17	0	0
Erving	1,546	6	0	1	0	5	38	14	22	2	0
Everett	37,172	188	2	15	50	121	1,352	325	874	153	1
Fairhaven	16,115	51	1	0	10	40	558	146	389	23	2
Fall River	90,760	1,088	3	65	240	780	3,528	842	2,337	349	37
Falmouth	33,302	125	1	15	9	100	1,110	552	520	38	16
Fitchburg²	40,377		4	24	62		1,182	316	761	105	12
Framingham	64,519	196	1	11	40	144	1,600	268	1,166	166
Franklin	31,608	3	0	0	2	1	96	15	78	3	1
Freetown	8,990	17	0	0	1	16	163	58	90	15	3
Gardner	20,587	88	0	11	8	69	557	190	331	36	3
Georgetown	8,241	2	0	0	0	2	41	5	35	1
Gill	1,381	1	0	0	0	1	16	5	11	0	0
Gloucester	30,303	26	0	10	1	15	624	103	504	17	1
Goshen	960	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0
Grafton	17,872	7	0	0	0	7	136	58	61	17	1
Granby	6,303	7	0	1	0	6	102	12	83	7	0
Granville	1,695	2	0	0	0	2	25	9	16	0
Great Barrington	7,353	13	0	2	2	9	126	37	85	4	1
Greenfield	17,651	121	0	18	6	97	563	258	278	27	3
Groton	10,776	2	0	1	0	1	39	12	27	0	1
Groveland	7,041	3	0	0	0	3	48	8	39	1	0
Hadley	4,786	16	0	1	4	11	186	30	149	7	1
Halifax	7,722	20	0	3	0	17	70	16	48	6	0
Hamilton	8,170	0	0	0	0	0	61	11	49	1	0
Hampden	5,321	9	0	3	1	5	45	13	31	1	0
Hanover	14,064	4	0	0	1	3	368	42	321	5	0
Hanson²	10,010		1	2	2		166	45	109	12	4
Hardwick	2,653	10	0	0	0	10	25	4	19	2	1
Harvard	6,001	2	0	0	0	2	49	19	29	1	1
Harwich	12,381	32	0	2	2	28	273	114	153	6	3
Hatfield	3,259	2	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	0
Haverhill	60,001	403	1	11	60	331	1,476	677	667	132	5
Hingham	22,724	7	0	0	3	4	358	74	279	5	0
Hinsdale	1,945	6	0	0	0	6	5	4	1	0
Holden	16,695	10	0	0	1	9	91	19	68	4	1
Holliston	13,953	9	0	0	1	8	69	14	52	3	0
Holyoke	39,722	451	2	44	65	340	2,347	461	1,650	236	20
Hopedale	6,195	8	1	1	0	6	47	15	28	4	1
Hopkinton	14,419	2	0	0	0	2	84	3	78	3	0
Hubbardston	4,531	8	0	0	0	8	36	7	22	7	1
Hudson	19,766	2	0	1	0	1	172	22	137	13	0
Hull	11,064	42	0	0	3	39	150	51	88	11	1
Kingston	12,405	43	0	3	4	36	387	39	332	16	4
Lakeville	10,678	4	0	0	0	4	184	95	78	11	1
Lancaster	7,130	9	0	1	1	7	50	8	35	7	1
Lawrence	69,812	456	4	14	104	334	1,979	615	1,023	341
Lee	5,782	8	0	0	0	8	53	4	38	11	0
Leicester	11,042	24	0	2	2	20	170	34	122	14	3
Lenox	5,106	9	0	2	0	7	91	21	68	2	1
Leominster	41,095	224	1	8	19	196	1,246	220	964	62	8
Leverett	1,753	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	3	0	0
Lexington	30,321	23	0	0	2	21	325	55	262	8	0
Lincoln	7,984	0	0	0	0	0	61	17	42	2	0
Littleton	8,776	15	0	4	0	11	93	24	65	4	1
Longmeadow	15,275	6	0	0	0	6	297	60	226	11	1
Lowell³	110,136	1,167	6	42	225	894	3,750	1,073	2,227	450	33
Ludlow	22,530	15	0	2	5	8	306	84	206	16	3
Lunenburg	10,012	24	0	1	2	21	174	37	124	13	0
Lynn	90,042	816	6	36	182	592	3,014	1,133	1,408	473	8
Lynnfield	11,360	12	0	2	3	7	152	29	114	9	1
Manchester-by-the-Sea	5,268	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	9	1	0
Marblehead	19,994	35	0	2	2	31	196	31	157	8	2
Marion	5,226	10	0	0	1	9	116	35	74	7	0
Marlborough	38,253	147	0	11	15	121	732	108	572	52	3
Marshfield	24,600	47	0	6	11	30	306	64	215	27	0
Mashpee	14,417	46	0	2	6	38	354	116	226	12	4
Mattapoisett	6,468	5	0	0	0	5	100	6	91	3	0
Maynard	10,144	13	0	0	1	12	16	2	13	1	0
Medfield	12,261	7	1	0	0	6	68	12	55	1	2
Medford	55,555	89	0	2	44	43	1,466	205	1,166	95
Medway	12,782	3	0	1	0	2	113	25	86	2	0
Melrose	26,737	30	0	1	9	20	336	75	235	26	2
Mendon	5,823	8	0	1	0	7	43	12	29	2	1
Merrimac	6,459	2	0	1	0	1	32	17	12	3	2
Methuen	43,987	129	1	4	14	110	1,035	221	696	118	1
Middleboro	21,402	92	0	7	12	73	509	129	335	45	1
Millbury	13,551	35	0	0	1	34	282	74	194	14	2
Millis	7,928	1	0	0	0	1	51	13	36	2	0
Millville	2,857	5	0	0	0	5	35	8	26	1	0
Milton	26,298	16	2	0	6	8	280	67	207	6
Monson	8,841	28	0	4	0	24	133	38	90	5	0
Montague	8,318	49	0	7	2	40	186	59	116	11	6
Monterey	963	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nahant	3,505	9	0	1	0	8	30	5	22	3	0
Natick	31,943	60	0	3	4	53	817	65	727	25	0
Needham	28,231	5	0	1	3	1	237	41	191	5	0
New Bedford	91,473	1,191	4	59	301	827	3,353	1,056	1,978	319	43
Newbury	6,950	3	0	2	0	1	49	15	30	4	1
Newburyport	17,133	19	0	1	1	17	249	31	202	16	0
New Salem	998	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Newton	83,191	117	0	8	19	90	1,111	186	896	29	4
Norfolk	10,666	11	1	1	0	9	87	45	41	1	0
North Adams	13,781	85	1	4	5	75	634	251	355	28	4
Northampton	28,341	97	0	9	12	76	813	143	624	46	3
North Andover	27,775	13	2	0	3	8	222	26	186	10	1
North Attleboro	27,994	30	0	2	7	21	635	94	519	22	2
Northborough	14,683	8	0	0	1	7	101	16	80	5	1
Northbridge	14,526	33	0	2	0	31	237	69	161	7	3
North Brookfield²	4,834		0	2	0		38	9	23	6	0
Northfield	2,990	11	0	1	0	10	70	24	43	3
North Reading	14,040	11	0	1	0	10	122	29	91	2	2
Norton	19,366	12	0	5	0	7	104	35	68	1	0
Norwell	10,329	10	0	2	1	7	107	18	85	4	0
Norwood	28,119	35	1	4	11	19	594	93	460	41	3
Oak Bluffs	3,731	6	0	0	0	6	110	12	97	1	0
Orange	7,831	24	0	2	2	20	194	93	95	6	0
Orleans	6,309	7	0	1	0	6	196	45	147	4	2
Oxford	13,671	44	0	1	4	39	169	47	102	20	3
Palmer	12,891	37	0	1	1	35	182	67	105	10	3
Paxton	4,546	3	0	0	1	2	27	10	17	0	0
Peabody	51,846	144	1	9	22	112	1,318	171	1,024	123	6
Pembroke	18,806	41	0	6	3	32	252	57	172	23	0
Pepperell	11,438	27	0	1	2	24	172	32	133	7	0
Pittsfield	42,597	298	0	53	16	229	1,105	374	672	59	6
Plainville	8,388	9	0	0	1	8	118	24	87	7	2
Plymouth	55,608	87	0	4	14	69	995	195	769	31	4
Princeton	3,510	0	0	0	0	0	32	19	13	0	0
Provincetown	3,383	17	0	2	0	15	189	10	177	2	0
Quincy	95,061	347	2	15	105	225	1,872	598	1,139	135	8
Randolph	30,068	150	0	7	22	121	756	138	547	71	1
Raynham	13,893	21	0	9	6	6	455	84	337	34	1
Reading	23,055	13	0	0	3	10	265	44	214	7	0
Rehoboth	11,649	10	0	1	0	9	163	41	105	17	1
Revere	56,445	237	2	15	51	169	1,594	291	1,063	240	2
Rochester	5,301	11	0	1	0	10	77	26	48	3	1
Rockland	17,789	19	0	3	3	13	302	44	241	17
Rockport	7,615	10	0	4	0	6	23	6	15	2	1
Rowley	5,881	5	0	1	1	3	29	8	14	7	2
Royalston	1,396	2	0	0	0	2	12	6	6	0	0
Rutland	8,049	16	0	0	2	14	47	18	25	4	0
Salem	41,531	86	0	10	15	61	846	175	584	87
Salisbury	8,609	46	0	6	1	39	191	79	95	17	1
Sandwich	20,258	26	0	1	3	22	351	90	253	8	4
Saugus	27,327	101	0	5	23	73	1,115	206	831	78	1
Savoy	722	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0
Scituate	17,879	19	0	2	1	16	196	46	140	10	2
Seekonk	13,610	36	0	2	5	29	512	63	426	23	2
Sharon	16,984	5	0	0	0	5	114	34	80	0	1
Shelburne	2,034	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	14	0	0
Sherborn	4,218	0	0	0	0	0	22	11	11	0	0
Shirley	7,738	7	0	1	0	6	58	14	42	2	0
Shrewsbury	33,706	7	0	0	1	6	439	106	314	19	0
Somerset	18,265	49	0	3	8	38	307	38	260	9	0
Somerville	74,012	304	2	20	112	170	2,313	450	1,614	249	7
Southampton²	6,036		0	1	0		53	12	36	5	1
Southborough	9,569	0	0	0	0	0	55	14	36	5	0
Southbridge	16,886	80	0	4	10	66	401	172	199	30	5
South Hadley	16,921	33	0	3	7	23	257	66	185	6	2
Southwick	9,507	11	0	0	0	11	132	42	76	14	0
Springfield	151,249	1,898	14	117	567	1,200	7,336	2,002	4,432	902	61
Stockbridge	2,227	2	0	2	0	0	121	49	69	3	0
Stoughton	26,924	88	0	8	22	58	500	197	276	27	0
Stow	6,378	4	0	0	0	4	46	15	28	3	1
Sturbridge	9,266	20	0	6	0	14	163	33	122	8	1
Sudbury	17,190	4	0	2	0	2	112	21	90	1	0
Sunderland	3,714	14	0	0	1	13	43	21	19	3	0
Sutton	9,107	11	0	1	0	10	82	26	47	9	0
Swampscott	13,940	14	0	2	2	10	245	38	202	5	0
Swansea	16,274	49	0	3	3	43	306	48	231	27	3
Taunton	55,745	305	6	10	51	238	1,267	543	626	98	12
Templeton	7,911	14	1	3	1	9	100	44	49	7	1
Tewksbury	29,692	59	0	15	5	39	501	109	356	36	0
Tisbury	3,809	7	1	0	1	5	121	22	84	15	0
Topsfield	6,056	1	0	0	0	1	67	9	55	3	0
Townsend	9,394	5	0	1	0	4	149	96	48	5	0
Truro	2,139	2	0	1	0	1	23	6	16	1	0
Tyngsboro	11,955	13	0	3	4	6	195	49	126	20	1
Upton	6,629	5	1	0	0	4	53	12	30	11	0
Uxbridge	12,820	20	0	2	0	18	142	58	76	8	3
Wales	1,857	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0
Walpole	23,113	25	0	3	6	16	356	59	285	12	3
Waltham	60,459	89	0	9	15	65	848	108	696	44	1
Ware	9,961	43	0	3	5	35	186	29	146	11	2
Warren	5,108	25	0	0	0	25	59	30	19	10	0
Watertown	32,462	52	0	3	6	43	563	101	433	29	1
Wellesley	26,975	14	0	2	4	8	215	51	155	9	0
Wellfleet	2,746	10	0	0	0	10	66	24	40	2	1
Wenham	4,608	7	0	1	2	4	30	3	25	2	0
Westborough	18,509	13	0	2	4	7	278	80	180	18	2
West Boylston	8,302	15	0	5	3	7	177	32	138	7	0
West Bridgewater	6,682	7	0	0	1	6	133	24	101	8	2
West Brookfield	3,827	8	0	0	1	7	55	15	37	3	0
Westfield	40,857	106	0	21	9	76	648	251	371	26	5
Westford	21,913	5	0	0	1	4	133	29	95	9	0
Westhampton	1,601	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	3	1	0
Westminster	7,446	7	0	1	0	6	144	18	116	10	0
West Newbury	4,283	6	0	0	0	6	25	3	22	0	0
Westport	15,253	55	0	2	0	53	183	74	81	28	1
West Tisbury	2,646	0	0	0	0	0	15	2	11	2	0
Westwood	13,995	12	0	2	2	8	156	32	114	10	5
Weymouth	53,180	106	0	8	20	78	859	173	630	56
Wilbraham	14,098	12	0	1	4	7	187	37	139	11	0
Williamsburg	2,442	3	0	1	0	2	48	34	14	0	0
Williamstown	8,071	13	0	3	0	10	146	21	121	4	2
Wilmington	21,712	46	1	0	1	44	395	94	289	12	4
Winchendon	10,192	50	0	3	3	44	242	44	181	17	2
Winchester	21,171	5	0	1	1	3	295	49	238	8	1
Winthrop	20,404	70	0	3	8	59	279	100	160	19	2
Woburn	37,005	74	0	3	10	61	888	96	719	73	2
Worcester	177,151	1,718	6	42	373	1,297	6,356	1,701	3,983	672	10
Wrentham	11,181	2	0	1	1	0	43	7	36	0	0
Yarmouth	23,903	166	0	7	17	142	949	240	675	34	7

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 this agency does not comply with national UCR Program guidelines. Consequently, the figures for aggravated assault and violent crime (of which aggravated assault is a part) are not included in this table.
³ Because of changes in the state/local agency's reporting practices, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.

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