Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2009

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Abington	16,732	58	0	3	18	37	373	124	236	13	0
Acton	21,104	14	0	2	1	11	167	31	131	5	0
Acushnet	10,606	12	0	0	1	11	118	55	60	3	0
Adams	8,232	43	0	11	1	31	232	62	163	7	4
Agawam	28,781	61	0	4	9	48	283	69	181	33	2
Amesbury	16,623	28	0	2	0	26	278	39	223	16	0
Amherst	36,845	71	0	17	5	49	532	242	264	26	1
Andover	33,853	19	0	3	4	12	421	59	349	13	5
Aquinnah	358	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	13	0	0
Arlington	41,598	73	0	3	11	59	535	119	390	26	9
Ashburnham	6,054	11	0	1	1	9	58	16	39	3	5
Ashland	16,164	17	0	4	0	13	166	44	115	7	4
Athol	11,724	48	0	6	4	38	317	125	184	8	3
Attleboro	43,772	127	1	5	21	100	751	147	551	53	5
Auburn²	16,420		0	5	8		601	65	518	18	3
Avon	4,354	11	0	2	4	5	133	20	108	5	0
Ayer	7,488	25	0	2	2	21	168	72	89	7	3
Barnstable	48,042	369	2	23	52	292	1,324	480	791	53	5
Barre	5,496	11	0	2	0	9	56	17	35	4	2
Becket	1,822	2	0	1	0	1	41	21	20	0	0
Bedford	13,411	8	0	3	0	5	117	16	97	4	1
Belchertown	14,383	31	0	1	4	26	176	30	135	11	1
Bellingham	16,235	29	0	4	5	20	225	34	176	15	2
Belmont	23,597	28	0	6	3	19	289	98	166	25	2
Berkley	6,601	21	0	1	0	20	82	41	33	8	1
Berlin	2,760	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	22	0	0
Bernardston	2,258	2	0	0	0	2	25	8	15	2	0
Beverly	39,919	97	0	10	12	75	619	114	474	31	1
Billerica²	43,058		0	9	4		567	112	437	18	1
Blackstone	9,126	11	0	1	1	9	108	20	85	3	3
Bolton	4,556	5	0	2	1	2	40	11	27	2	0
Boston	624,222	6,192	50	269	2,277	3,596	20,749	2,955	15,507	2,287
Bourne	19,133	107	1	5	12	89	713	288	398	27	5
Boxford	8,187	1	0	0	0	1	29	1	28	0	0
Boylston	4,330	0	0	0	0	0	30	7	22	1	0
Braintree	35,047	82	2	7	15	58	962	103	815	44	2
Brewster	10,054	18	0	0	1	17	254	79	168	7	0
Brimfield	3,796	0	0	0	0	0	12	3	8	1	0
Brockton	96,471	1,194	9	53	262	870	3,207	772	2,042	393	42
Brookline²	55,400		0	4	30		763	103	636	24	3
Burlington	25,695	54	0	3	12	39	703	133	558	12	3
Cambridge	102,866	497	2	21	179	295	3,149	434	2,524	191	6
Canton	22,407	45	0	2	5	38	222	44	163	15	0
Carver	11,691	24	0	4	3	17	122	51	58	13	1
Charlemont	1,383	1	0	0	0	1	6	0	6	0	0
Charlton	12,835	15	0	2	3	10	157	55	86	16	0
Chatham	6,765	9	0	0	0	9	170	35	135	0	0
Chelmsford	34,695	38	0	0	5	33	584	82	475	27	0
Chelsea	39,883	663	0	24	256	383	1,532	436	858	238	7
Cheshire	3,322	0	0	0	0	0	37	7	29	1	0
Chesterfield	1,308	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
Chicopee	54,589	283	0	23	50	210	1,684	450	1,119	115	9
Chilmark	986	0	0	0	0	0	15	5	10	0	0
Clinton	14,206	8	0	0	0	8	48	7	35	6	0
Cohasset	7,286	9	0	0	0	9	86	22	61	3	1
Concord	17,804	9	0	0	1	8	208	33	173	2	1
Cummington	994	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Dalton	6,616	19	0	1	1	17	79	29	49	1	0
Danvers	27,289	51	0	4	8	39	851	50	772	29	3
Dartmouth	34,879	88	0	4	13	71	1,074	146	890	38	6
Dedham	24,605	40	0	2	15	23	580	51	499	30	0
Deerfield	4,780	17	0	2	0	15	109	38	71	0	0
Dennis	15,475	86	0	9	15	62	629	240	379	10	4
Dighton	6,905	11	0	1	0	10	41	24	15	2	0
Douglas	8,093	20	0	2	0	18	41	18	22	1	0
Dover	5,724	1	0	1	0	0	42	12	29	1	0
Dracut	30,048	24	0	4	9	11	261	32	193	36	0
Dudley	11,264	25	0	1	0	24	46	25	18	3	4
Duxbury	14,588	11	0	0	0	11	130	30	98	2	1
East Bridgewater	14,108	25	0	4	5	16	266	50	202	14	4
East Brookfield	2,080	5	0	1	0	4	32	8	23	1	1
Eastham	5,464	7	0	0	1	6	104	31	70	3	0
Easthampton	16,401	41	0	6	2	33	188	65	105	18	4
East Longmeadow	15,595	28	0	1	3	24	420	91	307	22	0
Easton	23,337	42	0	2	8	32	240	65	165	10	2
Egremont	1,365	2	0	0	0	2	19	3	16	0	0
Erving	1,563	5	0	3	0	2	58	41	17	0	0
Essex	3,369	5	0	0	1	4	52	25	27	0
Everett	37,724	203	1	7	81	114	1,121	288	687	146	1
Fairhaven	16,318	53	0	2	9	42	413	96	306	11	2
Fall River	91,901	1,086	4	46	273	763	3,312	775	2,144	393	44
Falmouth	33,451	152	0	14	22	116	1,318	767	499	52	1
Fitchburg	40,678	288	5	30	49	204	1,193	364	740	89	12
Framingham	65,478	204	2	8	33	161	1,443	253	1,058	132
Franklin	32,114	11	0	3	4	4	165	18	140	7	0
Freetown	9,103	36	0	2	2	32	153	48	90	15	8
Gardner	20,741	111	0	13	14	84	524	171	327	26	3
Gill	1,396	0	0	0	0	0	25	10	13	2	0
Gloucester	30,675	31	0	2	8	21	629	93	531	5	1
Goshen	980	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	1	0
Grafton	18,005	16	0	3	1	12	99	40	53	6	0
Granby	6,432	9	0	3	0	6	55	12	42	1	0
Granville	1,721	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	7	0	0
Great Barrington	7,431	7	0	0	1	6	175	50	121	4	1
Greenfield	17,840	91	0	10	3	78	525	224	282	19	6
Groton	10,936	1	0	0	1	0	31	6	25	0	0
Groveland	7,127	8	0	0	0	8	44	0	42	2	0
Hadley	4,884	12	0	1	3	8	211	52	151	8	0
Halifax	7,788	15	0	1	1	13	102	40	46	16	0
Hamilton	8,270	6	0	0	0	6	45	3	39	3	0
Hampden	5,401	9	0	1	1	7	40	10	27	3	1
Hanover	14,185	4	0	0	1	3	402	45	352	5	1
Hanson²	10,096		1	0	4		136	27	94	15	0
Hardwick	2,673	7	0	0	1	6	37	8	27	2	4
Harvard	6,046	2	0	1	0	1	46	17	29	0	2
Harwich	12,436	20	0	1	3	16	271	120	146	5	1
Hatfield	3,326	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0
Haverhill	60,738	329	1	19	50	259	1,475	700	632	143	12
Hingham	22,919	11	0	0	2	9	270	35	228	7	0
Hinsdale	1,966	6	0	0	0	6	3	1	1	1	0
Holbrook	10,817	52	0	3	13	36	271	85	175	11	0
Holden	16,819	9	0	1	0	8	107	16	85	6	0
Holliston	14,160	5	0	1	0	4	62	12	47	3	1
Holyoke	40,322	397	3	38	68	288	2,643	514	1,897	232	12
Hopkinton	14,633	4	0	0	1	3	102	8	91	3	0
Hubbardston	4,565	11	0	0	0	11	31	10	19	2	1
Hudson	20,060	2	0	1	1	0	249	38	194	17	0
Hull	11,159	29	0	6	2	21	169	58	100	11	2
Ipswich	13,435	7	0	1	1	5	111	28	82	1	0
Kingston	12,511	50	0	7	8	35	387	52	325	10	3
Lakeville	10,769	16	0	0	1	15	178	111	62	5	3
Lancaster	7,183	5	1	0	0	4	51	12	32	7	1
Lanesboro	2,910	3	0	0	0	3	27	8	18	1	1
Lawrence	70,670	503	9	15	175	304	2,157	566	1,173	418
Lee	5,843	7	0	0	1	6	114	29	82	3	0
Leicester	11,124	28	0	4	3	21	238	37	194	7	2
Lenox	5,160	10	0	0	0	10	142	48	92	2	1
Leominster	41,401	265	2	21	29	213	1,325	235	1,006	84	9
Lexington	30,771	13	0	0	1	12	220	26	192	2	1
Lincoln	8,103	4	0	1	0	3	37	8	26	3	0
Littleton	8,906	17	0	2	1	14	83	24	55	4	0
Longmeadow	15,506	5	0	0	1	4	206	34	163	9	2
Ludlow	22,870	20	1	1	7	11	297	63	215	19	1
Lunenburg	10,087	29	0	2	0	27	157	38	117	2	0
Lynn	91,149	819	4	31	178	606	2,884	771	1,687	426	13
Lynnfield	11,500	6	0	0	2	4	183	15	165	3	1
Malden	56,455	286	1	7	92	186	1,437	374	921	142	3
Mansfield	23,347	67	1	2	7	57	308	73	214	21	0
Marblehead	20,240	31	0	9	2	20	274	34	223	17	0
Marion	5,271	12	0	0	1	11	85	23	57	5	1
Marlborough	38,821	180	0	11	20	149	773	118	589	66	5
Marshfield	24,811	40	0	3	3	34	330	64	240	26	1
Mashpee	14,481	47	0	3	5	39	444	127	303	14	3
Mattapoisett	6,523	13	1	1	1	10	89	14	73	2	0
Medfield	12,457	7	0	1	1	5	65	6	59	0	2
Medford	56,380	59	0	2	43	14	1,198	232	879	87
Melrose	27,134	36	0	2	11	23	318	102	193	23	1
Mendon	5,866	8	0	0	0	8	62	22	35	5	2
Merrimac	6,538	11	0	2	1	8	30	3	23	4	1
Methuen	44,527	94	0	2	26	66	1,020	159	795	66	4
Middleboro	21,585	97	0	7	13	77	476	136	288	52	3
Middleton	9,662	13	0	1	0	12	107	0	102	5	0
Milford	27,526	60	0	5	6	49	309	40	252	17	4
Millbury	13,652	33	1	5	0	27	412	73	323	16	3
Millville	2,878	5	0	1	0	4	56	11	39	6	2
Milton	26,719	17	2	0	7	8	251	43	198	10
Monson	8,974	16	0	0	1	15	138	61	67	10	0
Monterey	973	3	0	0	0	3	4	1	3	0	0
Nahant	3,548	6	0	0	0	6	34	10	23	1	0
Nantucket	11,380	58	1	3	1	53	400	95	288	17	0
Natick	32,418	54	0	1	6	47	895	69	803	23	2
Needham	28,683	11	0	0	4	7	284	51	221	12	1
New Bedford	92,621	1,184	9	66	340	769	3,235	1,144	1,806	285	38
Newbury	7,035	8	0	1	0	7	41	10	28	3	1
Newburyport	17,343	15	0	0	3	12	274	45	207	22	2
New Salem	1,009	1	0	0	0	1	6	2	4	0	1
Newton	84,427	94	1	9	18	66	971	187	753	31	3
Norfolk	10,837	2	0	2	0	0	83	51	30	2	0
North Adams	13,927	114	0	1	4	109	521	207	302	12	2
Northampton	28,921	96	3	19	10	64	845	146	670	29	24
North Andover	28,116	8	0	1	2	5	318	36	272	10	0
North Attleboro	28,346	30	0	7	5	18	636	85	540	11	1
Northborough	14,792	9	0	1	0	8	117	13	99	5	0
Northbridge	14,634	41	0	6	4	31	317	77	229	11	2
North Brookfield²	4,870		0	0	0		52	26	24	2	1
Northfield	3,022	2	0	0	0	2	35	14	21	0	0
North Reading	14,249	20	0	1	1	18	120	25	90	5	0
Norton	19,610	4	0	0	1	3	89	35	50	4	0
Norwell	10,418	11	0	0	2	9	145	51	89	5	0
Norwood	28,569	27	0	2	14	11	522	83	398	41	6
Orange	7,915	26	0	2	3	21	161	56	101	4	2
Orleans	6,337	20	0	3	1	16	194	47	146	1	0
Oxford	13,773	39	0	0	8	31	178	38	125	15	0
Palmer	13,086	39	0	5	3	31	188	64	107	17	4
Paxton	4,580	1	0	0	0	1	22	6	15	1	0
Peabody	52,483	124	0	6	27	91	1,337	161	1,087	89	1
Pelham	1,433	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	4	0	0
Pembroke	18,967	31	0	2	8	21	190	55	123	12	0
Pepperell	11,608	17	0	3	0	14	158	32	117	9	0
Pittsfield	43,050	284	2	34	23	225	1,004	319	636	49	10
Plainville	8,522	12	1	1	1	9	95	21	71	3	0
Plymouth	56,084	163	2	7	12	142	1,026	185	819	22	1
Plympton	2,812	9	0	0	0	9	28	6	20	2	0
Princeton	3,536	1	0	0	0	1	32	15	17	0	0
Quincy	96,580	384	5	20	96	263	1,759	478	1,145	136	10
Randolph	30,549	137	0	11	17	109	780	132	597	51	4
Raynham	14,068	31	0	2	12	17	393	70	304	19	0
Reading	23,398	11	0	1	1	9	203	29	165	9	0
Rehoboth	11,795	28	0	0	3	25	171	74	85	12	2
Revere	58,290	233	0	14	82	137	1,406	278	938	190	6
Rochester	5,346	10	0	1	1	8	54	20	28	6	1
Rockland	17,941	61	0	7	13	41	375	81	273	21
Rockport	7,709	6	0	0	0	6	11	3	6	2	0
Royalston	1,406	4	0	0	0	4	12	8	4	0	0
Rutland	8,109	15	0	4	1	10	55	27	23	5	1
Salisbury	8,715	36	0	1	2	33	194	92	97	5	0
Sandwich	20,349	63	0	8	6	49	349	82	260	7	4
Saugus	27,663	132	0	9	22	101	1,138	265	815	58	2
Savoy	730	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scituate	18,032	25	0	0	2	23	244	66	159	19	4
Sharon	17,256	10	0	0	1	9	112	23	83	6	1
Shelburne	2,056	4	0	0	0	4	17	1	14	2	1
Sherborn	4,281	2	0	0	0	2	29	12	15	2	0
Shirley	7,853	7	0	0	0	7	55	22	29	4	0
Shrewsbury	33,957	6	0	2	2	2	346	48	283	15	0
Somerville	75,112	312	3	7	104	198	1,955	494	1,301	160	4
Southampton	6,160	16	0	0	1	15	52	11	39	2	0
Southborough	9,640	4	0	0	3	1	48	20	23	5	0
Southbridge	17,012	75	0	7	7	61	363	150	195	18	6
South Hadley	17,267	29	0	1	5	23	253	66	168	19	1
Southwick	9,651	12	0	0	0	12	133	51	73	9	0
Springfield	153,533	1,929	16	116	581	1,216	7,518	2,068	4,615	835	50
Sterling	8,009	7	0	3	0	4	91	48	38	5	3
Stockbridge	2,251	4	0	0	0	4	118	68	48	2	0
Stow	6,473	2	0	1	0	1	19	5	13	1	0
Sturbridge	9,335	20	0	3	1	16	153	39	112	2	1
Sudbury	17,445	8	0	1	1	6	84	18	63	3	0
Sutton	9,175	10	0	0	3	7	76	23	46	7	0
Swampscott	14,111	21	0	1	4	16	279	34	235	10	0
Swansea	16,479	50	0	1	6	43	314	63	231	20	0
Taunton	56,446	344	2	16	80	246	1,183	523	586	74	5
Templeton	7,970	20	0	0	2	18	103	39	57	7	0
Tewksbury	30,133	82	0	12	8	62	557	96	431	30	2
Tisbury	3,841	13	0	3	1	9	136	19	115	2	0
Townsend	9,534	5	0	1	0	4	124	77	38	9	1
Truro	2,149	1	0	0	0	1	25	10	15	0	0
Tyngsboro	12,133	20	0	1	1	18	167	39	118	10	0
Upton	6,678	3	0	0	0	3	47	7	38	2	1
Wakefield	25,057	57	1	9	4	43	275	51	207	17	2
Wales	1,885	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	1
Walpole	23,483	23	0	5	7	11	415	36	370	9	1
Waltham	61,357	115	0	8	24	83	878	166	653	59	7
Ware	10,165	45	0	2	8	35	170	44	113	13	0
Wareham	21,432	146	1	12	30	103	681	212	432	37	4
Warren	5,146	33	0	1	1	31	76	25	50	1	0
Watertown	32,944	38	0	2	7	29	630	89	509	32	0
Wayland	13,195	4	0	0	3	1	33	6	23	4	0
Wellesley	27,407	29	0	3	3	23	223	54	165	4	0
Wellfleet	2,758	3	0	0	0	3	68	34	32	2	0
Wenham	4,665	3	0	1	1	1	20	6	14	0	1
Westborough	18,647	24	0	1	0	23	266	61	184	21	2
West Boylston	8,364	9	0	0	3	6	160	20	137	3	0
West Brookfield	3,856	5	0	0	0	5	31	6	24	1	0
Westfield	41,474	91	0	20	15	56	692	157	496	39	3
Westford	22,239	30	0	2	1	27	196	47	144	5	0
Westhampton	1,634	1	0	0	0	1	7	4	3	0	0
Westminster	7,502	19	0	3	0	16	116	13	98	5	2
West Newbury	4,336	17	0	0	0	17	33	4	26	3	0
Weston	11,897	6	1	1	0	4	71	14	53	4	0
Westport	15,445	44	0	2	6	36	213	89	101	23	0
West Tisbury	2,668	4	0	1	0	3	44	11	32	1	0
Westwood	14,219	17	0	1	2	14	160	21	124	15	0
Weymouth	54,031	171	1	17	41	112	872	192	623	57	4
Whately	1,571	1	0	0	0	1	22	5	17	0	0
Whitman	14,564	52	0	1	8	43	339	58	269	12	1
Wilbraham	14,311	20	0	0	3	17	194	29	153	12	0
Williamstown	8,157	17	0	3	0	14	206	29	174	3	2
Wilmington	22,035	40	0	2	4	34	291	76	206	9	1
Winchendon	10,268	38	0	6	2	30	306	28	267	11	1
Winchester	21,486	8	0	0	3	5	257	46	205	6	0
Woburn	37,555	57	0	7	14	36	700	122	541	37	3
Worcester	178,474	1,790	7	25	414	1,344	6,691	1,485	4,522	684	12
Wrentham	11,360	2	0	1	0	1	188	54	128	6	1
Yarmouth	24,010	127	1	9	21	96	962	349	581	32	8

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 FBI determined that the agency did not follow national Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program guidelines for reporting an offense. Consequently, this figure is not included in this table.

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