Table 13

MASSACHUSETTS
Hate Crime Incidents
per Bias Motivation and Quarter
by State and Agency, 2007

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Agency type	Agency name	Number of incidents per bias motivation					Number of incidents per quarter¹				Population²
Agency type	Agency name	Race	Religion	Sexual orientation	Ethnicity	Disability	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	Population²
Total		171	58	80	42	2
Cities		156	53	72	40	2
	Acton	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	20,619
	Amherst	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	33,913
	Andover	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33,615
	Arlington	5	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	1	40,902
	Ashby	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2,957
	Attleboro	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	43,474
	Auburn	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16,445
	Ayer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7,306
	Barnstable	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	47,342
	Bellingham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15,965
	Belmont	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	23,184
	Beverly	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	39,493
	Billerica	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	41,568
	Boston	73	22	49	20	0	32	45	40	47	591,855
	Brockton	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	94,180
	Brookline	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	54,976
	Burlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24,978
	Cambridge	5	3	2	0	0	3	1	3	3	101,161
	Carver	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11,639
	Chelmsford	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	33,740
	Dalton	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6,627
	Danvers	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25,979
	Dartmouth	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	31,465
	Dennis	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15,666
	Douglas	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8,093
	Egremont	1	0	0	0	0			1		1,364
	Everett	5	0	1	2	0	1	2	4	1	36,826
	Falmouth	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	33,722
	Greenfield	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	17,648
	Hamilton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	8,262
	Haverhill	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	60,308
	Lancaster	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7,043
	Lexington	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30,220
	Lowell	0	0	2	1	0		3	0		102,918
	Lynn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	87,817
	Malden	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	55,538
	Mansfield	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23,175
	Medford	1	0	0	0	0			1		55,706
	Middleboro	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	21,503
	Milford	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	27,635
	Milton	0	1	0	0	0		1			25,888
	Monson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8,856
	New Bedford	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	92,373
	Newton	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	82,731
	Northampton	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	28,550
	North Attleboro	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	28,095
	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13,760
	Palmer	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	12,991
	Peabody	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	52,194
	Pittsfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	43,194
	Plainville	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8,162
	Plymouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	56,023
	Quincy	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	91,382
	Randolph	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	30,233
	Revere	2	1	2	6	0	4	4	2	1	46,658
	Rochester	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5,530
	Salem	2	1	1	0	0		0	3	1	41,507
	Scituate	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18,116
	Sharon	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17,100
	Somerville	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	74,156
	Southborough	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	9,674
	Springfield	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	151,074
	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3,778
Uxbridge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12,818
Waltham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	59,425
West Boylston	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7,810
West Springfield	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	27,854
Winchester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21,155
Winthrop	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17,056
Universities and Colleges		13	5	8	1	0
	Assumption College	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2,792
	Bentley College	1	0	0	0	0			1		5,555
	Boston College	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		14,661
	Boston University	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	31,574
	Clark University	0	0	1	0	0	1				3,071
	Dean College	0	0	2	0	0	2				1,315
	Emerson College	0	0	1	0	0		1			4,324
	Framingham State College	0	0	1	0	0		1			5,836
	Harvard University	1	1	0	0	0		1	1		25,778
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	10,253
	Northeastern University	3	2	0	1	0	1	1		4	23,411
	University of Massachusetts:
	Amherst	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	25,593
	Harbor Campus, Boston	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12,362
	Westfield State College	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5,426
Other Agencies		2	0	0	1	0
	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority:
	Middlesex County	1	0	0	1	0	1			1
	Suffolk County	1	0	0	0	0		1

¹Agencies published in this table indicated that at least one hate crime incident occurred in their respective jurisdictions during the quarter(s) for which they submitted a report to the Hate Crime program. Blanks indicate quarters for which agencies did not submit reports.
²Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2006 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.