Table 13

MASSACHUSETTS
Hate Crime Incidents
per Bias Motivation and Quarter
by State and Agency, 2008

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		168	60	66	34	5
Cities		159	56	58	33	5
	Acton	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	20,795
	Andover	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	33,442
	Arlington	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	40,989
	Attleboro	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	43,228
	Ayer	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7,378
	Barnstable	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	47,828
	Belmont	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	23,252
	Beverly	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	39,435
	Boston	97	13	38	13	0	27	51	55	28	604,465
	Boxborough	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5,124
	Braintree	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	34,495
	Brockton	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	1		95,650
	Brookline	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	54,527
	Cambridge	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	101,362
	Chatham	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6,735
	Chelmsford	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	34,187
	Chicopee	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	53,777
	Concord	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17,543
	Danvers	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26,958
	Douglas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8,033
	East Longmeadow	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15,363
	Everett	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	37,172
	Fall River	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	90,760
	Falmouth	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33,302
	Fitchburg	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	40,377
	Framingham	1	1	0	0	0		1		1	64,519
	Grafton	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	17,872
	Greenfield	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	17,651
	Halifax	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7,722
	Hanson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	10,010
	Haverhill	2	0	2	1	1	3	2	1	0	60,001
	Hull	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11,064
	Ludlow	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22,530
	Malden	3	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	55,629
	Mansfield	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1		23,057
	Marshfield	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	24,600
	Mashpee	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14,417
	Medford	1	0	0	0	0				1	55,555
	Melrose	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	26,737
	Middleboro	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21,402
	Milford	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		27,322
	Monson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8,841
	Montague	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8,318
	Natick	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	31,943
	New Bedford	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	91,473
	Newton	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	83,191
	North Adams	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	13,781
	Northampton	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	28,341
	North Andover	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27,775
	North Attleboro	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	27,994
	North Reading	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	14,040
	Pepperell	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11,438
	Plainville	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8,388
	Plymouth	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	55,608
	Quincy	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	95,061
	Randolph	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30,068
	Raynham	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13,893
	Reading	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23,055
	Revere	2	5	1	4	2	1	2	4	7	56,445
	Savoy	1	0	0	0	0		1			722
	Sharon	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16,984
	Shelburne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2,034
	Somerville	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	74,012
Southborough	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9,569
Southbridge	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16,886
Spencer	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12,041
Springfield	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	151,249
Stoughton	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26,924
Sunderland	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3,714
Sutton	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9,107
Swampscott	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13,940
Taunton	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	55,745
Upton	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6,629
Uxbridge	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12,820
Ware	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9,961
West Boylston	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8,302
West Bridgewater	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6,682
Westfield	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	40,857
Westford	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21,913
Westport	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15,253
West Springfield	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	27,565
Wilbraham	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14,098
Universities and Colleges		9	4	8	1	0
	Brandeis University	0	0	0	1	0				1	5,333
	Emerson College	1	1	0	0	0	1	1			4,380
	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	2	0	2	0	0		2	1	1	1,841
	Mount Holyoke College	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2,204
	Northeastern University	3	0	3	0	0	1			5	24,434
	Salem State College	0	0	1	0	0				1	10,085
	University of Massachusetts:
	Amherst	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	25,873
	Harbor Campus, Boston	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13,433
	Westfield State College	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5,392

¹ Agencies 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 Statistics Program. Blanks indicate quarters for which agencies did not submit reports.
² Population 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 2007 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.