Table 13

MASSACHUSETTS
Hate Crime Incidents
per Bias Motivation and Quarter
by State and Agency, 2009

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		158	59	66	36	3
Cities		150	58	57	36	3
	Acton	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	21,104
	Amesbury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16,623
	Amherst	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	36,845
	Andover	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33,853
	Arlington	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	41,598
	Barnstable	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	4	5	48,042
	Belmont	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23,597
	Bernardston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2,258
	Beverly	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	39,919
	Boston	66	22	32	14	0	35	40	29	30	624,222
	Braintree	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	35,047
	Burlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25,695
	Cambridge	8	2	2	4	1	3	3	8	3	102,866
	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	39,883
	Cohasset	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7,286
	Douglas	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8,093
	Duxbury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14,588
	East Longmeadow	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15,595
	Erving	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1,563
	Everett	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	37,724
	Framingham	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	65,478
	Hardwick	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2,673
	Haverhill	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	60,738
	Holbrook	0	0	3	0	0		1	2		10,817
	Holyoke	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40,322
	Ipswich	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13,435
	Lakeville	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	10,769
	Lawrence	1	0	0	0	0				1	70,670
	Lenox	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5,160
	Lowell	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	111,772
	Lynn	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	91,149
	Malden	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	56,455
	Marion	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5,271
	Medford	0	1	0	0	0		1			56,380
	Milton	1	0	0	0	0			1		26,719
	Monson	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8,974
	Nantucket	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11,380
	Natick	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	32,418
	Needham	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	28,683
	New Bedford	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	92,621
	Newbury	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7,035
	Newburyport	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17,343
	Newton	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	84,427
	Norfolk	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10,837
	Northampton	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	28,921
	North Attleboro	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	28,346
	Northborough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14,792
	North Reading	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	14,249
	Norton	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	19,610
	Oxford	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13,773
	Pittsfield	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	43,050
	Plainville	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8,522
	Plymouth	6	2	1	1	0	1	3	0	6	56,084
	Provincetown	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3,398
	Quincy	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	96,580
	Randolph	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	30,549
	Revere	8	2	1	1	2	6	7	0	1	58,290
	Sharon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17,256
	Somerville	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	75,112
	Southbridge	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	17,012
	South Hadley	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	17,267
	Southwick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9,651
	Springfield	1	1	0	3	0	1	3	1	0	153,533
Stoughton	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	27,355
Sturbridge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9,335
Tewksbury	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	30,133
Upton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6,678
Waltham	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	61,357
Watertown	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	32,944
Wellesley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27,407
West Boylston	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8,364
Westport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15,445
Westwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14,219
Wilbraham	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	14,311
Winthrop	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	21,071
Worcester	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	178,474
Universities and Colleges		8	1	9	0	0
	Amherst College	0	0	1	0	0				1	1,697
	Bentley College	0	0	1	0	0				1	5,693
	Bridgewater State College	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10,269
	Dean College	1	0	1	0	0				2	1,341
	Framingham State College	0	0	3	0	0			3		6,086
	Harvard University	1	0	0	0	0			1		26,496
	Northeastern University	2	1	2	0	0			3	2	25,837
	Smith College	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3,101
	University of Massachusetts:
	Amherst	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	26,359
	Harbor Campus, Boston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14,117

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 2008 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.