Table 8

MASSACHUSETTS
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2005

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Abington	16,219	54	0	5	8	41	233	68	134	31	0
Acton	20,603	3	0	2	1	0	251	40	203	8	1
Acushnet	10,553	34	0	2	3	29	131	55	67	9	1
Adams	8,484	42	0	0	0	42	220	85	119	16	6
Agawam	28,537	43	0	5	4	34	521	206	239	76	4
Amesbury	16,691	50	0	4	1	45	214	36	167	11	5
Amherst	34,160	75	0	17	4	54	369	176	168	25	7
Andover	32,052	30	0	6	3	21	468	63	382	23	4
Arlington	41,431	40	0	4	9	27	501	157	313	31	5
Ashburnham	5,885	17	0	2	1	14	84	35	40	9	0
Ashfield	1,815	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Ashland	15,485	21	0	7	1	13	69	17	48	4	2
Athol	11,641	49	1	4	2	42	153	52	91	10	1
Attleboro	43,386	114	0	9	12	93	919	176	654	89	7
Auburn²	16,336		0	9	5		586	142	406	38	3
Avon	4,373	21	0	1	1	19	178	42	120	16	0
Ayer	7,192	25	1	4	2	18	118	51	62	5	2
Barnstable	48,403	346	2	34	25	285	1,238	429	724	85	12
Barre	5,342	17	0	3	0	14	68	25	35	8	1
Becket	1,770	3	0	0	0	3	18	11	6	1	0
Bedford	12,484	0	0	0	0	0	47	2	45	0	0
Belchertown	13,808	17	0	3	0	14	163	56	88	19	1
Bellingham	15,718	22	0	3	2	17	290	65	208	17	1
Belmont	23,539	32	0	5	6	21	220	69	140	11	7
Berkley	6,333	6	0	0	0	6	40	8	28	4	0
Berlin	2,670	0	0	0	0	0	31	1	26	4	0
Beverly	40,055	93	0	8	17	68	635	145	445	45	0
Billerica	39,840	37	0	0	3	34	435	55	347	33	1
Blackstone	9,030	21	0	2	1	18	166	69	85	12	0
Bolton	4,377	2	0	0	0	2	42	12	26	4	0
Boston	567,589	7,479	73	268	2,649	4,489	25,205	4,531	15,957	4,717
Bourne²	19,462		0	7	8		627	256	330	41	7
Boylston	4,169	3	0	0	0	3	46	7	36	3	0
Braintree	33,779	96	0	6	13	77	1,019	112	808	99	1
Bridgewater	25,652	24	0	3	3	18	284	66	196	22	1
Brimfield	3,590	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	15	2	0
Brockton²	94,746		10	47	211		3,707	687	2,282	738	17
Brookline²	56,032		0	7	59		1,013	219	749	45
Buckland	1,981	1	0	0	0	1	21	9	12	0	0
Burlington	23,159	45	0	0	10	35	718	125	550	43	1
Cambridge	100,492	494	3	18	239	234	3,309	623	2,396	290
Canton²	21,445		0	0	4		210	45	148	17	4
Carver	11,460	9	0	2	0	7	79	44	32	3	0
Charlemont	1,392	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	7	2	0
Charlton	12,261	16	0	2	1	13	87	30	49	8	1
Chelmsford	33,676	34	0	2	5	27	589	78	481	30	1
Chelsea²	33,135		4	21	151		1,195	286	627	282	7
Cheshire	3,346	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	1	1	0
Chicopee	54,686	343	2	27	46	268	1,750	479	1,048	223	12
Clinton	13,852	3	0	0	1	2	46	18	26	2	0
Cohasset	7,254	3	0	0	0	3	107	22	78	7	1
Concord	16,872	20	0	1	0	19	217	38	174	5	0
Cummington	991	5	0	0	0	5	11	7	4	0	0
Dalton²	6,717		0	3	1		64	27	35	2	1
Danvers	25,588	52	0	6	11	35	788	72	659	57	1
Dartmouth	31,230	104	0	2	20	82	1,037	199	759	79	3
Dedham	23,161	16	0	1	9	6	472	43	378	51	0
Deerfield	4,785	15	2	1	1	11	84	35	42	7	0
Dennis	16,078	81	0	5	7	69	456	147	281	28	5
Douglas	7,741	11	0	3	2	6	43	23	15	5	0
Dracut	28,602	36	0	7	2	27	384	115	232	37	2
Dudley	10,745	17	1	2	1	13	63	32	26	5	2
East Bridgewater	13,654	9	0	2	3	4	125	14	103	8	0
East Brookfield	2,115	4	0	0	0	4	21	3	17	1	0
Easthampton	16,044	43	2	2	1	38	193	67	113	13	0
East Longmeadow	14,770	19	0	2	3	14	334	66	249	19	3
Easton	22,997	10	0	0	7	3	124	32	85	7	0
Edgartown	3,929	6	0	0	0	6	92	16	75	1	0
Egremont	1,344	1	0	0	0	1	26	2	24	0	0
Erving	1,526	4	0	1	0	3	19	10	6	3	0
Everett	37,092	116	0	6	40	70	1,186	292	709	185	7
Fairhaven	16,290	69	0	3	10	56	441	148	264	29	1
Falmouth²	33,712		1	7	15		1,006	432	523	51	7
Fitchburg²	39,800		1	25	47		1,080	340	658	82	7
Foxborough	16,309	48	0	9	1	38	157	56	83	18	0
Framingham	65,416	184	0	12	48	124	1,556	312	1,025	219
Franklin	30,108	7	0	2	0	5	130	43	72	15	0
Freetown	8,946	18	0	3	2	13	121	47	63	11	1
Gardner	20,909	116	0	11	9	96	532	173	308	51	7
Georgetown	7,939	2	0	0	2	0	51	18	30	3
Gloucester	30,732	47	0	6	8	33	591	100	456	35	1
Goshen	955	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	0	0
Grafton	16,252	16	0	1	1	14	92	21	60	11	1
Granby	6,321	18	0	2	1	15	93	27	60	6	0
Great Barrington	7,413	27	0	1	1	25	88	20	65	3	0
Greenfield²	17,876		0	21	5		546	250	260	36	5
Groton	10,340	0	0	0	0	0	51	13	37	1	0
Groveland	6,454	2	0	1	0	1	52	7	44	1	0
Hadley	4,847	13	0	2	3	8	142	30	98	14	0
Hamilton	8,403	8	1	0	0	7	111	40	59	12	0
Hampden	5,301	6	0	1	0	5	51	18	31	2	0
Hanover	13,815	3	0	0	2	1	247	27	214	6	0
Hanson²	9,871		0	1	1		127	26	93	8	2
Hardwick²	2,658		0	1	1		29	13	12	4	0
Harvard	6,066	7	0	0	0	7	52	14	37	1	1
Harwich	12,774	24	0	1	0	23	223	77	133	13	1
Hatfield	3,302	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	5	5	0
Haverhill	60,315	296	0	13	52	231	1,417	593	708	116	14
Hingham	21,139	34	0	0	1	33	219	33	180	6	0
Hinsdale²	1,820		0	0	0		6	2	2	2	0
Holbrook	10,802	18	0	0	5	13	182	50	117	15	0
Holden	16,549	18	0	3	2	13	92	17	71	4	2
Holliston	13,880	8	0	0	0	8	41	20	19	2	0
Holyoke²	39,947		3	30	92		2,213	356	1,560	297	16
Hopedale	6,205	6	0	0	0	6	35	10	21	4	2
Hubbardston	4,261	9	0	2	0	7	37	11	22	4	1
Hudson	18,674	3	0	1	1	1	190	25	147	18	1
Hull	11,289	41	0	2	2	37	112	47	53	12	1
Ipswich	13,337	8	0	0	1	7	150	40	103	7	2
Lakeville	10,504	10	0	3	2	5	76	25	46	5	0
Lawrence	71,659	584	0	17	159	408	1,711	601	577	533
Lee	5,872	15	0	1	4	10	26	4	20	2	0
Leicester	10,874	25	0	1	2	22	122	30	77	15	1
Lenox	5,148	6	0	0	0	6	75	18	52	5	0
Lexington	30,335	12	0	3	1	8	275	50	210	15	4
Lincoln	7,978	5	0	0	1	4	35	11	21	3	0
Littleton	8,554	15	0	2	2	11	84	25	52	7	1
Longmeadow	15,588	14	0	1	4	9	198	83	112	3	1
Lowell	103,370	1,009	2	41	213	753	3,295	664	1,942	689
Ludlow	21,873	35	0	1	7	27	300	64	199	37	1
Lunenburg	9,952	6	0	0	1	5	156	16	132	8	0
Lynn	89,234	1,070	5	12	270	783	2,925	816	1,527	582
Malden	55,187	213	2	9	78	124	1,293	366	782	145	4
Manchester-by-the-Sea	5,355	0	0	0	0	0	74	0	70	4	0
Mansfield	22,934	49	0	3	5	41	377	121	226	30	3
Marblehead	20,315	2	0	0	0	2	239	29	193	17	1
Marion	5,295	10	0	1	0	9	98	20	76	2	1
Marlborough	37,595	38	0	8	11	19	616	126	442	48	1
Marshfield	24,748	31	0	2	5	24	274	50	204	20	0
Mashpee	14,261	49	0	5	2	42	249	63	164	22	1
Mattapoisett	6,449	11	0	0	1	10	87	9	74	4	1
Maynard	10,293	7	0	1	0	6	24	3	18	3	0
Medford	54,047	71	1	8	47	15	1,460	327	944	189
Medway	12,850	1	0	0	0	1	56	12	43	1	0
Melrose	26,460	50	0	4	14	32	352	89	229	34	3
Mendon	5,745	14	0	2	2	10	61	21	38	2	1
Merrimac	6,304	3	0	0	0	3	33	12	17	4	1
Methuen	44,721	83	1	3	27	52	1,000	205	709	86	2
Middleboro	21,063	69	0	11	11	47	386	104	240	42	2
Middleton	9,082	7	0	0	1	6	119	7	104	8	0
Milford	27,334	75	0	6	13	56	298	50	231	17
Millville	2,928	5	0	0	0	5	30	2	22	6	1
Milton	25,783	13	0	1	5	7	241	47	179	15
Monson	8,660	24	0	3	0	21	99	38	43	18	3
Monterey	951	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0
Nahant	3,610	20	0	3	0	17	50	8	42	0	0
Nantucket	10,096	41	0	4	0	37	144	42	90	12	0
Natick	32,024	67	0	8	13	46	692	88	568	36	1
Needham	28,942	7	0	0	2	5	275	76	192	7	0
New Bedford	93,720	1,024	8	52	257	707	3,116	877	1,924	315	20
Newbury	6,867	14	0	1	1	12	43	14	27	2	0
Newburyport	17,503	16	0	0	6	10	211	71	133	7	2
New Salem	985	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	1	0
Newton	83,570	114	1	6	15	92	1,098	269	783	46	3
Norfolk	10,463	12	0	3	0	9	50	15	35	0	0
North Adams²	14,128		0	14	5		462	162	274	26	4
Northampton	28,850	114	0	9	9	96	805	122	626	57	4
North Attleboro	28,098	45	0	2	8	35	741	88	603	50	4
Northborough	14,280	5	0	0	1	4	119	14	103	2	1
Northbridge	13,844	38	0	8	1	29	149	41	103	5	2
North Brookfield²	4,802		0	1	0		41	11	26	4	2
Northfield	3,164	3	0	0	0	3	41	16	24	1	0
Norton	19,104	4	0	1	0	3	148	36	104	8	0
Norwell	10,361	12	0	0	2	10	87	22	58	7	3
Norwood	28,469	27	0	5	14	8	501	68	376	57	1
Oak Bluffs	3,817	27	0	2	2	23	91	31	53	7	0
Orange	7,542	33	0	4	1	28	171	56	102	13	6
Oxford	13,697	36	0	2	4	30	90	44	38	8	3
Palmer	12,866	44	0	4	5	35	217	60	128	29	8
Paxton	4,528	5	0	1	0	4	21	4	16	1	0
Peabody	50,231	165	1	8	24	132	1,142	199	829	114	4
Pembroke	17,666	40	0	2	2	36	223	36	169	18	5
Pepperell	11,402	16	0	1	1	14	106	28	73	5	2
Pittsfield	44,162	352	2	32	36	282	1,041	309	668	64	12
Plainville	7,904	14	0	2	3	9	105	30	69	6	2
Plymouth	54,453	76	0	3	10	63	710	193	479	38	3
Princeton	3,489	1	0	1	0	0	35	19	16	0	0
Provincetown	3,440	21	0	1	0	20	165	13	143	9	0
Quincy	89,661	339	2	26	92	219	1,422	387	883	152	6
Randolph	30,663	127	1	7	24	95	666	122	465	79	0
Raynham²	13,287		0	1	7		584	48	499	37
Reading	23,297	17	0	1	4	12	215	44	154	17	0
Rehoboth	11,106	10	0	0	1	9	111	35	69	7	1
Revere	46,041	302	1	16	72	213	1,806	347	1,139	320	9
Rochester	5,188	2	0	0	0	2	39	18	13	8	2
Rockland	17,812	26	0	4	10	12	268	40	192	36
Rowley	5,704	4	0	1	0	3	26	5	18	3	1
Royalston	1,350	6	0	0	0	6	9	4	4	1	0
Rutland	7,225	14	0	0	0	14	53	25	26	2	0
Salem	41,796	98	0	2	27	69	973	171	735	67	0
Salisbury	8,136	49	0	6	4	39	168	63	88	17	3
Sandwich	20,768	51	0	1	2	48	212	83	119	10	6
Saugus²	26,688		0	5	39		1,071	321	654	96	4
Scituate	18,145	20	0	0	0	20	158	32	114	12	1
Seekonk	13,692	50	0	3	9	38	589	77	480	32	1
Sharon	17,299	4	0	1	1	2	90	17	69	4	0
Shelburne	2,055	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	6	1	0
Sherborn	4,218	2	0	0	0	2	40	28	12	0	0
Shirley	7,580	4	0	0	0	4	22	7	15	0	0
Shrewsbury	33,069	21	0	4	7	10	480	73	376	31	1
Somerset	18,640	70	0	6	5	59	328	46	263	19	4
Somerville	75,412	262	1	7	139	115	1,673	521	833	319	3
Southampton	5,756	17	0	3	0	14	30	7	19	4	0
Southborough	9,523	3	0	0	0	3	39	8	29	2	0
Southbridge	17,266	83	0	9	10	64	270	117	137	16	5
South Hadley	17,133	19	0	1	2	16	220	41	161	18	1
Southwick	9,402	16	0	1	2	13	145	38	99	8	2
Spencer	11,981	40	0	5	2	33	180	53	115	12	1
Springfield	151,670	2,691	18	109	771	1,793	8,703	2,141	4,974	1,588	59
Sterling	7,721	10	0	4	0	6	56	18	30	8	1
Stockbridge	2,244	7	1	0	0	6	83	20	58	5	0
Stoneham	21,721	45	0	0	18	27	405	94	293	18
Stow	6,102	11	0	0	0	11	40	15	20	5	0
Sturbridge	8,668	20	0	4	2	14	166	33	122	11	1
Sudbury	17,116	2	0	0	1	1	96	14	82	0	0
Sunderland	3,793	7	0	1	1	5	32	7	25	0	0
Sutton	8,853	16	0	2	1	13	91	32	49	10	0
Swampscott	14,393	7	0	0	4	3	277	40	230	7	0
Swansea	16,272	69	1	2	9	57	273	49	202	22	2
Taunton	56,491	280	2	12	59	207	1,237	322	748	167	6
Templeton	7,302	14	0	0	3	11	62	23	26	13	1
Tewksbury	29,049	14	0	1	6	7	401	70	298	33	0
Tisbury	3,840	9	0	0	0	9	135	27	97	11	0
Topsfield	6,211	1	0	0	1	0	32	5	24	3	0
Townsend	9,300	8	0	4	1	3	57	17	39	1	0
Truro	2,174	1	0	0	0	1	19	0	19	0	0
Tyngsboro	11,355	30	1	3	1	25	195	30	154	11	1
Upton	6,245	4	0	1	0	3	28	8	17	3	2
Uxbridge	12,209	23	0	4	2	17	104	35	59	10	2
Wales	1,793	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Walpole	22,456	13	0	4	1	8	273	27	223	23	1
Waltham	59,068	77	0	7	15	55	661	85	498	78	4
Ware	9,994	45	1	5	3	36	119	26	78	15	3
Wareham²	21,165		0	10	12		583	194	341	48
Watertown	32,513	62	0	1	15	46	669	116	518	35	0
Wayland	13,027	4	0	0	0	4	96	14	75	7	2
Webster	16,833	69	0	3	8	58	329	106	188	35	5
Wellesley	26,442	20	0	0	1	19	239	61	174	4	0
Wellfleet	2,833	4	0	0	0	4	56	9	47	0	0
Wenham	4,441	3	0	0	1	2	27	7	16	4	0
Westborough	18,685	24	0	6	2	16	264	70	177	17	3
West Boylston	7,595	13	0	1	3	9	162	6	147	9	2
West Bridgewater	6,825	8	0	1	3	4	148	26	110	12	0
West Brookfield	3,887	11	0	1	2	8	40	10	27	3	0
Westfield²	40,447		2	16	13		646	243	333	70	7
Westford	21,416	2	0	0	1	1	150	11	137	2	0
Westhampton	1,559	3	0	0	0	3	12	5	5	2	0
West Newbury	4,285	3	0	0	0	3	23	5	18	0	1
Westport	14,700	46	0	3	0	43	196	68	106	22	1
West Springfield	27,970	125	2	4	32	87	1,259	195	934	130	3
West Tisbury	2,663	1	0	1	0	0	7	1	6	0	0
Westwood	13,981	11	0	2	2	7	131	19	106	6	0
Weymouth	54,052	109	0	6	26	77	907	202	637	68
Whately	1,582	6	0	0	0	6	26	5	15	6	1
Wilbraham	13,899	22	0	3	4	15	214	35	165	14	2
Williamsburg	2,436	3	0	0	0	3	24	10	13	1	0
Williamstown	8,249	6	0	2	0	4	198	5	191	2	0
Wilmington	21,508	43	0	5	3	35	382	67	284	31
Winchendon	10,009	72	0	6	2	64	198	64	117	17	2
Winchester	21,108	14	0	1	7	6	230	45	169	16	0
Woburn	37,344	64	1	3	16	44	842	116	622	104	4
Worcester	175,479	1,390	6	143	389	852	6,078	1,248	3,673	1,157	11
Wrentham	11,055	8	0	2	2	4	98	12	85	1	0
Yarmouth	24,903	157	0	10	8	139	587	237	320	30	2

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 these agencies does not comply with national UCR guidelines. Consequently, their figures for aggravated assault and violent crime (of which aggravated assault is a part) are not included in this table.

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