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Boston Crime Statistics

Year	Population	Violent Crime	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crime	Burglary	Theft	Car Theft	Arson
2006	N/A	3,744	37	124	1,302	2,281	11,887	1,914	8,066	1,907
2005	567,589	7,479	73	268	2,649	4,489	25,205	4,531	15,957	4,717


Local Boston Crime News Psych patient stabs doctor, is shot dead (The Stoneham Independent) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:31:53 GMT BOSTON - A man stabbed a doctor while being treated at a psychiatric office at a Boston medical building Tuesday and was fatally shot by an off-duty Boston Special Police Officer who saw the attack, police said. Read More >> Lynn fire victim improves slightly (The Daily Item) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:22:16 GMT LYNN - Survival chances for a 57-year-old man injured in an East Lynn fire Tuesday have improved, arson inspector Donald Baron said Friday. Massachusetts General Hospital continues listing Glaston Edwards in serious condition. Read More >> Mass. Trooper Shot, Man Killed During Gunfire Exchange (Officer.com) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:22:49 GMT A New Bedford man was shot and killed by Massachusetts State Police after he allegedly shot a state trooper. Read More >> Suspect shot during struggle with undercover officer (The Providence Journal) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:03:42 GMT LINCOLN - A Massachusetts man with a violent past was shot in the face when he tussled with an undercover state police detective during a sting at Lincoln Woods State Park early Friday afternoon, the state police said. Read More >> First Hispanic confirmed as Mass. US attorney (Cape Cod Times) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:53:16 GMT BOSTON — Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the top federal prosecutor's job in the state. Read More >> Suspect sought in South Boston muggings (Boston Globe) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:47:50 GMT Police are searching for a suspect they believe attacked three women in separate incidents in South Boston in recent weeks. The suspect pushed the women to the ground and stole their purses, police said. All three women were walking alone in the early evening. The muggings took place in the area between Dorchester Heights and City Point. The suspect is ... Read More >> Hub police, hospital security chiefs meet (Boston Globe) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:03:03 GMT Boston police met yesterday with security chiefs from the city’s hospitals to discuss ways to make their facilities safer in the wake of several brutal crimes at hospitals in recent weeks. The meeting occurred less than two weeks after a psychiatrist was nearly killed when a patient stabbed her in a medical office at Massachusetts General Hospital and a man ... Read More >> Commission recommends solutions to stemming OxyContin, heroin addiction in Massachusetts (The Standard-Times) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:04:19 GMT BOSTON — Calling addiction to opiates a bigger epidemic than swine flu, the Massachusetts OxyContin and Heroin Commission pressed for new educational and preventive programs to stem the flow of illegal prescription pills in the state. Read More >> Boston Blotter: Heroin Like Swine Flu You Have To Pay For (Bostonist) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:19:56 GMT -- Public health officials released a report today calling heroin and OxyContin addiction an "epidemic" in Massachusetts. The report calls for a public health campaign on the scale of the fight against H1N1 to combat the problem. The report estimates that 3,265 Massachusetts residents died from opiate overdose between 2002 and 2007. [ Globe ] -- State police in New Bedford shot a man to death ... Read More >> Report: State must step up fight against overdoses (Boston Herald) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:15:55 GMT BOSTON - Tamper-proof prescription pads, jail diversion programs and school-based drug counselors are some of the steps Massachusetts should adopt to stem OxyContin and heroin... Read More >>

Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2005

City	Total Law Enforcement	Total Officers	Total Civilians
Abington	30	28	2
Acton	43	33	10
Acushnet	18	16	2
Adams	21	16	5
Agawam	60	52	8
Amesbury	40	32	8
Amherst	56	50	6
Andover	70	52	18
Aquinnah	3	3	0
Arlington	77	59	18
Ashburnham	14	9	5
Ashby	5	5	0
Ashfield	2	2	0
Ashland	31	26	5
Athol	23	17	6
Attleboro	88	75	13
Auburn	38	28	10
Avon	20	15	5
Ayer	22	17	5
Barnstable	127	105	22
Barre	14	10	4
Becket	2	2	0
Bedford	35	27	8
Belchertown	22	17	5
Bellingham	36	29	7
Belmont	59	40	19
Berkley	7	6	1
Berlin	11	7	4
Bernardston	2	2	0
Beverly	71	68	3
Billerica	85	63	22
Blackstone	20	17	3
Bolton	14	9	5
Boston	2,663	2,075	588
Bourne	40	34	6
Boxborough	11	10	1
Boxford	13	13	0
Boylston	12	9	3
Braintree	82	74	8
Brewster	23	18	5
Bridgewater	35	34	1
Brockton	217	191	26
Brookfield	2	2	0
Brookline	160	140	20
Buckland	2	2	0
Burlington	66	59	7
Cambridge	279	248	31
Canton	44	43	1
Carlisle	9	9	0
Carver	29	17	12
Charlton	22	18	4
Chatham	23	19	4
Chelmsford	70	55	15
Chelsea	91	82	9
Chicopee	131	127	4
Clinton	33	28	5
Cohasset	23	17	6
Concord	41	34	7
Dalton	14	12	2
Danvers	59	46	13
Dartmouth	72	58	14
Dedham	63	60	3
Deerfield	7	6	1
Dennis	49	40	9
Dighton	8	8	0
Douglas	18	13	5
Dover	17	16	1
Dracut	43	38	5
Dudley	17	13	4
Dunstable	6	6	0
Duxbury	33	26	7
East Bridgewater	26	24	2
East Brookfield	3	3	0
East Longmeadow	23	22	1
Eastham	18	12	6
Easthampton	33	26	7
Easton	35	30	5
Edgartown	16	15	1
Egremont	2	2	0
Erving	4	4	0
Essex	9	8	1
Everett	101	91	10
Fairhaven	36	31	5
Fall River	278	222	56
Falmouth	79	66	13
Fitchburg	108	89	19
Foxborough	28	24	4
Framingham	119	109	10
Franklin	53	43	10
Freetown	17	17	0
Gardner	40	31	9
Georgetown	15	11	4
Gill	3	3	0
Gloucester	64	60	4
Goshen	2	2	0
Grafton	22	17	5
Granby	11	9	2
Granville	1	1	0
Great Barrington	14	13	1
Groton	21	15	6
Groveland	13	8	5
Hadley	15	11	4
Halifax	15	11	4
Hamilton	16	15	1
Hampden	10	7	3
Hanover	33	30	3
Hanson	25	21	4
Hardwick	3	3	0
Harwich	36	31	5
Hatfield	1	1	0
Haverhill	96	86	10
Hingham	54	45	9
Hinsdale	1	1	0
Holbrook	20	19	1
Holden	24	23	1
Holliston	24	23	1
Holyoke	142	124	18
Hopedale	16	12	4
Hopkinton	25	20	5
Hubbardston	9	5	4
Hudson	37	31	6
Ipswich	30	25	5
Kingston	32	24	8
Lakeville	20	16	4
Lancaster	11	10	1
Lanesboro	6	6	0
Lawrence	186	155	31
Lee	12	11	1
Leicester	22	17	5
Lenox	10	10	0
Leverett	2	2	0
Lexington	55	42	13
Lincoln	17	13	4
Littleton	19	15	4
Longmeadow	32	27	5
Lowell	317	243	74
Ludlow	34	29	5
Lunenburg	13	13	0
Lynn	198	179	19
Lynnfield	26	20	6
Malden	111	101	10
Manchester-by-the-Sea	16	14	2
Mansfield	44	32	12
Marblehead	38	30	8
Marion	14	14	0
Marlborough	69	58	11
Marshfield	47	44	3
Mashpee	40	32	8
Maynard	23	20	3
Medfield	25	19	6
Medford	114	109	5
Medway	22	21	1
Melrose	45	42	3
Mendon	18	13	5
Merrimac	8	6	2
Methuen	92	77	15
Middleboro	48	42	6
Middleton	13	12	1
Milford	50	45	5
Millbury	24	19	5
Millis	18	14	4
Millville	7	4	3
Milton	72	55	17
Monson	15	11	4
Montague	20	15	5
Monterey	2	2	0
Nahant	13	12	1
Nantucket	41	34	7
Natick	65	53	12
Needham	56	43	13
New Bedford	328	274	54
New Braintree	1	1	0
Newbury	14	13	1
Newburyport	34	33	1
Newton	176	149	27
Norfolk	19	17	2
North Andover	53	40	13
North Attleboro	63	50	13
North Brookfield	6	6	0
North Reading	32	31	1
Northampton	55	50	5
Northborough	25	18	7
Northbridge	27	22	5
Northfield	4	3	1
Norton	26	25	1
Norwell	32	23	9
Norwood	69	58	11
Oak Bluffs	16	14	2
Orange	14	13	1
Orleans	27	21	6
Oxford	24	19	5
Palmer	26	20	6
Paxton	11	10	1
Peabody	111	94	17
Pembroke	28	26	2
Pepperell	18	17	1
Petersham	2	2	0
Phillipston	1	1	0
Pittsfield	108	84	24
Plainville	20	15	5
Plymouth	114	95	19
Plympton	6	6	0
Princeton	8	5	3
Provincetown	25	17	8
Quincy	232	203	29
Randolph	56	55	1
Raynham	34	25	9
Reading	47	38	9
Rehoboth	26	21	5
Revere	102	93	9
Rochester	10	10	0
Rockland	41	32	9
Rockport	18	16	2
Rowley	17	15	2
Royalston	1	1	0
Rutland	7	6	1
Salem	91	82	9
Salisbury	17	12	5
Sandwich	34	33	1
Saugus	72	55	17
Scituate	37	31	6
Seekonk	38	33	5
Sharon	30	26	4
Sheffield	6	6	0
Shelburne	2	2	0
Sherborn	14	14	0
Shirley	16	11	5
Shrewsbury	54	40	14
Somerset	38	31	7
Somerville	137	112	25
South Hadley	30	25	5
Southampton	7	7	0
Southborough	17	15	2
Southbridge	39	36	3
Southwick	20	15	5
Spencer	21	17	4
Springfield	527	447	80
Sterling	10	9	1
Stockbridge	6	6	0
Stoneham	45	36	9
Stoughton	61	54	7
Stow	16	11	5
Sturbridge	20	15	5
Sudbury	33	27	6
Sunderland	4	4	0
Sutton	20	15	5
Swampscott	35	33	2
Swansea	37	31	6
Taunton	117	113	4
Templeton	9	8	1
Tisbury	14	13	1
Topsfield	14	10	4
Townsend	18	16	2
Truro	17	12	5
Tyngsboro	31	24	7
Upton	13	13	0
Uxbridge	21	17	4
Wakefield	40	39	1
Walpole	45	40	5
Waltham	179	146	33
Ware	17	17	0
Wareham	59	48	11
Warren	11	6	5
Watertown	75	63	12
Wayland	20	19	1
Webster	31	26	5
Wellesley	54	40	14
Wellfleet	18	13	5
Wenham	11	10	1
West Boylston	18	13	5
West Bridgewater	20	19	1
West Brookfield	6	6	0
West Newbury	11	7	4
West Springfield	88	80	8
Westborough	35	28	7
Westfield	87	76	11
Westford	47	38	9
Westminster	16	12	4
Weston	29	23	6
Westport	32	28	4
Westwood	33	25	8
Weymouth	110	96	14
Whately	2	2	0
Whitman	27	26	1
Wilbraham	29	28	1
Williamsburg	1	1	0
Williamstown	15	12	3
Wilmington	48	46	2
Winchendon	18	13	5
Winchester	46	38	8
Winthrop	34	33	1
Woburn	79	73	6
Worcester	496	448	48
Wrentham	21	19	2
Yarmouth	64	54	10


Active Amber Alerts There are no active Amber Alerts for Massachusetts


Missing Persons for Boston, MA Endangered Runaway: ADALBERTO PIMENTAL JR (MA) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:56:42 EST Endangered Runaway: MATTHEW DALEY (MA) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:10:53 EST Endangered Runaway: KELSIE BARSTAD (MA) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:35:33 EST Endangered Runaway: BRANDON PARTLOW (MA) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:02:02 EDT Endangered Runaway: ANA GONZALES (MA) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:45:03 EDT Endangered Missing: REBECCA HICKS (MA) Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:31:37 EDT Missing: SOOMAIIAH QURAIISHI (MA) Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:32:21 EDT NonFamily Abduction: JESUS DE LA CRUZ (MA) Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:41:06 EDT Missing: CHRISTIAN WALKER (MA) Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:53:43 EDT Endangered Runaway: VANNESS SISOMPHOU (MA) Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:22:43 EDT Endangered Missing: IEISHA ALVES (MA) Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:03:16 EDT Endangered Runaway: CHRISTINE HERRERA (MA) Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:26:52 EST Endangered Runaway: KAYLA RIVERA (MA) Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:01:22 EST Endangered Runaway: JENNIFER CRUZ FLORES (MA) Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:21:59 EST Endangered Missing: LEIGH SAVOIE (MA) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:00:08 EST Endangered Runaway: ISHEMY SANTIAGO (MA) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:53:16 EDT Endangered Missing: GIOVANNI GONZALEZ-COLON (MA) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:56:24 EDT Family Abduction: MAXIMILLIAN HERNANDEZ (MA) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:48:54 EDT NonFamily Abduction: NELIDA DEL VALLE (MA) Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:05:24 EDT Endangered Missing: MAXIMILLIAN SOLOVIEV (MA) Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:53:45 EST