Massachusetts Hate Crimes, 2005
Commonwealth Fusion Center December, 2006 Executive Summary
The 2005 Hate Crime report for Massachusetts was compiled using data voluntarily supplied from police departments across the Commonwealth, including 70 municipal agencies, the Massachusetts State Police, Transit Police, and nine campus police agencies. In total, the Commonwealth Fusion Center’s Crime Reporting Unit received a total of 344 reports which included 534 criminal offenses within those cases.
Examining the 2005 submissions for hate crimes revealed that bias against race/ethnicity or national origin was the most widely reported bias motivation, representing 63% of the total. Sexual orientation bias follows, with religious bias third in number.
Hate crime in Massachusetts for 2005 focused on specific victims rather than religious, ethnic or government symbols. Individuals were primarily the targets for bias crimes in the Commonwealth, with 84% of the reports while businesses or government property were targeted 5.5% of the time. Poice cited religious targets in less than 3% of the incidents.
Looking at gender and race of the victims of these crimes, the analysis found that white males were the most likely victims. Black victims of both genders did make up 35% of the total population of victims. The average age of victims was approximately 31 years old. Victims were reported to injured in a small percentage of cases. Police officers investigating these incidents reported that in 77% of the cases where with information was provided there was no visible injury to the victim.
The offender profile for year 2005 mirrors victim characteristics in several ways, such as age, race, and gender. Male made up an overwhelming majority of the offenders at 83% of all reports. Most of the offenders were white with an average age of 28 years. The age group with the largest number of offenders was 16 to 20 year olds.
Bias incidents reported by police in Massachusetts occur in a variety of locations both public and private. Over a quarter of incidents reportedly occur on a highway or street (27%), but residence (26%) is the second most reported location. Less than 3% of incidents occurred at religious sites such as churches or synagogues.
Specific types of bias motivations were reported to police departments as well. The largest category of bias incidents were determined to be anti-Black, with 33% of all incidents, or 119 of the incidents reported. Another 18% or 63 incidents were classified as anti-gay. Anti-white and anti-Semitic cases ranked third and fourth in frequency of occurrence. While there has been a great deal of media attention to discrimination against the Islamic religion or person from Arab countries, only 5% of the 2005 cases were classified as either anti-Arab or anti-Islamic.
Bias crimes entail a variety of different criminal offenses ranging from violent crimes to vandalism and harassment. In 2005, the significant portion of incidents involved harassment and
II criminal threats. There were no bias-related homicides reported in the 344 police reports submitted. There were, however, 39 aggravated assaults reported.
The reporting system used also captures information on the types of weapons used in the commission of the offense. Firearms were used in only 6 cases, or less than 3% of the incidents, with knives or cutting instruments used in 11 cases or 5% of the total. Hate criminals most often fought without weapons 40% of the time or were involved in fistfights where hands, fists or feet were used (25%).
III Table of Contents
Executive Summary...... Page I
Hate Crime 2005
Definitions...... 1 Reports...... 1 Categories of Bias Reported...... 2 Categories of Crimes Reported...... 3 Victim and Offender Profile Target of Bias Crimes...... 4 Victim Race and Age...... 5 Perpetrator Race and Age...... 6 Characteristics of Incidents...... 7
Tables Table 1: Bias Types...... 8 Table 2: Crimes Committed...... 8 Table 3: Target of Hate Crime...... 9 Table 4: Age of Victims...... 9 Table 5: Race of Victims...... 9 Table 6: Gender of Victims...... 9 Table 7: Age of Perpetrators...... 1 0 Table 8: Race of Perpetrators...... 1 0 Table 9: Gender of Perpetrators...... 1 0 Table 10: Location of Hate Crime...... 1 1 Table 11: Weapon Used...... 1 1 Table 12: Injury to Victim...... 1 2 Table 13: Crime by Agency...... 1 3 Table 14: Bias Type by Agency...... 1 6 Table 15: Bias Type by County...... 1 9 Table 16: Crime by County...... 1 9 Table 17: Agencies Reporting Hate Crimes...... 2 0 Table 18: Agencies Reporting Zero Hate Crimes...... 2 1 Table 19: Non-participating Agencies...... 2 4
IV Definitions Hate Crime Any criminal act to which a bias motive is evident as a contributing factor. The Reporting Act covers bias on account of race, religion, ethnicity, handicap, gender, or sexual orientation. Hate crimes can be reported only by law enforcement agencies.
Zero Report An official report by a police department stating that no hate crimes were reported to the department during the reporting period.
Non-responding agencies Local police departments and other law enforcement agencies which are not in compliance with the reporting provisions of the Reporting Act. These agencies have failed to indicate how many, if any, bias crimes occurred in their jurisdiction.
Reporting agencies Local police departments and other law enforcement agencies which have voluntarily reported the incidence of identified bias crimes in their jurisdiction. Agencies can comply with the Reporting Act by reporting the number of bias crimes, even if zero. Participating agencies which reported zero hate crimes for 2005 are separately listed.
Reports by Law Enforcement Agencies
Hate crimes were reported by 70 local police departments, State Police, Transit police and 9 campus police agencies. These agencies had a total population of 3,034,000. A total of 344 hate crime reports were filed by these agencies, which included 534 criminal offenses and 358 bias motivations. An additional 221 municipal police departments, 29 campus police agencies and one specialize agency reported zero hate crimes during 2005. These agencies had a total population of 3,172,842. 61 municipal police agencies and 4 campus police departments did not participate in the hate crime reporting program. These agencies had a population of 147,901.
In the report that follows, it should be noted that there may be multiple offenses, bias motivations, victims and offenders reported in each incident report. As a result, there are more responses than there are cases.
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Categories of Bias Reported
Bias motivations break down as follows: of the 493 bias motivations for particular crimes reported, race/ethnicity/national origin bias constituted the largest category of reported motives, with 63.4% of the total. Offenses motivated by sexual orientation bias were the second most frequent category, with 21.2% of the total. Offenses related to religious affiliation were the third most prevalent, with 12.9%, while offenses against mental or physical handicap status were each reported as 0.6% of the total.
-2- Categories of Crimes Reported
Of the total of 524 crimes reported, harassment and threats were the most frequent offenses, representing 34.7% of the total. Other frequent crime categories were damage to property (16.2%), general civil rights violations (11.3%), simple assault (10.7%), vandalism (8.0%) and aggravated assault (7.4%).
-3- Victim and Offender Profile
A person was the target of 83.5% of cases with valid information. A business or government property was the second most frequent target of bias crimes, with 5.5% of incidents. Private property was targeted 5.4%, followed by religious property, with 2.7%.
-4- The victim of hate crimes (in the cases where information on the victim's race was available) was white in 50.6% of cases, black in 35.3% of cases. 64.8% of victims were male. The victims whose age was reported had a mean age of 31.1 years, and a median age of 28 years.
-5- The perpetrator of hate crimes was white in 57.3% of cases, and black in 35.4% of cases in the 274 cases where this information was available. The perpetrator was male in 83.3%, and had a mean age of 28.4 years and a median age of 24.
-6- Characteristics of the Incident
The majority of incidents occurred on a highway or street (26.9%) or in a residence (25.7%). Other locations where incidents occurred were parking lots/garages (4.5%), commercial/office buildings (3.0%) and religious facilities (2.7%).
Weapons of some type were used in 132 incidents. The majority of cases in which a weapon was identified indicated that hands/fist/feet were used (25%). “Other weapons” were listed in 18.2%, and knives were used in 5.0% of cases.
-7- Table 1: Bias Types as Reported to Police Bias Types % of Total Anti-Black 119 33.2% Anti-gay (male) 63 17.6% Anti-White 53 14.8% Anti-Semitic 41 11.5% Anti-Hispanic 25 7.0% Anti-Asian 10 2.8% Anti-Lesbian 10 2.8% Anti-Arab 9 2.5% Anti-Islamic 9 2.5% Anti-other race/ethnicity 5 1.4% Anti-Catholic 4 1.1% Anti-other sexual orientation 3 0.8% Anti-other religion 2 0.6% Anti-mental handicap 2 0.6% Anti-physical handicap 2 0.6% Anti-Protestant 1 0.3% Total 358 100.0%
Table 2: Crimes Committed during Bias Attacks Hate Crimes % of Total Harassment 96 18.3% Threats 86 16.4% Damage to prop 85 16.2% Gen. Civil Rights 59 11.3% Simple assault 56 10.7% Vandalism 42 8.0% Aggravated assaults 39 7.4% Larceny/theft 24 4.6% Robbery 11 2.1% Disorderly conduct 8 1.5% Damage religious objects 6 1.1% Weapons offense 4 0.8% Burglary 4 0.8% Trespass 2 0.4% Arson 2 0.4% Total 524 100.0%
-8- Table 3: Target of Incident
Cumulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Person 277 80.5 83.2 83.2 Private 18 5.2 5.4 88.6 Property Public 3 .9 .9 89.5 Property Religious 9 2.6 2.7 92.2 Property Other 7 2.0 2.1 94.3 Business/ 19 5.5 5.7 100.0 Government Total 333 96.8 100.0 Missing 11 3.2
Table 4: Age of Victim Frequency Percent 10 and Under 12 4.2% 11 thru 15 25 8.8% 16 thru 20 45 15.8% 21 thru 25 44 15.4% 26 thru 30 26 9.1% 31 thru 35 17 6.0% 36 thru 40 38 13.3% 41 thru 45 26 9.1% 46 thru 50 19 6.7% 51 thru 55 19 6.7% 56 thru 60 5 1.8% 60 and Up 9 3.2% Total 285 100.0%
Table 5: Race of Victims Victim's Race % of Total Black 125 35.3% White 179 50.6% Asian 21 5.9% Hispanic 17 4.8% Other race/eth. 12 3.4% Total 354 100.0%
Table 6: Gender of Victims Victim's Sex % of Total Male 236 64.8% Female 128 35.2% Total 364 100.0%
-9- Table 7: Age of Perpetrator Frequency Percent 10 and Under 1 0.6% 11 thru 15 27 15.3% 16 thru 20 50 28.2% 21 thru 25 19 10.7% 26 thru 30 16 9.0% 31 thru 35 17 9.6% 36 thru 40 6 3.4% 41 thru 45 15 8.5% 46 thru 50 10 5.6% 51 thru 55 7 4.0% 56 thru 60 5 2.8% 60 and Up 4 2.3% Total 177 100.0%
Table 8: Race of Perpetrator Offender's Race % of Total Black 97 35.4% White 157 57.3% Asian 3 1.1% Hispanic 16 5.8% Other race/eth. 1 0.4% Total 274 100.0%
Table 9: Gender of Perpetrators Offender's Sex % of Total Male 235 83.3% Female 47 16.7% Total 282 100.0%
-10- Table 10: Location of Hate Crime Frequency Percent Air/bus/train term 7 2.1% Bank/savings and loan 1 0.3% Bar/nightclub 4 1.2% Church/synagogue/temple 9 2.7% Commercial/office building 10 3.0% Construction site 3 0.9% Convenience store 6 1.8% Department/discount store 1 0.3% Drug store/doctor's office/hospital 1 0.3% Field/woods 5 1.5% Government/public building 9 2.7% Grocery/supermarket 3 0.9% Highway/road/alley 90 26.9% Hotel/motel/etc. 4 1.2% Liquor store 2 0.6% Parking lot/garage 15 4.5% Residence/home 86 25.7% Restaurant 8 2.4% School/college 54 16.1% Service/gas station 3 0.9% Speciality store 4 1.2% Other/unknown 10 3.0% Total 335 100.0%
Table 11: Weapon Used During Incident Frequency Percent Gun 6 2.7% Knife/cutting 11 5.0% Sticks/clubs 10 4.5% Rocks/bricks 10 4.5% Hands/feet/fists 55 25.0% Other 40 18.2% None 88 40.0% Total 220 100.0%
-11- Table 12: Injury to Victim
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Apparent Broken Bones 6 1.7 3.1 3.1
Possible Internal Injuries 2 0.6 1.0 4.1
Severe Lacerations 5 1.5 2.6 6.6
Other Major Injuries 5 1.5 2.6 9.2
Other Minor Injuries 28 8.1 14.3 23.5
None Visible 150 43.6 76.5 100.0
Total 196 57.0 100.0
Missing 148 43.0
Total 344 100.0
-12- Table 13: Crime by Agency
Gen. Vandal Damage Disorder Prop. Weapons Simple Larceny/ Agg. Civil Agency ism Rel Obj Harass. Person Trespass Threats Damage Off. Arson Assault Theft Burglary Assault Robbery Rights Offenses Incidents
Abington 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Amesbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Amherst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Arlington 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 6
Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Attleboro 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Barnstable 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 11 11
Belmont 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Beverly 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3
Boston 31 0 91 6 0 61 21 4 2 26 3 0 22 4 58 329 158
Boxford 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Braintree 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Brockton 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 5
Brookline 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Burlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
Cambridge 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Chelmsford 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Dalton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
Everett 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3
Falmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Fitchburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Framingham 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Greenfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Hadley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Haverhill 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 13 13
Hopkinton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
-13- Gen. Vandal Damage Disorder Prop. Weapons Simple Larceny/ Agg. Civil Agency ism Rel Obj Harass. Person Trespass Threats Damage Off. Arson Assault Theft Burglary Assault Robbery Rights Offenses Incidents
Hudson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lynn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Malden 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5
Marblehead 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Milton 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4
Needham 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
Newburyport 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Newton 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 North Attleboro 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Northampton 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Norwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Palmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Peabody 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Peperell 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pittsfield 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
Quincy 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 16 16
Raynham 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Revere 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 7
Salem 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sharon 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Shrewbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Somverville 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
South Hadley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Springfield 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4
Stoughton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Uxbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Waltham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Ware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Watertown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3
-14- Gen. Vandal Damage Disorder Prop. Weapons Simple Larceny/ Agg. Civil Agency ism Rel Obj Harass. Person Trespass Threats Damage Off. Arson Assault Theft Burglary Assault Robbery Rights Offenses Incidents
Wayland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Webster 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 West Brookfield 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 West Springfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Westfield 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Westford 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 5
Wilbraham 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Williamtown 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Winchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Winthrop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Worcester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 State Police Berkshre 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 MBTA- Middlesex 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 Clark University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Emerson College 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Framingham State College 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Harvard University 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Lasell College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Mass College of Art 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 Merrimack College 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4
MIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 Northeastern University 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 U Mass Amherst 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Total Crimes 42 6 96 8 2 86 85 4 2 56 24 4 39 11 59 524 344
Table 14: Bias Type by Agency
-15- Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Other Anti Anti Protesta Anti Other Anti Other Anti Anti Total Total Agency Black White Asian Hispanic Arab Race Semitic Catholic nt Inslamic Religion Anti Gay Lesbian Sex. Mental Physical Biases Incidents
Abington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Amesbury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Amherst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Arlington 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
Ashland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Attleboro 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4
Barnstable 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 11
Belmont 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Beverly 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
Boston 50 22 8 20 7 3 12 1 0 5 2 35 2 3 0 0 170 158
Boxford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Braintree 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Brockton 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5
Brookline 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Burlington 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Cambridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Chelmsford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Dalton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Dennis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
Everett 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Falmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Fitchburg 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Framingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Greenfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hadley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Haverhill 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 13 13
Hopkinton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hudson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
-16- Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Other Anti Anti Protesta Anti Other Anti Other Anti Anti Total Total Agency Black White Asian Hispanic Arab Race Semitic Catholic nt Inslamic Religion Anti Gay Lesbian Sex. Mental Physical Biases Incidents
Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Malden 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Marblehead 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Milton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Needham 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Newburyport 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Newton 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
North 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Northampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3
Norwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Palmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Peabody 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Peperell 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pittsfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
Quincy 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 16
Raynham 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Revere 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 7
Salem 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sharon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Shrewbury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Somverville 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
South Hadley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Springfield 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4
Stoughton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Uxbridge 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Waltham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ware 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Watertown 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Wayland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
-17- Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Anti Other Anti Anti Protesta Anti Other Anti Other Anti Anti Total Total Agency Black White Asian Hispanic Arab Race Semitic Catholic nt Inslamic Religion Anti Gay Lesbian Sex. Mental Physical Biases Incidents
Webster 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Westfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Westford 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Wilbraham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Williamtown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Winchester 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Winthrop 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Worcester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
State Police 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
MBTA-Middles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3
Emerson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3
Framingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Harvard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lasell College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mass College 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Merrimack 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
MIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 4
Northeastern 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4
U Mass 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
119 53 10 25 9 5 41 4 1 9 2 63 10 3 2 2 358 344
-18- Table 15: Bias by County Barns. Berk. Brist Essex Frank. Hampden Hampsh. Middle. Norfolk Plym. Suffolk W orc. Total Anti-Black 9 3 2 9 1 3 2 22 8 3 55 2 119 Anti-White 1 3 1 11 12 1 23 1 53 Anti-Asian 1 9 1 0 Anti-Hispanic 2 2 2 0 1 2 5 Anti-Arab 1 1 7 9 Anti-other race/eth. 1 1 3 5 Anti-Semitic 1 2 3 8 1 5 6 2 13 41 Anti-Catholic 2 2 4 Anti-Protestant 1 1 Anti-Islamic 1 1 7 9 Anti-other rel. 2 2 Anti-gay (male) 1 2 3 2 4 6 1 40 4 63 Anti-Lesbian 1 2 2 1 3 1 10 Anti-other sexual 3 3 Anti-mental handicap 1 1 2 Anti-physical handicap 1 1 2 Total 13 7 6 28 1 9 9 53 29 7 187 9 358
Table 16: Crime by County Crimes Barns. Berk. Brist Essex Frank. Hampden Hampsh. Middle. Norfolk Plym. Suffolk Worc. Total Vandalism 2 3 2 3 5 4 2 Damage relig. objects 1 3 2 6 Harassment 2 1 1 9 2 9 6 Disorderly conduct 2 6 8 Trespass 2 2 Threats 2 2 4 1 8 4 1 63 1 86 Damage to prop 1 3 5 13 3 22 9 2 25 2 85 Weapons offense 4 4 Arson 2 2 Simple assault 4 1 3 2 3 7 4 2 30 56 Larceny/theft 2 1 2 6 9 1 3 24 Burglary 1 1 2 4 Aggravated aslt 3 1 1 2 6 23 3 39 Robbery 1 1 1 1 1 6 11 Gen. Civil Rights 1 5 8 5 9 Total 14 6 6 27 1 9 9 52 28 7 169 6 524 Table 17: Agencies Reporting Hate Crimes
-19- Somerville 77,478 2 2.6 Agency Population Hate Rate per South Hadley 17,196 1 5.8 Crimes 100,000 Springfield 152,082 4 2.6 Reported Stoughton 27,149 1 3.7 Abington 14,605 1 6.8 Uxbridge 11,156 1 9.0 Amesbury 16,450 1 6.1 Waltham 59,226 1 1.7 Arlington 42,389 6 14.2 Ware 9,707 1 10.3 Ashland 14,674 1 6.8 Watertown 32,986 3 9.1 Attleboro 42,068 4 9.5 Wayland 13,100 1 7.6 Barnstable 47,821 11 23.0 Webster 16,415 1 6.1 Belchertown 12,968 1 7.7 West 3,804 1 26.3 Belmont 24,194 1 4.1 Brookfield Beverly 39,862 3 7.5 West 27,899 1 3.6 Boston 589,141 158 26.8 Springfield Boxford 7,921 1 12.6 Westfield 40,072 2 5.0 Braintree 33,828 1 3.0 Westford 20,754 5 24.1 Brockton 94,304 5 5.3 Wilbraham 13,473 1 7.4 Brookline 57,107 2 3.5 Williamstown 8,424 2 23.7 Burlington 22,876 2 8.7 Winchester 20,810 1 4.8 Cambridge 101,355 1 1.0 Winthrop 18,303 1 5.5 Chelmsford 33,858 2 5.9 Worcester 172,648 1 0.6 Chelsea 35,080 1 2.9 Total 3,033,991 322 10.6 Dalton 6,892 1 14.5 Dennis 15,973 2 12.5 Everett 38,037 3 7.9 SP Berkshire- 1 Northampton Falmouth 32,660 1 3.1 MBTA- 1 Fitchburg 39,102 1 2.6 Middlesex Framingham 66,910 1 1.5 Clark 3 Greenfield 18,168 1 5.5 University Hadley 4,793 1 20.9 Emerson 3 Haverhill 58,969 13 22.0 College Hopkinton 13,346 1 7.5 Framingham 1 Hudson 18,113 1 5.5 SC Lynn 89,050 1 1.1 Harvard 1 Malden 56,340 5 8.9 University Marblehead 20,377 1 4.9 Lasell College 1 Merrimac 6,138 4 65.2 Mass College 1 of Art Milton 26,062 4 15.3 MIT 4 Needham 28,911 2 6.9 Northeastern 4 Newburyport 17,189 1 5.8 University Newton 83,829 7 8.4 U-Mass 2 North Attleboro 27,143 1 3.7 Amherst Northampton 28,978 3 10.4 22 Norwell 9,765 1 10.2 Palmer 12,497 1 8.0 Peabody 48,129 1 2.1 Pepperell 11,142 1 9.0 Pittsfield 45,793 2 4.4 Quincy 88,025 16 18.2 Raynham 11,739 1 8.5 Revere 47,283 7 14.8 Salem 40,407 1 2.5 Sharon 17,408 2 11.5 Shrewsbury 31,640 1 3.2
-20- Table 18: Agencies Reporting Zero Hate Crimes Egremont 1,345 Agency Population Erving 1,467 Acton 20,331 Fairhaven 16,159 Acushnet 10,161 Fall River 91,938 Adams 8,809 Foxborough 16,246 Agawam 28,144 Franklin 29,560 Amherst 34,874 Freetown 8,472 Andover 31,247 Gardner 20,770 Ashburnham 5,546 Georgetown 7,377 Ashby 2,845 Gill 1,363 Athol 11,299 Gloucester 30,273 Auburn 15,901 Goshen 921 Avon 4,443 Grafton 14,894 Ayer 7,287 Granby 6,132 Barre 5,113 Great Barrington 2,345 Becket 1,755 Groton 9,547 Bedford 12,595 Groveland 6,038 Bellingham 15,314 Halifax 7,500 Berkley 5,749 Hamilton 8,315 Berlin 2,380 Hampden 5,171 Billerica 38,981 Hanover 13,164 Blackstone 8,804 Hanson 9,495 Bolton 4,148 Hardwick 2,622 Bourne 18,721 Harvard 5,981 Boxboro 4,868 Harwich 12,386 Boylston 4,008 Hatfield 3,249 Brewster 10,094 Hingham 19,882 Bridgewater 25,185 Hinsdale 1,872 Brimfield 3,339 Holbrook 10,785 Buckland 1,991 Holden 15,621 Canton 20,775 Holliston 13,801 Carlisle 4,717 Holyoke 39,838 Carver 11,163 Hopedale 5,907 Charlemont 1,358 Hubbardston 3,909 Charlton 11,263 Hull 11,050 Chatham 6,625 Ipswich 12,987 Cheshire 3,401 Kingston 11,780 Chicopee 54,653 Lancaster 7,380 Clinton 13,435 Lawrence 72,043 Cohasset 7,261 Lee 5,985 Concord 16,993 Leicester 10,471 Cummington 978 Lenox 5,077 Danvers 25,212 Leominster 41,303 Dartmouth 30,666 Lexington 30,355 Dedham 23,464 Lincoln 8,056 Deerfield 4,750 Littleton 8,184 Douglas 7,045 Longmeadow 15,633 Dracut 28,562 Lowell 105,167 East Bridgewater 12,974 Ludlow 21,209 East Brookfield 2,097 Lunenburg 9,401 East Longmeadow 14,100 Lynnfield 11,542 Easthampton 15,994 Manchester-by-the-sea 5,228 Easton 22,299 Mansfield 22,414 Edgartown 3,779 Marion 5,123
-21- Marlborough 36,255 Royalston 1,254 Marshfield 24,324 Rutland 6,353 Mashpee 12,946 Salisbury 7,827 Mattapoisett 6,268 Sandwich 20,136 Maynard 10,433 Saugus 26,078 Medfield 12,273 Scituate 17,863 Medford 55,765 Seekonk 13,425 Medway 12,448 Sheffield 3,335 Melrose 27,134 Shelburne 2,058 Mendon 5,286 Sherborn 4,200 Methuen 43,789 Shirley 6,373 Middleboro 19,941 Somerset 18,234 Middleton 7,744 Southborough 8,781 Milford 26,799 Southbridge 17,214 Millbury 12,784 Southwick 8,835 Millis 7,902 Spencer 11,691 Millville 2,724 Sterling 7,257 Monson 8,359 Stockbridge 2,276 Montague 8,489 Stoneham 22,219 Monterey 934 Stow 5,902 Nahant 3,632 Sturbridge 7,837 Nantucket 9,520 Sudbury 16,841 Natick 32,170 Sunderland 3,777 New Bedford 93,768 Sutton 8,250 New Salem 929 Swampscott 14,412 Newbury 6,717 Swansea 15,901 Norfolk 10,460 Taunton 55,976 North Adams 14,681 Templeton 6,799 North Andover 27,202 Tewksbury 28,851 North Brookfield 4,683 Tisbury 3,755 North Reading 13,837 Topsfield 6,141 Northboro 14,013 Townsend 9,198 Northbridge 13,182 Truro 2,087 Northfield 2,951 Tyngsboro 11,081 Norton 18,036 Upton 5,642 Norwood 28,587 Wakefield 24,804 Oak Bluffs 3,713 Wales 1,737 Orange 7,518 Walpole 22,824 Orleans 6,341 Wareham 20,335 Oxford 13,352 Warren 4,776 Paxton 4,386 Wellesley 26,613 Pembroke 16,927 Wellfleet 2,749 Plainville 7,683 Wenham 4,440 Plymouth 51,701 West Boylston 7,481 Plympton 2,637 West Bridgewater 6,634 Princeton 3,353 West Newbury 4,149 Provincetown 3,431 West Tisbury 2,467 Randolph 30,963 Westborough 17,997 Reading 23,708 Westhampton 1,468 Rehoboth 10,172 Westminster 6,907 Rochester 4,581 Weston 11,469 Rockland 17,670 Westport 14,183 Rockport 7,767 Westwood 14,117 Rowley 5,500 Weymouth 53,988
-22- Whately 1,573 Williamsburg 2,427 Wilmington 21,363 Winchendon 9,611 Woburn 37,258 Wrentham 10,554 Yarmouth 24,807 3,175,187 Amherst College Assumption College Bentley College Boston College Boston University Brandeis University Bristol CC Fitchburg SC Holyoke CC Lasell College MA College Liberal Arts Mass College of Art Massasoit CC Merrimack College Mt. Holyoke College North Shore CC Quinsigamond CC Salem SC Springfield College Tufts U Worcester Tufts U Suffolk Tufts University U-Mass Boston U-Mass Dartmouth U-Mass Worcester Wellesley College Western NE College Westfield SC Worcester Polytechnic In Beth Israel Deaconess
-23- Table 19: Non-Participating Agencies Agency Populatio Richmond 1,604 n Rowe 351 Alford 399 Russell 1,657 Aquinnah 344 Sandisfield 824 Ashfield 1,800 Savoy 705 Bernardston 2,155 Shutesbury 1,810 Blandford 1,214 Southampton 5,387 Brookfield 3,051 Tolland 426 Chester 1,308 Tyringham 350 Chesterfield 1,201 Warwick 750 Chilmark 843 Washington 544 Clarksburg 1,686 Wendell 986 Colrain 1,813 West Stockbridge 1,416 Conway 1,809 Whitman 13,882 Dighton 6,175 Windsor 875 Dover 5,558 Worthington 1,270 Dudley 10,036 147,901 Dunstable 2,829 Duxbury 14,248 Babson College Eastham 5,453 Dean College Essex 3,267 U-Mass Lowell Florida 676 Wentworth Institute Gosnold 86 Granville 1,521 Hancock 721 Hanover 13,164 Hawley 336 Heath 805 Holland 2,407 Huntington 2,174 Lakeville 9,821 Lanesboro 2,990 Leverett 1,663 Leyden 772 Middlefield 542 Monroe 93 Montgomery 654 Mount Washington 130 New Ashford 247 New Braintree 927 New Marlboro 1,494 Oakham 1,673 Otis 1,365 Pelham 1,403 Peru 821 Petersham 1,180 Phillipston 1,621 Plainfield 589
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