snapshot: Burglaries per 10,000 residents
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Jan. 10, 2013
Smaller summer vacation communities and urban areas had the most burglaries per 10,000 residents in 2011. Becket, Stockbridge, Falmouth, Yarmouth, and Springfield were among those at the top, according to data from the FBI's Uniform Criminal Reports. Among those with the fewest reported were Granville, Hopkinton, Groveland, Middleton, and Dracut.
| Community | Burglaries per 10,000 residents, 2011 | State rank | Number of burglaries |
| ABINGTON | 63.5 | 55 | 102 |
| ACTON | 10.4 | 247 | 23 |
| ACUSHNET | 41.7 | 109 | 43 |
| ADAMS | 77.1 | 38 | 65 |
| AGAWAM | 19.3 | 217 | 55 |
| ALFORD | NA | NA | NA |
| AMESBURY | 26.2 | 187 | 43 |
| AMHERST | 47.4 | 93 | 179 |
| ANDOVER | 15.5 | 235 | 52 |
| AQUINNAH | NA | NA | NA |
| ARLINGTON | 30.7 | 160 | 133 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 29.5 | 170 | 18 |
| ASHBY | 64.4 | 50 | 20 |
| ASHFIELD | 5.7 | 256 | 1 |
| ASHLAND | 31.6 | 155 | 53 |
| ATHOL | 76.6 | 39 | 89 |
| ATTLEBORO | 57.1 | 71 | 249 |
| AUBURN | 42.5 | 104 | 69 |
| AVON | 77.5 | 37 | 34 |
| AYER | 118.7 | 10 | 89 |
| BARNSTABLE | 79.7 | 34 | 360 |
| BARRE | 64.6 | 49 | 35 |
| BECKET | 265.8 | 1 | 47 |
| BEDFORD | 23.8 | 203 | 32 |
| BELCHERTOWN | NA | NA | NA |
| BELLINGHAM | 23.1 | 204 | 38 |
| BELMONT | 37.6 | 125 | 94 |
| BERKLEY | 76.3 | 40 | 49 |
| BERLIN | NA | NA | NA |
| BERNARDSTON | 28.1 | 183 | 6 |
| BEVERLY | 32.7 | 153 | 130 |
| BILLERICA | 30.5 | 164 | 124 |
| BLACKSTONE | 21.0 | 213 | 19 |
| BLANDFORD | NA | NA | NA |
| BOLTON | NA | NA | NA |
| BOSTON | 55.7 | 73 | 3,482 |
| BOURNE | 114.0 | 15 | 225 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 25.7 | 189 | 13 |
| BOXFORD | 16.2 | 231 | 13 |
| BOYLSTON | 43.5 | 100 | 19 |
| BRAINTREE | NA | NA | NA |
| BREWSTER | 60.1 | 59 | 59 |
| BRIDGEWATER | NA | NA | NA |
| BRIMFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| BROCKTON | 109.9 | 18 | 1,037 |
| BROOKFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| BROOKLINE | 30.1 | 167 | 178 |
| BUCKLAND | NA | NA | NA |
| BURLINGTON | NA | NA | NA |
| CAMBRIDGE | 50.8 | 83 | 539 |
| CANTON | 34.5 | 138 | 75 |
| CARLISLE | 24.5 | 200 | 12 |
| CARVER | 82.1 | 32 | 95 |
| CHARLEMONT | NA | NA | NA |
| CHARLTON | NA | NA | NA |
| CHATHAM | 32.7 | 152 | 20 |
| CHELMSFORD | 17.6 | 226 | 60 |
| CHELSEA | 110.5 | 17 | 394 |
| CHESHIRE | 6.2 | 255 | 2 |
| CHESTER | NA | NA | NA |
| CHESTERFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| CHICOPEE | 78.8 | 36 | 436 |
| CHILMARK | 45.6 | 97 | 4 |
| CLARKSBURG | NA | NA | NA |
| CLINTON | NA | NA | NA |
| COHASSET | 39.5 | 119 | 30 |
| COLRAIN | NA | NA | NA |
| CONCORD | NA | NA | NA |
| CONWAY | NA | NA | NA |
| CUMMINGTON | 34.5 | 140 | 3 |
| DALTON | 29.8 | 169 | 20 |
| DANVERS | 33.0 | 150 | 88 |
| DARTMOUTH | 46.7 | 95 | 159 |
| DEDHAM | 28.9 | 174 | 72 |
| DEERFIELD | 95.3 | 26 | 49 |
| DENNIS | 146.5 | 7 | 208 |
| DIGHTON | 21.1 | 211 | 15 |
| DOUGLAS | 30.6 | 163 | 26 |
| DOVER | 14.2 | 237 | 8 |
| DRACUT | 4.0 | 259 | 12 |
| DUDLEY | 32.4 | 154 | 37 |
| DUNSTABLE | NA | NA | NA |
| DUXBURY | 9.9 | 249 | 15 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | NA | NA | NA |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 59.4 | 63 | 13 |
| EASTHAM | 72.7 | 42 | 36 |
| EASTHAMPTON | NA | NA | NA |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 41.3 | 111 | 65 |
| EASTON | 58.4 | 66 | 135 |
| EDGARTOWN | 109.1 | 19 | 45 |
| EGREMONT | 32.8 | 151 | 4 |
| ERVING | 99.7 | 23 | 18 |
| ESSEX | 39.6 | 116 | 14 |
| EVERETT | 57.2 | 70 | 241 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 71.7 | 44 | 114 |
| FALL RIVER | 97.0 | 24 | 863 |
| FALMOUTH | 184.4 | 3 | 581 |
| FITCHBURG | 114.7 | 14 | 464 |
| FLORIDA | NA | NA | NA |
| FOXBOROUGH | NA | NA | NA |
| FRAMINGHAM | 30.7 | 159 | 212 |
| FRANKLIN | 7.8 | 253 | 25 |
| FREETOWN | 69.8 | 45 | 62 |
| GARDNER | 116.3 | 13 | 236 |
| GEORGETOWN | 25.5 | 191 | 21 |
| GILL | 19.9 | 215 | 3 |
| GLOUCESTER | 28.3 | 181 | 82 |
| GOSHEN | NA | NA | NA |
| GOSNOLD | NA | NA | NA |
| GRAFTON | 24.1 | 202 | 43 |
| GRANBY | 19.3 | 219 | 12 |
| GRANVILLE | 0.0 | 263 | 0 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 60.9 | 58 | 43 |
| GREENFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| GROTON | 5.6 | 257 | 6 |
| GROVELAND | 3.1 | 261 | 2 |
| HADLEY | 59.1 | 65 | 31 |
| HALIFAX | 37.0 | 129 | 28 |
| HAMILTON | 21.7 | 210 | 17 |
| HAMPDEN | 42.8 | 102 | 22 |
| HANCOCK | NA | NA | NA |
| HANOVER | 22.2 | 207 | 31 |
| HANSON | 28.2 | 182 | 29 |
| HARDWICK | 40.0 | 114 | 12 |
| HARVARD | 30.6 | 162 | 20 |
| HARWICH | 117.7 | 12 | 144 |
| HATFIELD | 18.3 | 223 | 6 |
| HAVERHILL | 75.3 | 41 | 462 |
| HAWLEY | NA | NA | NA |
| HEATH | NA | NA | NA |
| HINGHAM | NA | NA | NA |
| HINSDALE | 84.2 | 31 | 17 |
| HOLBROOK | 38.7 | 122 | 42 |
| HOLDEN | 12.1 | 244 | 21 |
| HOLLAND | NA | NA | NA |
| HOLLISTON | 12.4 | 243 | 17 |
| HOLYOKE | 105.2 | 20 | 420 |
| HOPEDALE | 28.7 | 176 | 17 |
| HOPKINTON | 1.3 | 262 | 2 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 50.0 | 85 | 22 |
| HUDSON | 12.5 | 242 | 24 |
| HULL | NA | NA | NA |
| HUNTINGTON | NA | NA | NA |
| IPSWICH | 48.9 | 88 | 65 |
| KINGSTON | 33.1 | 149 | 42 |
| LAKEVILLE | 72.2 | 43 | 77 |
| LANCASTER | 35.9 | 134 | 29 |
| LANESBOROUGH | NA | NA | NA |
| LAWRENCE | 88.6 | 29 | 682 |
| LEE | 57.6 | 69 | 34 |
| LEICESTER | 39.1 | 121 | 43 |
| LENOX | 48.0 | 90 | 24 |
| LEOMINSTER | 59.4 | 62 | 243 |
| LEVERETT | NA | NA | NA |
| LEXINGTON | 21.8 | 209 | 69 |
| LEYDEN | NA | NA | NA |
| LINCOLN | 24.9 | 195 | 16 |
| LITTLETON | 29.9 | 168 | 27 |
| LONGMEADOW | 26.0 | 188 | 41 |
| LOWELL | 85.0 | 30 | 914 |
| LUDLOW | 36.0 | 133 | 76 |
| LUNENBURG | 58.3 | 67 | 59 |
| LYNN | 78.9 | 35 | 718 |
| LYNNFIELD | 53.9 | 75 | 63 |
| MALDEN | 52.8 | 80 | 317 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | NA | NA | NA |
| MANSFIELD | 64.2 | 53 | 149 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 17.0 | 227 | 34 |
| MARION | 26.4 | 186 | 13 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 33.2 | 148 | 129 |
| MARSHFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| MASHPEE | 43.6 | 99 | 61 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 36.2 | 131 | 22 |
| MAYNARD | 17.6 | 225 | 18 |
| MEDFIELD | 13.2 | 239 | 16 |
| MEDFORD | NA | NA | NA |
| MEDWAY | 15.6 | 234 | 20 |
| MELROSE | 22.7 | 206 | 62 |
| MENDON | 13.6 | 238 | 8 |
| MERRIMAC | NA | NA | NA |
| METHUEN | 42.2 | 106 | 201 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 50.8 | 84 | 118 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| MIDDLETON | 3.3 | 260 | 3 |
| MILFORD | NA | NA | NA |
| MILLBURY | 38.3 | 123 | 51 |
| MILLIS | NA | NA | NA |
| MILLVILLE | 18.8 | 221 | 6 |
| MILTON | 30.9 | 158 | 84 |
| MONROE | NA | NA | NA |
| MONSON | 64.2 | 52 | 55 |
| MONTAGUE | 88.6 | 28 | 75 |
| MONTEREY | NA | NA | NA |
| MONTGOMERY | NA | NA | NA |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | NA | NA | NA |
| NAHANT | 29.1 | 173 | 10 |
| NANTUCKET | 53.2 | 79 | 54 |
| NATICK | 15.6 | 233 | 52 |
| NEEDHAM | 10.3 | 248 | 30 |
| NEW ASHFORD | NA | NA | NA |
| NEW BEDFORD | 101.8 | 22 | 969 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | NA | NA | NA |
| NEWBURY | 28.3 | 180 | 19 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 12.0 | 245 | 21 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | NA | NA | NA |
| NEW SALEM | NA | NA | NA |
| NEWTON | 24.7 | 198 | 212 |
| NORFOLK | 25.7 | 190 | 29 |
| NORTH ADAMS | NA | NA | NA |
| NORTHAMPTON | 53.3 | 77 | 152 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 18.2 | 224 | 52 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | NA | NA | NA |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 21.8 | 208 | 31 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 42.5 | 103 | 67 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 63.9 | 54 | 30 |
| NORTHFIELD | 39.4 | 120 | 12 |
| NORTH READING | 18.6 | 222 | 28 |
| NORTON | 28.9 | 175 | 55 |
| NORWELL | 56.8 | 72 | 60 |
| NORWOOD | 29.2 | 172 | 84 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 65.4 | 46 | 30 |
| OAKHAM | NA | NA | NA |
| ORANGE | 141.1 | 8 | 111 |
| ORLEANS | 158.0 | 6 | 93 |
| OTIS | NA | NA | NA |
| OXFORD | 33.4 | 146 | 46 |
| PALMER | 48.6 | 89 | 59 |
| PAXTON | 24.9 | 194 | 12 |
| PEABODY | 41.0 | 112 | 212 |
| PELHAM | 7.6 | 254 | 1 |
| PEMBROKE | 31.2 | 156 | 56 |
| PEPPERELL | 30.1 | 166 | 35 |
| PERU | NA | NA | NA |
| PETERSHAM | NA | NA | NA |
| PHILLIPSTON | NA | NA | NA |
| PITTSFIELD | 103.2 | 21 | 459 |
| PLAINFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| PLAINVILLE | 33.6 | 144 | 28 |
| PLYMOUTH | 34.5 | 139 | 196 |
| PLYMPTON | 42.3 | 105 | 12 |
| PRINCETON | 38.0 | 124 | 13 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 47.6 | 91 | 14 |
| QUINCY | 59.3 | 64 | 551 |
| RANDOLPH | 37.1 | 128 | 120 |
| RAYNHAM | 58.2 | 68 | 78 |
| READING | 42.0 | 107 | 105 |
| REHOBOTH | 39.6 | 118 | 46 |
| REVERE | 49.8 | 87 | 261 |
| RICHMOND | NA | NA | NA |
| ROCHESTER | 28.5 | 179 | 15 |
| ROCKLAND | NA | NA | NA |
| ROCKPORT | 8.6 | 251 | 6 |
| ROWE | NA | NA | NA |
| ROWLEY | 11.9 | 246 | 7 |
| ROYALSTON | NA | NA | NA |
| RUSSELL | NA | NA | NA |
| RUTLAND | 60.0 | 61 | 48 |
| SALEM | 41.5 | 110 | 173 |
| SALISBURY | 64.7 | 48 | 54 |
| SANDISFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| SANDWICH | 28.6 | 178 | 59 |
| SAUGUS | 64.8 | 47 | 174 |
| SAVOY | NA | NA | NA |
| SCITUATE | 28.0 | 184 | 51 |
| SEEKONK | 33.5 | 145 | 46 |
| SHARON | 33.3 | 147 | 59 |
| SHEFFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| SHELBURNE | NA | NA | NA |
| SHERBORN | 36.0 | 132 | 15 |
| SHIRLEY | 19.3 | 220 | 14 |
| SHREWSBURY | 19.3 | 218 | 69 |
| SHUTESBURY | NA | NA | NA |
| SOMERSET | 24.7 | 197 | 45 |
| SOMERVILLE | 54.2 | 74 | 415 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 29.4 | 171 | 17 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 28.6 | 177 | 28 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 118.6 | 11 | 199 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 37.2 | 127 | 65 |
| SOUTHWICK | NA | NA | NA |
| SPENCER | 53.7 | 76 | 63 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 163.2 | 5 | 2,499 |
| STERLING | 51.1 | 82 | 40 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 253.1 | 2 | 49 |
| STONEHAM | 63.3 | 56 | 137 |
| STOUGHTON | 47.5 | 92 | 129 |
| STOW | 21.0 | 212 | 14 |
| STURBRIDGE | 47.3 | 94 | 44 |
| SUDBURY | 9.0 | 250 | 16 |
| SUNDERLAND | NA | NA | NA |
| SUTTON | 60.0 | 60 | 54 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 30.2 | 165 | 42 |
| SWANSEA | 39.7 | 115 | 63 |
| TAUNTON | 80.6 | 33 | 451 |
| TEMPLETON | 49.8 | 86 | 40 |
| TEWKSBURY | 41.7 | 108 | 122 |
| TISBURY | NA | NA | NA |
| TOLLAND | NA | NA | NA |
| TOPSFIELD | 22.8 | 205 | 14 |
| TOWNSEND | 64.3 | 51 | 58 |
| TRURO | 89.9 | 27 | 18 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 40.3 | 113 | 46 |
| TYRINGHAM | NA | NA | NA |
| UPTON | 15.9 | 232 | 12 |
| UXBRIDGE | 53.3 | 78 | 72 |
| WAKEFIELD | 27.0 | 185 | 68 |
| WALES | 16.3 | 230 | 3 |
| WALPOLE | 19.4 | 216 | 47 |
| WALTHAM | 31.2 | 157 | 191 |
| WARE | 37.5 | 126 | 37 |
| WAREHAM | 120.3 | 9 | 264 |
| WARREN | NA | NA | NA |
| WARWICK | NA | NA | NA |
| WASHINGTON | NA | NA | NA |
| WATERTOWN | 24.8 | 196 | 80 |
| WAYLAND | 4.6 | 258 | 6 |
| WEBSTER | NA | NA | NA |
| WELLESLEY | 13.1 | 241 | 37 |
| WELLFLEET | 61.9 | 57 | 17 |
| WENDELL | NA | NA | NA |
| WENHAM | 14.3 | 236 | 7 |
| WESTBOROUGH | NA | NA | NA |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 35.1 | 135 | 27 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 51.8 | 81 | 36 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| WESTFIELD | 35.0 | 136 | 144 |
| WESTFORD | 16.7 | 228 | 37 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 24.9 | 193 | 4 |
| WESTMINSTER | 24.7 | 199 | 18 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 16.4 | 229 | 7 |
| WESTON | 13.2 | 240 | 15 |
| WESTPORT | 44.4 | 98 | 69 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 95.4 | 25 | 271 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | NA | NA | NA |
| WEST TISBURY | 39.6 | 117 | 11 |
| WESTWOOD | 24.5 | 201 | 36 |
| WEYMOUTH | 30.7 | 161 | 166 |
| WHATELY | 46.6 | 96 | 7 |
| WHITMAN | 34.3 | 142 | 50 |
| WILBRAHAM | 34.4 | 141 | 49 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | NA | NA | NA |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 35.0 | 137 | 27 |
| WILMINGTON | 34.1 | 143 | 77 |
| WINCHENDON | 25.2 | 192 | 26 |
| WINCHESTER | 20.8 | 214 | 45 |
| WINDSOR | NA | NA | NA |
| WINTHROP | 43.4 | 101 | 77 |
| WOBURN | 36.3 | 130 | 140 |
| WORCESTER | 113.7 | 16 | 2,066 |
| WORTHINGTON | NA | NA | NA |
| WRENTHAM | 8.2 | 252 | 9 |
| YARMOUTH | 168.2 | 4 | 400 |