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 |