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The Northeast > Massachusetts > Crime

BAY STATER CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2003 5% [27th of 0]
% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 5.8% [27th of 40]
% High school students threatened or injured by a weapon, 2003 6.3% [28th of 0]
Aggravated assault 18,800 [16th of 51]
Arson deaths 2.66 [15th of 49]
Burglary 35,181 [21st of 51]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 0 [39th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 27 [29th of 43]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 3.1 [50th of 51]
Forcible rape 1,742 [19th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 58.1 [31st of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 22.2 [8th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 19.8 [36th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 169 [29th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 2 [12th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 54 [3rd of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 167 [6th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 84 [4th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 72 [3rd of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 379 [5th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 175 [27th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 4.7% [21st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 39.2% [3rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 25.7% [25th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 14.6% [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 4.7% [47th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 5.8% [16th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 1.8% [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 3.5% [32nd of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 42.1% [20th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0.6% [18th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 1.8% [20th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 45.6% [22nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 2.3% [22nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 47.4% [26th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 18.7 % [45th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 81.3 % [5th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 47.4 % [43rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 26.9 % [2nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 25.7 % [18th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 13.5% [32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 33.9% [24th of 49]
Larceny-theft 100,771 [25th of 51]
Motor vehicle theft 17,961 [20th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 186 [26th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 10,144 [31st of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 1.585 per 1,000 people [45th of 50]
Property crime total 153,913 [25th of 51]
Robbery 8,047 [15th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 236 [20th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 36.882 per 1 million people [25th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 0 [35th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 0 per 100,000 people [47th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 49 [31st of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.077 per 10,000 people [46th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 0 [44th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [44th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 3 [32nd of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 0.469 per 1 million people [41st of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 92 [3rd of 40]
Violent crime 28,775 [18th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 741 [24th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 11.58 per 100,000 people [39th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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