Crime & Safety

CHARTS: Boston Crime Down 7 Percent in 2012, Charlestown Down 20 Percent

Crime is down all over the city this year versus the same period in 2011.

Crime has declined across Boston so far in 2012, but in the Fenway/Kenmore area and all of D4, the crime has gone down according to data released by the Boston Police Department this week.

The downtown A-1 district—saw an increase in crime. Similarly, most types of crime have notched downward—though Boston has seen two additional homicide incidents in 2012 when compared to 2011, and has also seen a marginal increase in aggravated assaults.

See the above graphs or the department’s original table for more.

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