Police per 1,000 residents, 2008

State median: 2.1

By Matt Carroll

Boston Globe / October 2, 2009

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City▴	pop	Officers	Civilians	Total	Police per 1,000 res	Rank
Yarmouth	23,903	54	10	64	2.7	58
Wrentham	11,181	15	2	17	1.5	259
Worcester	177,151	449	53	502	2.8	45
Winthrop	20,404	33	2	35	1.7	242
Winchester	21,171	38	8	46	2.2	133
Winchendon	10,192	12	5	17	1.7	248
Wilmington	21,712	48	2	50	2.3	101
Williamstown	8,071	12	4	16	2.0	179
Williamsburg	2,442	1	0	1	0.4	294
Wilbraham	14,098	28	1	29	2.1	159
Whitman	14,440	26	1	27	1.9	212
Whately	1,554	2	0	2	1.3	275
Weymouth	53,180	93	15	108	2.0	167
Westwood	13,995	28	9	37	2.6	59
West Tisbury	2,646	9	1	10	3.8	13
West Springfield	27,565	82	11	93	3.4	22
Westport	15,253	29	4	33	2.2	136
Weston	11,723	27	6	33	2.8	48
West Newbury	4,283	7	4	11	2.6	66
Westminster	7,446	13	5	18	2.4	85
Westford	21,913	40	11	51	2.3	97
Westfield	40,857	79	10	89	2.2	129
West Brookfield	3,827	6	1	7	1.8	221
West Bridgewater	6,682	20	1	21	3.1	28
West Boylston	8,302	13	5	18	2.2	135
Westborough	18,509	29	7	36	1.9	192
Wenham	4,608	10	1	11	2.4	91
Wellfleet	2,746	13	5	18	6.6	3
Wellesley	26,975	39	13	52	1.9	196
Webster	16,736	28	4	32	1.9	200
Wayland	13,002	22	7	29	2.2	115
Watertown	32,462	70	13	83	2.6	68
Wareham	21,250	50	8	58	2.7	52
Ware	9,961	18	0	18	1.8	226
Waltham	60,459	146	30	176	2.9	38
Walpole	23,113	38	5	43	1.9	213
Wakefield	24,690	41	1	42	1.7	244
Uxbridge	12,820	18	5	23	1.8	232
Upton	6,629	12	1	13	2.0	184
Tyngsboro	11,955	22	6	28	2.3	96
Truro	2,139	10	5	15	7.0	2
Townsend	9,394	15	2	17	1.8	224
Topsfield	6,056	10	2	12	2.0	180
Tisbury	3,809	13	0	13	3.4	21
Tewksbury	29,692	54	13	67	2.3	111
Templeton	7,911	10	5	15	1.9	205
Taunton	55,745	113	5	118	2.1	144
Swansea	16,274	31	6	37	2.3	107
Swampscott	13,940	33	1	34	2.4	82
Sutton	9,107	15	5	20	2.2	122
Sunderland	3,714	5	0	5	1.3	269
Sudbury	17,190	29	6	35	2.0	166
Sturbridge	9,266	18	4	22	2.4	93
Stow	6,378	10	5	15	2.4	94
Stoughton	26,924	52	7	59	2.2	124
Stoneham	21,419	32	9	41	1.9	198
Stockbridge	2,227	6	0	6	2.7	56
Sterling	7,950	13	4	17	2.1	140
Springfield	151,249	467	101	568	3.8	14
Spencer	12,041	17	4	21	1.7	239
Southwick	9,507	16	5	21	2.2	119
South Hadley	16,921	28	5	33	2.0	189
Southbridge	16,886	36	3	39	2.3	100
Southborough	9,569	16	5	21	2.2	123
Southampton	6,036	8	0	8	1.3	272
Somerville	74,012	128	25	153	2.1	155
Somerset	18,265	32	6	38	2.1	152
Shrewsbury	33,706	45	13	58	1.7	241
Shirley	7,738	10	5	15	1.9	195
Shelburne	2,034	2	0	2	1.0	287
Sheffield	3,334	6	0	6	1.8	230
Sharon	16,984	30	4	34	2.0	175
Seekonk	13,610	33	2	35	2.6	65
Scituate	17,879	30	5	35	2.0	186
Saugus	27,327	54	16	70	2.6	67
Sandwich	20,258	34	1	35	1.7	240
Salisbury	8,609	20	1	21	2.4	81
Salem	41,531	79	6	85	2.0	164
Rutland	8,049	8	1	9	1.1	280
Royalston	1,396	1	0	1	0.7	290
Rowley	5,881	13	3	16	2.7	54
Rockport	7,615	16	1	17	2.2	114
Rockland	17,789	32	8	40	2.2	113
Rochester	5,301	10	0	10	1.9	207
Revere	56,445	92	8	100	1.8	236
Rehoboth	11,649	23	5	28	2.4	86
Reading	23,055	37	12	49	2.1	142
Raynham	13,893	26	9	35	2.5	69
Quincy	95,061	198	30	228	2.4	87
Provincetown	3,383	17	4	21	6.2	4
Princeton	3,510	5	3	8	2.3	105
Plympton	2,788	7	0	7	2.5	71
Plymouth	55,608	101	18	119	2.1	139
Plainville	8,388	15	4	19	2.3	109
Pittsfield	42,597	88	23	111	2.6	61
Phillipston	1,808	2	0	2	1.1	282
Petersham	1,296	2	0	2	1.5	258
Pepperell	11,438	18	1	19	1.7	249
Pembroke	18,806	26	2	28	1.5	260
Pelham	1,404	2	0	2	1.4	265
Peabody	51,846	97	16	113	2.2	127
Paxton	4,546	9	4	13	2.9	41
Palmer	12,891	20	6	26	2.0	171
Oxford	13,671	20	4	24	1.8	238
Orleans	6,309	22	6	28	4.4	8
Orange	7,831	13	1	14	1.8	233
Oakham	1,936	3	0	3	1.5	257
Oak Bluffs	3,731	15	3	18	4.8	5
Norwood	28,119	59	11	70	2.5	75
Norwell	10,329	23	7	30	2.9	39
Norton	19,366	26	1	27	1.4	267
North Reading	14,040	29	1	30	2.1	141
Northfield	2,990	2	0	2	0.7	291
North Brookfield	4,834	6	0	6	1.2	277
Northbridge	14,526	18	5	23	1.6	255
Northborough	14,683	20	6	26	1.8	237
North Attleboro	27,994	47	13	60	2.1	138
North Andover	27,775	39	12	51	1.8	218
Northampton	28,341	58	12	70	2.5	77
North Adams	13,781	25	5	30	2.2	131
Norfolk	10,666	17	2	19	1.8	234
Newton	83,191	139	42	181	2.2	132
Newburyport	17,133	24	1	25	1.5	263
Newbury	6,950	12	1	13	1.9	211
New Braintree	1,136	1	0	1	0.9	289
New Bedford	91,473	288	51	339	3.7	16
Needham	28,231	46	8	54	1.9	199
Natick	31,943	54	10	64	2.0	174
Nantucket	11,327	34	4	38	3.4	23
Nahant	3,505	12	1	13	3.7	15
Monterey	963	1	0	1	1.0	284
Montague	8,318	15	4	19	2.3	104
Monson	8,841	11	6	17	1.9	197
Milton	26,298	52	13	65	2.5	76
Millville	2,857	4	3	7	2.5	80
Millis	7,928	15	4	19	2.4	88
Millbury	13,551	20	5	25	1.8	216
Milford	27,322	45	11	56	2.0	162
Middleton	9,545	13	1	14	1.5	262
Middleboro	21,402	40	4	44	2.1	160
Methuen	43,987	88	14	102	2.3	98
Merrimac	6,459	7	4	11	1.7	243
Mendon	5,823	13	4	17	2.9	37
Medway	12,782	19	4	23	1.8	231
Medford	55,555	111	4	115	2.1	154
Medfield	12,261	15	5	20	1.6	251
Mattapoisett	6,468	18	0	18	2.8	51
Mashpee	14,417	37	8	45	3.1	30
Marshfield	24,600	45	3	48	2.0	187
Marlborough	38,253	64	12	76	2.0	176
Marion	5,226	14	0	14	2.7	57
Marblehead	19,994	32	7	39	2.0	188
Mansfield	23,057	36	12	48	2.1	151
Manchester-by-the-Sea	5,268	14	4	18	3.4	20
Malden	55,629	107	10	117	2.1	145
Lynnfield	11,360	18	5	23	2.0	169
Lynn	90,042	178	19	197	2.2	125
Lunenburg	10,012	13	0	13	1.3	274
Ludlow	22,530	34	6	40	1.8	235
Lowell	110,136	239	80	319	2.9	40
Longmeadow	15,275	26	6	32	2.1	147
Littleton	8,776	16	5	21	2.4	90
Lincoln	7,984	13	6	19	2.4	92
Lexington	30,321	47	14	61	2.0	173
Leverett	1,753	2	0	2	1.1	278
Leominster	41,095	74	19	93	2.3	110
Lenox	5,106	9	1	10	2.0	185
Leicester	11,042	18	5	23	2.1	150
Lee	5,782	11	1	12	2.1	153
Lawrence	69,812	151	29	180	2.6	64
Lancaster	7,130	11	1	12	1.7	247
Lakeville	10,678	17	4	21	2.0	183
Kingston	12,405	23	7	30	2.4	84
Ipswich	13,272	25	4	29	2.2	126
Hull	11,064	24	13	37	3.3	25
Hudson	19,766	31	6	37	1.9	210
Hubbardston	4,531	5	4	9	2.0	177
Hopkinton	14,419	20	11	31	2.1	137
Hopedale	6,195	12	4	16	2.6	63
Holyoke	39,722	126	19	145	3.7	17
Holliston	13,953	22	1	23	1.6	250
Holden	16,695	24	2	26	1.6	256
Holbrook	10,647	21	1	22	2.1	156
Hinsdale	1,945	2	0	2	1.0	285
Hingham	22,724	48	9	57	2.5	72
Haverhill	60,001	93	9	102	1.7	245
Hatfield	3,259	2	0	2	0.6	292
Harwich	12,381	33	7	40	3.2	27
Hardwick	2,653	3	0	3	1.1	279
Hanson	10,010	22	5	27	2.7	55
Hanover	14,064	29	3	32	2.3	106
Hampden	5,321	10	5	15	2.8	47
Hamilton	8,170	15	0	15	1.8	219
Halifax	7,722	10	1	11	1.4	265
Hadley	4,786	11	4	15	3.1	29
Groveland	7,041	9	4	13	1.8	215
Groton	10,776	16	5	21	1.9	190
Greenfield	17,651	34	16	50	2.8	46
Great Barrington	7,353	14	1	15	2.0	165
Granville	1,695	1	0	1	0.6	293
Granby	6,303	10	2	12	1.9	203
Grafton	17,872	18	5	23	1.3	276
Goshen	960	2	0	2	2.1	149
Gloucester	30,303	61	5	66	2.2	130
Gill	1,381	3	0	3	2.2	134
Georgetown	8,241	12	2	14	1.7	246
Gardner	20,587	31	9	40	1.9	193
Freetown	8,990	17	0	17	1.9	206
Franklin	31,608	46	11	57	1.8	228
Framingham	64,519	118	10	128	2.0	178
Foxborough	16,301	31	9	40	2.5	79
Fitchburg	40,377	80	8	88	2.2	128
Falmouth	33,302	61	6	67	2.0	172
Fall River	90,760	240	64	304	3.3	24
Fairhaven	16,115	32	7	39	2.4	83
Everett	37,172	99	7	106	2.9	42
Essex	3,328	7	5	12	3.6	18
Erving	1,546	3	0	3	1.9	194
Egremont	1,351	3	0	3	2.2	118
Edgartown	3,935	15	1	16	4.1	10
Easton	23,047	33	1	34	1.5	261
East Longmeadow	15,363	24	1	25	1.6	252
Easthampton	16,072	27	6	33	2.1	161
Eastham	5,440	15	6	21	3.9	12
East Brookfield	2,065	3	0	3	1.5	264
East Bridgewater	13,988	23	3	26	1.9	214
Dunstable	3,349	7	0	7	2.1	148
Dudley	11,181	11	4	15	1.3	271
Dracut	29,608	43	5	48	1.6	253
Dover	5,634	16	0	16	2.8	44
Douglas	8,033	15	5	20	2.5	74
Dighton	6,819	10	3	13	1.9	201
Dennis	15,406	40	8	48	3.1	31
Deerfield	4,729	8	1	9	1.9	204
Dedham	24,217	60	12	72	3.0	36
Dartmouth	34,446	65	14	79	2.3	103
Danvers	26,958	47	13	60	2.2	117
Dalton	6,546	11	1	12	1.8	220
Concord	17,543	35	7	42	2.4	89
Clinton	14,101	27	5	32	2.3	108
City	Population	Officers	Civilians	Total	Police per 1,000	Rank
Chilmark	978	4	0	4	4.1	9
Chicopee	53,777	135	4	139	2.6	62
Chelsea	38,621	91	6	97	2.5	70
Chelmsford	34,187	50	13	63	1.8	217
Chatham	6,735	18	6	24	3.6	19
Charlton	12,740	19	4	23	1.8	227
Carver	11,592	17	4	21	1.8	223
Carlisle	4,900	10	5	15	3.1	32
Canton	22,054	41	1	42	1.9	202
Cambridge	101,362	275	30	305	3.0	34
Burlington	25,319	63	8	71	2.8	49
Buckland	1,990	2	0	2	1.0	286
Brookline	54,527	132	23	155	2.8	43
Brookfield	3,026	4	0	4	1.3	273
Brockton	95,650	184	29	213	2.2	116
Bridgewater	25,546	34	1	35	1.4	268
Brewster	10,009	19	4	23	2.3	102
Braintree	34,495	74	7	81	2.3	95
Boylston	4,298	10	3	13	3.0	33
Boxford	8,088	13	0	13	1.6	254
Bourne	19,048	36	3	39	2.0	163
Boston	604,465	2,213	649	2,862	4.7	6
Bolton	4,522	10	5	15	3.3	26
Blackstone	9,058	16	3	19	2.1	146
Billerica	42,428	63	21	84	2.0	181
Beverly	39,435	69	5	74	1.9	209
Bernardston	2,234	3	0	3	1.3	270
Berlin	2,740	7	4	11	4.0	11
Berkley	6,519	6	0	6	0.9	288
Belmont	23,252	47	14	61	2.6	60
Bellingham	15,979	30	7	37	2.3	99
Belchertown	14,094	24	5	29	2.1	158
Bedford	13,215	28	8	36	2.7	53
Becket	1,803	2	0	2	1.1	281
Barre	5,455	8	4	12	2.2	120
Barnstable	47,828	114	20	134	2.8	50
Ayer	7,378	17	5	22	3.0	35
Avon	4,285	15	5	20	4.7	7
Attleboro	43,228	82	13	95	2.2	121
Athol	11,637	17	7	24	2.1	157
Ashland	15,927	27	4	31	1.9	191
Ashfield	1,817	2	0	2	1.1	283
Ashby	2,955	6	0	6	2.0	168
Ashburnham	6,009	10	5	15	2.5	73
Arlington	40,989	61	16	77	1.9	208
Aquinnah	355	4	0	4	11.3	1
Andover	33,442	52	19	71	2.1	143
Amherst	36,106	48	17	65	1.8	229
Amesbury	16,421	31	6	37	2.3	112
Agawam	28,353	48	8	56	2.0	182
Adams	8,145	16	4	20	2.5	78
Acushnet	10,474	17	2	19	1.8	222
Acton	20,795	33	9	42	2.0	170
Abington	16,590	28	2	30	1.8	225

SOURCE: FBI

Police per 1,000 residents, 2008

State median: 2.1

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