District Court Department
Fiscal Year 2005 Statistics
Criminal Cases - By Court - page 3 of 3


Complaints and Charges - Summary - page 1 of 3
Breakdown of Charges Entered - page 2 of 3


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Court Breakdown of Charges Entered Disturb. & Disord. Destruct. Personal Property Assault Firearms Narcotics Non- Support All Other 1 Attleboro 437 256 878 87 684 0 981 2 Ayer 136 138 386 68 442 0 407 3 Barnstable 112 205 1,129 38 440 0 914 4 Brockton 794 414 2,641 378 1,982 0 2,031 5 Brookline 44 50 289 6 191 0 348 6 Cambridge 146 176 983 76 485 0 1,045 7 Chelsea 266 220 1,216 75 712 0 1,013 8 Chicopee 122 65 704 28 444 0 468 9 Clinton 188 70 324 7 307 0 456 10 Concord 54 92 288 10 232 0 364 11 Dedham 63 107 432 11 285 0 610 12 Dudley 427 194 894 55 877 0 1,116 13 E. Hampshire 269 149 501 40 615 0 1,207 14 East Brookfield 296 116 461 61 417 0 574 15 Edgartown 99 35 163 10 165 0 277 16 Fall River 590 544 3,548 163 1,704 0 2,179 17 Falmouth 135 279 701 41 532 1 535 18 Fitchburg 175 105 706 93 649 0 675 19 Framingham 172 171 734 51 652 0 849 20 Gardner 109 77 448 57 333 0 328 21 Gloucester 80 64 256 9 179 0 297 22 Greenfield 322 154 582 34 696 0 519 23 Haverhill 112 158 689 41 523 0 586 24 Hingham 108 128 564 24 400 0 832 25 Holyoke 210 190 704 134 1,536 0 761 26 Ipswich 20 21 66 0 100 2 210 27 Lawrence 656 613 2,580 168 2,615 0 2,173 28 Leominster 189 111 555 29 289 0 300 29 Lowell 618 359 2,833 154 1,767 0 1,831 30 Lynn 345 474 2,387 170 1,411 4 1,975 31 Malden 220 167 1,038 47 1,092 2 939 32 Marlborough 161 64 436 35 395 0 352 33 Milford 163 121 325 49 363 0 409 34 Nantucket 42 17 120 6 55 0 93 35 Natick 27 50 137 14 95 0 266 36 New Bedford 655 433 2,336 157 2,092 0 1,456 37 Newburyport 172 121 507 20 460 0 582 38 Newton 39 40 304 10 136 0 250 39 No. Berkshire 127 94 268 11 203 0 291 40 Northampton 85 147 525 48 351 1 438 41 Orange 87 101 275 6 142 1 220 42 Orleans 68 122 501 26 417 0 710 43 Palmer 119 147 534 40 349 0 551 44 Peabody 219 76 447 5 318 0 189 45 Pittsfield 197 63 657 76 439 0 488 46 Plymouth 251 307 977 58 671 3 923 47 Quincy 232 367 1,923 127 1,661 0 1,571 48 Salem 338 209 960 32 963 1 1,130 49 So. Berkshire 18 22 126 7 189 0 154 50 Somerville 119 107 759 26 733 0 570 51 Springfield 490 499 3,202 668 3,617 5 2,521 52 Stoughton 61 75 255 45 378 0 234 53 Taunton 239 312 1,114 109 832 0 993 54 Uxbridge 112 130 317 15 343 0 382 55 Waltham 82 85 596 31 304 0 509 56 Wareham 369 168 609 77 681 0 765 57 Westborough 95 84 361 24 430 0 468 58 Westfield 120 121 562 11 307 0 452 59 Winchendon 29 54 237 41 103 0 171 60 Woburn 81 214 470 42 502 0 410 61 Worcester 1,409 423 2,764 345 3,236 0 2,805 62 Wrentham 226 119 569 25 642 0 780  2005 TOTALS 13,946 10,794 52,853 4,351 44,163 20 47,933

Note:  District Court statistics are submitted by clerks of the courts. Due to different methods of calculation, manual as well as automated, the reliability of some statistics, particularly dispositions, may vary.

*A "complaint" is the official charging document on which one or more criminal charges is alleged against a single defendant.

**A "charge" is a single count alleged in a criminal complaint.

*** Not Available at time of publication.