Crime in East Boston

How prevalent is crime in East Boston? What is the most common crime? How does it compare to other neighborhoods in Boston? Is there a crime season in East Boston? Let us explore!

By Sierra Sun

What kind of crime?

Showing the most common crime in East boston

Using database from Analyze Boston, the top three crime categories in East Boston area from 2015 - 2017 are as follows:

Drug Violation
Vandalism
Larceny
A closer look at one case of Larceny

Police Arrest Man in Connection with Armed Robbery

On Monday, Jan. 8 at 6:30 a.m. a mother and her son were held at knife point and robbed. The suspect then indecently exposed himself to the victims in the 200 block of Saratoga Street.

Hearing a commotion in the hallway, a neighbor in one of the home’s other apartments ran downstairs and yelled at the suspect. Simons, District 7 Community Officer, did not release the suspects name due to some further evidence gathering as part of the ongoing investigation but said police are confident they have their man.

“We believe based on the description of the suspect by the three victims, the type of car used in both attacks and the M.O. (modus operandi) used in both attacks the man arrested was the suspect we were looking for,” said Simons.

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Neighborhood comparison

The number of crimes in East Boston compared to other neighborhoods in Boston

Larceny

Number of cases,   source: Analyze Boston

Drug Violation

Number of cases,   source: Analyze Boston

Vandalism

Number of cases,   source: Analyze Boston


What’s the pattern?

Showing crime pattern sorted by time and location

Crime sorted by time

Number of cases,   source: Analyze Boston

As we can see from the chart, more crime happened during August to January. Especially in August, vandalism went peak to 82 cases. Drug violation happened most in October, 68 cases have been recorded. While Larceny's cases kept almost at the same level around 50 from August to January.

Crime sorted by location

Number of cases,   source: Analyze Boston

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