FBI arson data · 2024
Massachusetts Arson
346 arson offenses were reported by 522 Massachusetts law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 1.0% of the national total. The most was reported by Springfield Police Department (45).
Massachusetts agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Police Department | City | Hampden County | 45 |
| Boston Police Department | City | Suffolk County | 20 |
| Brockton Police Department | City | Plymouth County | 16 |
| Fall River Police Department | City | Bristol County | 15 |
| Cambridge Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 15 |
| Lowell Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 13 |
| New Bedford Police Department | City | Bristol County | 7 |
| Holyoke Police Department | City | Hampden County | 7 |
| Waltham Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 7 |
| Fitchburg Police Department | City | Worcester County | 7 |
| Barnstable Police Department | City | Barnstable County | 6 |
| Haverhill Police Department | City | Essex County | 6 |
| Lynn Police Department | City | Essex County | 6 |
| Amherst Police Department | City | Hampshire County | 6 |
| Leominster Police Department | City | Worcester County | 5 |
| North Adams Police Department | City | Berkshire County | 4 |
| Attleboro Police Department | City | Bristol County | 4 |
| Dartmouth Police Department | City | Bristol County | 4 |
| Palmer Police Department | City | Hampden County | 4 |
| Westfield Police Department | City | Hampden County | 4 |
| Maynard Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 4 |
| Medford Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 4 |
| Dennis Police Department | City | Barnstable County | 3 |
| Rehoboth Police Department | City | Bristol County | 3 |
| Everett Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 3 |
Massachusetts arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Massachusetts arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Massachusetts in 2024?+
346 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 522 Massachusetts law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 120 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Massachusetts?+
Springfield Police Department, with 45 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Hampden County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Massachusetts?+
Massachusetts's 346 reported arsons were 1.0% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.