Last updated on December 30, 2024
The Boston Police Department released crime statistics for individual districts, and District E-13, the primary police district for Jamaica Plain. The biggest change was there were a lot more larcenies from motor vehicles.
The following are statistics for District E-13 from Jan. 1, 2023 to Dec. 29, 2023 compared to Jan. 1, 2024 to Dec. 29, 2024, and the 5-year average.
Homicide
2023: 4
2024: 4
5-yr average: 3
Rape & Attempted Rape
2023: 5
2024: 6
5-yr average: 9
Robbery & Attempted Robbery
2023: 46
2024: 44
5-yr average: 40
Non-domestic Aggravated Assault
2023: 80
2024: 65
5-yr average: 86
Motor Vehicle Larcenies
2023: 110
2024: 168
5-yr average: 147
Auto Theft
2023: 63
2024: 62
5-yr average: 56
Firearm related arrests across the entire city actually stayed exactly the same in 2024 as 2023. In total, 436 firearm related arrests happened each year. Firearm arrest data includes arrests where a firearm was recovered during the incident, according to the Boston Police Department.
Citywide fatal shooting victims were down in 2024, going from 25 in 2023 to 19 in 2024. Nonfatal citywide shooting victims went down from 116 in 2023 to 111 in 2024.
