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Violent crime incidents over the past year, as reported by Boston Police and the media (see caveats). More listings in text format below the map.

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Date and time Incident Type Address Comments
2/5/12 (All day) Early morning armed holdup in Allston Armed robbery Linden St. and Gardner St. Add comment (1)
1/14/12 - 1:30 am Man stabbed in robbery outside Allston sports bar Stabbing 161 Brighton Ave. Add comment (4)
1/9/12 - 10:00 pm Allston Subway robbed at knifepoint Armed robbery 260 Western Ave. Add comment
12/30/11 - 10:15 pm Two shot in Allston apartment Shooting 15 Chester St. Add comment
12/5/11 - 12:17 pm Two charged with mid-day robbery, face food smashing in Allston Unarmed robbery 1223 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (2)
11/20/11 - 9:00 pm Rifles not a permitted form of rodent control within Boston city limits, man learns Illegal weapons possession 158 Franklin St. Add comment (12)
11/18/11 - 4:40 am Report: Allston man goes berserk with skateboard in Brookline Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Harvard St. Add comment (1)
11/13/11 - 1:30 am Just be glad you don't live on Ashford Street in Allston Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Ashford Street Add comment (3)
11/6/11 - 6:57 am Allston Flamer returns: Pickup set on fire Arson 20 Highgate St. Add comment (12)
10/23/11 - 7:30 pm Allston man stomped in robbery attempt Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Malvern St. and Ashford St. Add comment
10/7/11 - 2:30 am Fried chicken wrestled away from punchy, drunk BU student Assault and battery 1065 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (7)
10/2/11 - 9:00 pm Manhunt for suspects in armed robbery in Allston park Armed robbery Ringer Park Add comment (2)
8/18/11 - 12:04 am Man shot repeatedly in Allston Shooting N. Harvard St. and Hefferan St. Add comment (13)
7/19/11 - 3:27 pm Kids, 14 and 15, charged with gunpoint beating, robbery in Allston Armed robbery 20 Rugg Rd. Add comment (11)
7/18/11 - 11:00 am DA: Scooter driver smashes woman's window with helmet, gets head smashed by woman's husband outside court Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Academy Hill Rd. and Chestnut Hill Ave. Add comment (51)
7/5/11 - 12:10 am Blood flowing like water across Boston; four dead Stabbing 53 Thomas Park Add comment (29)
7/4/11 - 10:50 pm Man charged with rape along Charles River last night; no apparent connection to earlier attacks Rape Soldiers Field Rd. and John Weeks Bridge Add comment (10)
6/9/11 - 4:00 pm Frequently robbed Allston bank branch robbed again Bank robbery 1237 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment
6/3/11 - 6:12 pm Allston bicyclist beaten with own bike lock in two-fight road-rage incident Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 74 Harvard Ave. Add comment (12)
5/10/11 - 3:00 pm Allston bank branch held up for third time in less than a month Bank robbery 1237 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (2)
4/25/11 - 12:00 pm Guy with 'crooked, protruding teeth' sought for Allston bank holdup Bank robbery 1237 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment
4/20/11 - 7:52 pm Pastafazool! Police pinch purportedly punchy pizza patron Assault and battery 353 Cambridge St. Add comment (3)
4/13/11 - 3:30 pm Allston bank held up Bank robbery 1237 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (3)
4/3/11 - 3:00 am Allston fight gets out of hand: Man stabbed three times Stabbing 83 Brighton Ave. Add comment (1)
2/19/11 - 2:30 am Stabbed in the arm on Harvard Avenue Stabbing 83 Harvard Ave. Add comment (6)
1/8/11 - 8:20 pm Police searching for driver who hit girl in Allston, then fled Hit and run Harvard Ave. and Cambridge St. Add comment (19)
12/23/10 - 10:30 am Allston jeweler tied up, knocked into unconsciousness Armed holdup 66 Harvard Ave. Add comment
12/11/10 - 8:30 pm Harvard Business School student grabbed, wrestled to ground, robbed Unarmed robbery 700 Soldiers Field Rd. Add comment
10/21/10 - 9:00 pm Novel way to keep from getting mugged: Jump in front of a speeding car Unarmed robbery Chester St. and Gardner St. Add comment (1)
10/16/10 - 2:11 am Drunken Yankees fans would do well to avoid the intersection of Harvard Ave. and Brighton Ave. when the bars let out Assault and battery Harvard Ave. and Brighton Ave. Add comment (12)
10/15/10 - 11:52 pm Alleged dumbass captured in Allston after taking time to inform victim he's being robbed Unarmed robbery Harvard Ave. and Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (1)
10/10/10 - 1:30 am Angry tow truck driver was angry Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Braintree St. and Everett St. Add comment
10/8/10 - 3:26 pm Disgust with New Jersey ends in savage beating in Allston Assault and battery 48 Pratt St. Add comment (19)
9/27/10 - 3:30 pm Armed robbery on BU campus Armed holdup 915 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (3)
9/14/10 - 3:30 pm Guy shows up at polling place with loaded gun, points it at officers before tossing it in the air Armed holdup 40 Armington St. Add comment (4)
9/5/10 - 1:55 am Ten arrested for brutal attack in Allston Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Linden St. and Gardner St. Add comment
8/21/10 - 1:05 pm Police: Brighton woman ends cutting remarks with stabbing blow Stabbing 61 Hano St. Add comment (3)
7/17/10 - 2:17 am Woman choked, knocked to ground in Allston cell-phone robbery Unarmed robbery 1092 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment
7/9/10 - 12:30 am Robber might be on the loose in Packard's Corner Unarmed robbery Commonwealth Ave. and Naples St. Add comment
7/8/10 - 6:00 pm Alleged Orange Line groper and alleged Green Line grinder arrested Indecent assault and battery Austin St. Add comment (26)
6/19/10 - 1:30 pm The gangs of Allston Assault and battery 69 Hano St. Add comment (1)
6/4/10 - 2:15 am Two arrested for vicious early morning beating at Allston intersection Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Harvard Ave. and Cambridge St. Add comment (5)
5/30/10 - 1:34 am Probably not Pats material but maybe the Lions could give him a tryout Disturbing the peace 1316 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (3)
4/8/10 - 12:09 am Four arrested in Allston car-smash rampage Vandalism Ashford St. Add comment (23)
4/3/10 - 11:22 am Man stabbed to death in Allston Murder 7 Mansfield St. Add comment (4)
4/3/10 - 2:30 am Brookline man gets Allston beatdown Assault and battery 44 Gardner St. Add comment (3)
4/2/10 - 2:50 am DA: When father heard man trying to rape his daughter he went after him - and chased him down the street and caught him Attempted rape Empire St. Add comment (1)
3/18/10 - 2:30 am Kicked in the face Assault and battery 36 Linden St. Add comment
3/11/10 - 7:05 pm You know how sometimes, in an argument, you don't think of the right thing to say until later? Armed holdup Rugg Rd. Add comment (9)
2/28/10 - 2:30 am Troubled Allston intersection turns deadly once more Murder Harvard Ave. and Brighton Ave. Add comment (47)
1/31/10 - 11:18 pm Woman beaten and robbed Assault and battery Camelot Ct. and Warren St. Add comment
1/6/10 - 2:17 am What, you didn't think she'd call the cops? Assault and battery 1320 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment
12/13/09 - 2:00 am Man initially thought victim of mob beating now charged as crazed stab-happy attacker Stabbing 1127 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment
11/7/09 - 9:16 pm Stabbed to death outside an Allston convenience store Murder 157 Brighton Ave. Add comment (14)
11/1/09 - 2:42 pm Two women jumped by guy with knife in Allston tonight Assault with a dangerous weapon Parkvale Ave. Add comment (2)
10/17/09 - 9:18 pm Violence quelled at Kells Assault by means of a dangerous weapon 161 Brighton Ave. Add comment
10/10/09 - 5:30 am Alleged Neanderthal charged with dragging woman down Comm. Ave. by her hair Assault and battery 1308 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (1)
10/10/09 - 12:15 am Two BU students held up at knifepoint Armed holdup 277 Babcock St. Add comment
10/3/09 - 8:30 pm Police: Skateboarders beat tow-truck driver in Allston Assault and battery Glenville Ave. and Allston St. Add comment (24)
9/11/09 - 9:00 pm Two stabbed at Allston bar; four arrested Stabbing 1249 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment
9/8/09 - 4:53 pm Age no barrier to career in prostitution Prostitution 1381 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (4)
9/5/09 - 10:30 pm Allston melee sends several to hospital Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Brighton Ave. and Harvard Ave. Add comment (2)
8/27/09 - 1:30 am Elderly woman beaten, sexually attacked in Allston Assault and battery Harvard Ave. and Gardner St. Add comment
8/1/09 - 1:30 am Be on the lookout for four 'Irish-looking' thugs in Allston Armed home invasion 64 Mapleton St. Add comment (8)
7/24/09 - 8:05 pm Man stabbed in back outside Allston Uno Stabbing 1230 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment
5/25/09 - 6:05 am Man charged with throwing hot coffee at noisy, furry neighbor Animal cruelty 5 Hooker St. Add comment
5/11/09 - 8:21 pm Pack of thugs stomp, rob couple in Allston Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Western Ave. and N. Harvard St. Add comment (7)
4/6/09 - 4:50 pm Man robbed by five gun-wielding thugs Armed holdup 25 Chester St. Add comment
3/21/09 - 8:00 am Another day, another bank robbery in Allston/Brighton Bank robbery 229 N. Harvard St. Add comment (7)
1/24/09 - 1:25 pm Enraged motorist pulls knife after accident Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Western Ave. Add comment
1/19/09 - 6:07 pm Four charged with Allston armed holdup Armed holdup, Assault and battery 38 Gardner St. Add comment (1)
12/12/08 - 9:00 pm He asks for a cigarette, gets a beatdown instead Assault and battery 138 Brighton Ave. Add comment
11/17/08 - 6:00 pm Beaten with a gun Assault and battery 575 Cambridge St. Add comment
11/15/08 - 10:00 pm Man charged with killing pedestrian while OUI OUI, Vehicular Homicide Soldiers Field Rd. and Everett St. Add comment
11/15/08 - 7:10 pm Two alleged chuckleheads charged with Allston car-smashing spree Vandalism Brainerd Rd. and Griggs St. Add comment (1)