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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 timesort icon Incident Type Address Comments
4/15/13 - 2:40 pm Explosions, deaths on Boylston Street Murder Boylston St. and Exeter St. Add comment (60)
3/27/13 - 7:30 pm Alleged South Shore drug kingpin charged with selling Oxycodone at Back Bay station Illegal drug possession 145 Datmouth St. Add comment (7)
2/14/13 - 10:00 pm Man stabbed in Back Bay; taken away in bad shape Stabbing 50 Gloucester St. Add comment (7)
2/13/13 - 9:30 pm Manhunt in Back Bay for guy who tried to hit trooper in car, then kept trying to break into places Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 471 Beacon St. Add comment (4)
1/6/13 - 3:40 pm Woman robbed at gunpoint on Boylston Street Armed robbery Boylston St. and Clarendon St. Add comment (15)
1/1/13 - 1:00 am Man stabbed in Boylston Street brawl; homicide unit summoned Stabbing Boylston St. and Dalton St. Add comment (3)
12/26/12 - 9:30 pm So a Level 3 sex offender and a man wanted for attacking a cop walk into a T station ... Assault and battery 130 Dartmouth St. Add comment (4)
7/17/12 - 6:00 pm Cops pinch alleged Green Line groper Indecent assault and battery Arlington St. and Boylston St. Add comment (3)
6/12/12 - 10:27 am Police: Newton man didn't get far with drugs from Back Bay pharmacy Armed robbery 231 Massachusetts Ave. Add comment
5/13/12 - 3:09 am Bachelor party ends with fight, life-threatening injuries Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 110 Huntington Ave. Add comment (7)
4/2/12 - 1:48 pm Back Bay bank held up Bank robbery 155 Dartmouth St. Add comment (1)
2/29/12 - 12:15 am Back Bay armed-robbery suspects nabbed in Charles River and on Storrow Drive Armed robbery Marlborough St. and Massachusetts Ave. Add comment
2/18/12 - 12:15 am Police: Drunken Cape man brought loaded gun to bar fight with a cop, but decided to use his fists instead Assault and battery on a police officer 885 Boylston St. Add comment (3)
2/17/12 - 9:45 pm Man robbed at gunpoint on Newbury Street Armed robbery Newbury St. and Exeter St. Add comment
1/28/12 - 11:00 pm Dolts captured on video in act of Boloco burglary Burglary 1084 Boylston St. Add comment (6)
1/12/12 - 2:45 am Police: Saudi student arrested on charges of being an asshole Assault and battery on a police officer 778 Boylston St. Add comment (15)
11/27/11 - 4:00 pm FBI hunts two robbers who hit the same TD Bank branch on Boylston Street Bank robbery 535 Boylston St. Add comment
11/15/11 - 8:30 pm Police: Pair of punks nabbed for Public Garden robberies Assault and battery Arlington St. and Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (10)
11/8/11 - 7:57 am A little stomping and robbery before school Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 553 Boylston St. Add comment (2)
11/2/11 - 6:37 pm Police: Fake NStar worker slices Newbury Street sushi manager Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 108 Newbury St. Add comment (2)
10/15/11 - 9:43 pm Police looking for pack in Esplanade robbery attempt Unarmed robbery Esplanade Add comment (13)
8/14/11 - 2:00 am Police: Another woman attacked on the Esplanade Sexual assault Massachusetts Ave. and Back St. Add comment (52)
8/4/11 - 1:30 pm Back Bay bank robbed Bank robbery 535 Boylston St. Add comment
7/4/11 - 11:30 pm One stabbed, one slashed in Huntington Avenue attack Stabbing Huntington Ave. and Harcourt St. Add comment (1)
6/30/11 - 8:30 am Man with knife shot with beanbags on Dartmouth Street Assault with a dangerous weapon 145 Dartmouth St. Add comment (9)
6/15/11 - 11:20 am Man charged with threatening family with knife on way to Esplanade; will be allowed to attend July 4th fireworks there Assault with a dangerous weapon. Back St. and Dartmouth St. Add comment (3)
6/12/11 - 9:40 pm Knifepoint robbery attempt outside Neiman Marcus Attempted armed holdup 5 Copley Place Add comment
5/18/11 - 1:34 pm Posse of concerned citizens rounds up alleged iPhone thief in Back Bay Assault and battery Boylston St. and Dartmouth St. Add comment (4)
4/26/11 - 4:10 pm Man charged with robbing blind, elderly busker at Arlington station Unarmed robbery Arlington St. and Boylston St. Add comment (8)
4/9/11 - 11:30 pm Woman attacked on Esplanade; incident similar to unsolved assaults in recent years Assault and battery Massachusetts Ave. and Back St. Add comment
3/13/11 - 3:15 am Medford teens charged with stomping homeless men in the Back Bay early Sunday Assault and battery 130 Dartmouth St. Add comment (38)
2/21/11 - 1:00 am Newbury Street restaurant robbed after hours Burglary 264 Newbury St. Add comment (3)
2/8/11 - 4:30 pm Stabbing in the heart of Copley Square Stabbing Boylston St. and Dartmouth St. Add comment (7)
2/2/11 - 6:40 pm Police: Red-hot fury over ice-cold snow removal leads to Back Bay arrest Assault with a dangerous weapon 173 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (2)
1/20/11 - 5:45 pm Newton man charged with groping Green Line passenger Indecent assault and battery 100 Massachusetts Ave. Add comment (14)
1/17/11 - 8:17 pm South Boston man charged with armed holdup of Back Bay CVS Armed robbery 587 Boylston St. Add comment
12/21/10 - 12:00 pm Another grab and run in the Back Bay Unarmed robbery 326 Newbury St. Add comment (6)
10/13/10 - 10:50 am Pair arrested for armed cell-phone robbery by Berklee suspected in a dozen similar attacks Armed holdup Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston St. Add comment (4)
8/30/10 - 11:51 pm Dedham man charged with armed holdup in the Back Bay; could be linked to other attacks Armed holdup 50 Dalton St. Add comment
7/23/10 - 3:20 pm iPad stolen at knifepoint on Boylston Street Armed holdup Boylston St. and Dartmouth St. Add comment
5/8/10 - 1:30 pm Police: Gentlemanly perv turns away when lady complains, but keeps it up Open and gross lewdness Boylston St. and Dartmouth St. Add comment (9)
5/1/10 - 2:00 am Man stabbed outside Back Bay drug store dies Murder 841 Boylston St. Add comment (2)
4/10/10 - 9:30 am Boylston Street bank branch held up Bank robbery 426 Boylston St. Add comment
4/9/10 - 3:30 pm Back Bay bank held up; not a Sovereign branch Bank robbery 155 Dartmouth St. Add comment (1)
1/20/10 - 6:30 pm Newbury Street clothing store held up at gunpoint Armed holdup 201 Newbury St. Add comment
1/15/10 - 10:00 pm Back stabbing victim found at Northeastern Stabbing 324 Huntington Ave. Add comment (6)
1/5/10 (All day) Armed-robbery suspects crash car, get arrested Armed holdup 252 W. Newton St. Add comment (15)
12/14/09 - 4:00 pm Another Sovereign Bank branch held up Bank robbery 279 Massachusetts Ave. Add comment
12/9/09 - 9:30 am Bad weather doesn't deter Back Bay bank robber Bank robbery 61 Arlington St. Add comment
12/3/09 - 12:00 pm Cops try to check coat thief Assault and battery 326 Newbury St. Add comment
11/18/09 - 12:00 pm Man charged with stealing cash from senior citizen at an ATM Unarmed robbery 221 Massachusetts Ave. Add comment (5)
11/2/09 - 5:00 pm MBTA: Two alleged gropers grabbed last night Indecent assault and battery Dartmouth St. and Boylston St. Add comment (2)
8/20/09 - 10:25 pm Man has head bashed in outside Back Bay club; 12 arrested Murder 33 Stanhope St. Add comment
8/15/09 - 8:01 am Daring lunchtime heist on Newbury Street - of sunglasses Armed holdup 168 Newbury St. Add comment
8/6/09 - 10:00 pm Off-duty Cambridge cop stabbed in Back Bay Stabbing Hereford St. and Boylston St. Add comment
7/30/09 - 10:00 pm Two arrested for early morning gunfire outside Back Bay club Shooting 33 Stanhope St. Add comment
7/20/09 - 8:22 pm Maybe he needed the money for Rogaine Armed holdup Massachusetts Ave. and Newbury St. Add comment
7/13/09 - 8:10 pm Woman attacked, robbed on Esplanade Assault and battery Massachusetts Ave. and Storrow Dr. Add comment (1)
7/2/09 - 4:38 pm Police: Pack of teens showing guns, stealing iPhones near Public Garden Armed holdup Beacon St. and Arlington St. Add comment (16)
5/22/09 - 7:24 pm Boston cop sent to hospital trying to break up fight Assault and battery on a police officer 110 Commonwealth Ave. Add comment (8)
4/14/09 - 6:00 pm Woman bound, shot, killed at Copley Square Mariott Murder 110 Huntington Ave. Add comment (11)
4/9/09 - 8:30 pm Man held up at gunpoint in Westin Hotel Armed holdup 10 Huntington Ave. Add comment
4/7/09 - 7:00 am When will criminals learn you can't rely on cabs in a getaway? Breaking and entering in the daytime 199 Beacon St. Add comment
1/17/09 - 1:05 pm No honor among johns Armed holdup 39 Dalton St. Add comment (6)
1/7/09 - 1:00 pm Man with gun robs CVS of three cartons of cigarettes Armed holdup 240 Newbury St. Add comment
1/3/09 - 3:28 pm How dumb do you have to be to hold up a store at gunpoint after police plaster your photo everywhere? Armed holdup 197 Massachusetts Ave. Add comment (19)
12/29/08 - 3:29 pm Gunman sought for Back Bay, Fenway holdups Armed holdup 172 Brookline Ave. Add comment (5)
12/19/08 - 9:42 pm Cops didn't have to follow footprints in the snow to these alleged dumbasses Assault and battery 47A Massachusetts Ave. Add comment (3)
11/20/08 - 9:04 pm Maybe he should have asked if they were done with their food first Willful and malicious destruction of property 361 Boylston St. Add comment
10/30/08 - 11:15 am Anthrax hoaxer also hit Christian Science Monitor anthrax scare 210 Massachusetts Ave. Add comment (14)
10/16/08 - 9:38 pm Man held up by four thugs Armed holdup Clarendon St. and Boylston St. Add comment
10/10/08 - 10:00 pm Limo driver attacks woman Sexual attack 20 Park Plaza Add comment
10/9/08 - 9:37 am Bank held up Bank robbery 535 Boylston St. Add comment
9/7/08 - 2:30 pm Assault and battery with a dangerous Wiffle bat Assault and battery 8 Park Plaza Add comment
6/16/08 - 8:28 pm Four arrested for armed robbery on Dartmouth Street Armed holdup 261 Dartmouth St. Add comment