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Back Bay crime

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
Back Bay bank robbed Bank robbery 579 Boylston St. Add comment (2)
Two sought for carjacking Add comment
Store 24 clerk scares off knife-wielding robbers Add comment
New Yorkers charged with stealing purse from Newbury Street store Expensive purse snatched 186 Newbury St. Add comment (4)
Three men charged in stabbing Add comment
Body found in Mass. Ave. alley Murder Add comment
Alleged shoplifter punches clerks, cop Add comment
Worker pulls gun when refused early time off, police say Add comment
Stabbed in the men's room Add comment
Stabbing on Boylston St. Add comment
Pats player charged with groping woman at Back Bay bar Indecent assault and battery 90 Exeter St. Add comment (20)
Teen stabbed repeatedly by gang at Back Bay station Add comment
Orange Line passenger charged as screaming cop biter Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 131 Dartmouth St. Add comment (6)
Three stabbed outside Daisy Buchanan's Add comment
Police: Dress-wearing man felt need to show people he'd gone commando Open and gross lewdness Massachusetts Ave. Sta Add comment (1)
Woman beaten on Esplanade, thrown into Charles Add comment (1)
Robbed at baseball-batpoint Add comment
Carjacking in the Back Bay Add comment
Stabbed when trying to help co-worker Add comment
Stabbed in the back Add comment
Woman kicked in stomach for no good reason Add comment
Man stabbed in apartment Add comment
Boylston Street melee ends with two stabbed Stabbing 800 Boylston St. Add comment
Shooting Add comment
Back Bay bank robbed Bank robbery 426 Boylston St. Add comment
Woman sought for Back Bay bank robbery Bank robbery 575 Boylston St. Add comment
Stabbed in drug deal gone bad Add comment
Boylston Street bank held up; dye pack explodes Bank robbery 426 Boylston St. Add comment (3)
He says, she says, but with witnesses Assault and battery 200 Berkeley St. Add comment (1)
Westin worker stabs another employee to death Add comment
Repeatedly smacked in the back of the head Add comment
Stabbed on park bench Add comment
Woman jumped, stomped Add comment
Drugstore armed robbery foiled Add comment
4/8/08 - 7:00 am Maybe he took the Orange Line to Back Bay Breaking and entering 163 Beacon St. Add comment (2)
5/3/08 - 9:20 pm Man kicked, punched, stabbed on Boylston Street Assault and battery 120 Boylston St. Add comment (1)
5/9/08 - 10:40 pm Early-morning fight leads to double stabbing on Boylston Street Stabbing 793 Boylston St. Add comment (2)
6/16/08 - 8:28 pm Four arrested for armed robbery on Dartmouth Street Armed holdup 261 Dartmouth 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
10/9/08 - 9:37 am Bank held up Bank robbery 535 Boylston St. Add comment
10/10/08 - 10:00 pm Limo driver attacks woman Sexual attack 20 Park Plaza Add comment
10/16/08 - 9:38 pm Man held up by four thugs Armed holdup Clarendon St. and 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)
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
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)
12/29/08 - 3:29 pm Gunman sought for Back Bay, Fenway holdups Armed holdup 172 Brookline Ave. Add comment (5)
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)
1/7/09 - 1:00 pm Man with gun robs CVS of three cartons of cigarettes Armed holdup 240 Newbury St. Add comment
1/17/09 - 1:05 pm No honor among johns Armed holdup 39 Dalton St. Add comment (6)
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
4/9/09 - 8:30 pm Man held up at gunpoint in Westin Hotel Armed holdup 10 Huntington Ave. Add comment
4/14/09 - 6:00 pm Woman bound, shot, killed at Copley Square Mariott Murder 110 Huntington Ave. Add comment (11)
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)
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)
7/13/09 - 8:10 pm Woman attacked, robbed on Esplanade Assault and battery Massachusetts Ave. and Storrow Dr. Add comment (1)
7/20/09 - 8:22 pm Maybe he needed the money for Rogaine Armed holdup Massachusetts Ave. and Newbury 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
8/6/09 - 10:00 pm Off-duty Cambridge cop stabbed in Back Bay Stabbing Hereford St. and Boylston St. Add comment
8/15/09 - 8:01 am Daring lunchtime heist on Newbury Street - of sunglasses Armed holdup 168 Newbury St. Add comment
8/20/09 - 10:25 pm Man has head bashed in outside Back Bay club; 12 arrested Murder 33 Stanhope St. Add comment
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)
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)
12/3/09 - 12:00 pm Cops try to check coat thief Assault and battery 326 Newbury St. Add comment
12/9/09 - 9:30 am Bad weather doesn't deter Back Bay bank robber Bank robbery 61 Arlington St. Add comment
12/14/09 - 4:00 pm Another Sovereign Bank branch held up Bank robbery 279 Massachusetts Ave. Add comment
1/5/10 (All day) Armed-robbery suspects crash car, get arrested Armed holdup 252 W. Newton St. Add comment (15)
1/15/10 - 10:00 pm Back stabbing victim found at Northeastern Stabbing 324 Huntington Ave. Add comment (6)
1/20/10 - 6:30 pm Newbury Street clothing store held up at gunpoint Armed holdup 201 Newbury 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)
4/10/10 - 9:30 am Boylston Street bank branch held up Bank robbery 426 Boylston St. Add comment
5/1/10 - 2:00 am Man stabbed outside Back Bay drug store dies Murder 841 Boylston St. Add comment (2)
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)
7/23/10 - 3:20 pm iPad stolen at knifepoint on Boylston Street Armed holdup Boylston St. and Dartmouth St. Add comment
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
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)