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Chinatown crime

Violent crime incidents over the past year, as reported by Boston Police and the media (see caveats).

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Date and time Headline Type Address Comments
10/3/11 - 2:20 am A little early morning wilding in Chinatown Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Boylston St. and Washington St. Add comment (9)
9/18/11 - 3:00 pm Police looking for man who smacked Silver Line driver in the face with a pipe or flashlight Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Kneeland St. and Washington St. Add comment (8)
8/9/11 (All day) Another mother charged with attacking young child Assault and battery 800 Washington St. Add comment (4)
7/18/11 - 2:40 pm DA: Man admits early morning Chinatown stabbing, just not with the knife police found him with Stabbing LaGrange St. Add comment (1)
4/8/11 - 3:12 am Cops braced for violence at troubled downtown club arrest two on gun charges after they drive away Illegal weapons possession 83 Essex St. Add comment
3/13/11 - 8:00 am Woman punched in face in Chinatown carjacking Carjacking 628 Washington St. Add comment
11/28/10 - 2:00 am Five arrested in closing-time melee at Theater District club Assault and battery 100 Warrenton St. Add comment (11)
11/3/10 - 2:40 am Man stabbed, beaten with high chair in early-morning melee at Chinatown restaurant Stabbing 15 Edinboro St. Add comment
9/30/10 - 2:27 am Police say they broke up early morning kidnapping in Chinatown Attempted kidnapping Kneeland St. and Tyler St. Add comment
9/22/10 - 4:00 pm Man in scrubs tries to rob Chinatown bank Attempted bank robbery 621 Washington St. Add comment
6/2/10 - 3:00 pm Chinatown bank held up Bank robbery 711 Washington St. Add comment
5/21/10 - 2:30 pm Yet another Sovereign Bank branch robbed, this time by a Yankees fan Bank robbery 43 Kneeland St. Add comment (3)
5/14/10 - 6:21 pm Police: Man with crack stabs two near the Greenway, threatens cops with knife Stabbing Surface Rd. and Lincoln St. Add comment
5/9/10 - 1:00 am Police: Woman attacked in Chinatown hotel by man with shaved head Sexual assault 821 Washington St. Add comment
4/24/10 - 2:29 am The loaded gun falls, and having fallen, gets you arrested Illegal gun possession 83 Essex St. Add comment (2)
2/18/10 - 7:20 am Woman robbed, punched in face Assault and battery Hudson St. and Tai Tung St. Add comment
2/16/10 - 2:49 pm Woman punched in face, robbed Assault and battery Beach St. and Harrison Ave. Add comment
1/27/10 - 5:50 am Man punched, robbed of van Assault and battery 21 Edinboro St. Add comment
1/22/10 - 6:15 am Elderly woman shoved to ground, robbed Assault and battery 15 Oxford St. Add comment (2)
1/17/10 - 10:38 pm Woman punched in face, robbed Assault and battery 25 Beach St. Add comment
1/11/10 - 3:50 pm Chinatown bank robbed Bank robbery 43 Kneeland St. Add comment (2)
10/9/09 - 10:20 pm Four charged with brutal Theatre District attack Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon 265 Tremont St. Add comment (8)
8/24/09 - 7:50 am One charged, one sought for daylight armed holdup in Chinatown Armed holdup Kneeland St. Add comment (3)
5/28/09 - 10:00 am Stabbing at a Chinatown homeless shelter Stabbing 39 Boylston St. Add comment (5)
4/24/09 - 11:22 pm Five stabbings in Boston this morning Stabbing Essex St. and Chauncy St. Add comment
4/13/09 - 9:30 pm Apparently the panhandlers get more ornery late at night Assault and battery Washington St. and Essex St. Add comment
2/24/09 - 2:30 pm Stabbing on Kneeland Street Stabbing Kneeland St. and Knapp St. Add comment
1/21/09 - 8:10 am Police: Chinatown shoplifter tried to needle store workers Assault with a dangerous weapon 692 Washington St. Add comment
9/21/08 - 11:30 pm Man charged with Chinatown stickup Armed holdup Washington St. Add comment
7/22/08 - 7:00 pm Police: Dudes running down the street late at night often up to no good Assault and battery, robbery LaGrange St. and Tamworth St. Add comment
5/3/08 - 5:00 pm Body dumped in Franklin Park; stabbed man kicked out of bar Murder Franklin Park Rd. Add comment (8)
2/10/08 - 8:40 am Murder at the Metropolitan Murder 1 Nassau St. Add comment (6)
Stabbing in Chinatown; armed robbery in Roxbury Add comment (4)
Court rejects stranger-in-strange-land argument; upholds multiple life sentences in notorious Chinatown mass murder Add comment
The Friends of Eddie Coyle, stage adaptation of classic Boston crime novel, opens Dec. 8 at Oberon Add comment
Shot repeatedly Add comment
Stabbed during street brawl Add comment
Pointing a gun at Chow Chow diners Add comment
Crack-dealing mother of seven convicted again of dealing crack Add comment
Police: Punks from New York impersonating cops in Boston Add comment (1)
Suspect arrested for sexual assault at Chinatown hotel Add comment
Police say they arrested two drug dealers using Chinatown building Drug trafficking 88 Kingston St. Add comment (11)
Police: Robbers playing cops playing prostitutes mug man on Charles Street Add comment
Theater District club buys metal detectors to ferret out crotch knives Add comment (11)
Indictments aimed at denting Chinese mob in Boston Add comment (6)
Mugging at NEMC Add comment
Theater District club: Don't blame us for patron who shot four people outside at closing Add comment (13)
Man stabbed Add comment
Man shot Add comment
Woman stabbed in neck Add comment