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Dorchester 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
5/23/13 - 11:35 pm Gunman shoots up Dorchester street Gunfire 27 Leroy St. Add comment (2)
5/23/13 - 4:20 pm Man, woman shot in Dorchester Shooting 28 Michigan Ave. Add comment
5/22/13 - 7:10 pm Multiple shots fired on Codman Square road Gunfire Regina Rd. Add comment
5/21/13 - 7:30 pm Two in car shot near Ronan Park; homicide unit called in Shooting Mt. Ida Rd. and Homes Ave. Add comment (3)
5/21/13 - 6:00 pm Bad aim means no injuries in Dorchester gun battle Gunfire Washington St. and Brinsley St. Add comment (2)
5/11/13 - 11:55 pm DA: Men denied entry to Dorchester party expressed their displeasure through gunfire Gunfire 24 Evans St. Add comment (2)
5/1/13 - 1:40 pm Chinese-food delivery guys getting held up on Topliff Street in Dorchester Armed robbery 47 Topliff St. Add comment (3)
4/30/13 - 10:10 pm Man in car shot in Dorchester, in bad shape Shooting Draper St. and Westville St. Add comment (15)
4/28/13 - 7:52 pm Man shot to death in Dorchester Murder Howard Ave. and Wayland St. Add comment (9)
4/28/13 - 5:15 pm Man shot in Codman Square, taken away in bad shape Shooting 535 Washington St. Add comment (8)
4/26/13 - 11:23 pm Dorchester party ends with three shot Shooting 31 Hecla St. Add comment (2)
4/21/13 - 10:50 pm Man on scooter shot in leg Shooting Morse St. Add comment
4/21/13 - 7:00 pm Occupants of two cars exchange gunfire in Dorchester Gunfire Magnolia St. and Bird St. Add comment (4)
4/18/13 - 12:25 am Gun battle on Dorchester street Gunfire 49 Kingsdale St. Add comment (8)
4/17/13 - 6:30 pm Night of bloodshed: Two shot on Woodrow Avenue, Dorchester Shooting Woodrow Ave. and Lauriat St. Add comment (3)
4/11/13 - 3:00 pm Bullet pulled out of man's arm several hours after he was shot Shooting 10 Rockwell St. Add comment
4/10/13 - 2:58 pm Third time not a winner for man charged with repeatedly holding up same Dorchester bank Bank robbery 1906 Dorchester Ave. Add comment (5)
4/1/13 - 9:00 pm Talbot Avenue all lit up in blue tonight Armed home invasion 514 Talbot Ave. Add comment (2)
4/1/13 - 4:05 pm Mother pushing stroller stabbed off Savin Hill Ave. Stabbing Savin Hill Avenue and Sidney St. Add comment (8)
4/1/13 - 11:40 am Dorchester shooting sends one to the hospital in critical condition Shooting Quincy St. and Dacia St. Add comment (10)
3/23/13 - 8:35 pm Woman grazed by bullet in hail of gunfire as she gets off bus in Dorchester Shooting Bowdoin St. and Norton St. Add comment (7)
3/22/13 - 7:00 am Man shot in the hand in Dorchester Shooting 27 Bicknell St. Add comment
3/20/13 - 1:03 pm Snow rage on a bus: Teen arrested on charges he spit at driver who wouldn't open rear door due to a snowbank Assault and battery 51 Geneva Ave. Add comment (10)
3/16/13 - 9:30 pm Two stabbed in separate Ashmont incidents Stabbing Dorchester Ave. and Dracut St. Add comment (3)
3/11/13 - 8:42 pm Police: Man in car gets shot in arm in Dorchester, drives to pick up girlfriend before heading to hospital Shooting 86 Kingsdale St. Add comment (1)
3/11/13 - 12:58 am City gives Uphams Corner bar two weeks to figure out how to keep people with weapons out Stabbing 7 Stoughton St. Add comment (17)
3/9/13 - 6:34 pm Two shot, one dead in Dorchester Murder Columbia Rd. and Hancock St. Add comment (5)
3/9/13 - 1:15 am T bus driver beaten by large group of teens in Dorchester Assault and battery Geneva Avenue and Columbia Road Add comment (4)
3/7/13 - 11:39 pm Man shot to death in Dorchester Guns 564 Adams St. Add comment (15)
2/28/13 - 6:00 pm DA: Drunk suburban driver with suspended license hit two kids in Dorchester crosswalk OUI Dorchester Ave. and Talbot Ave. Add comment (10)
2/15/13 - 10:40 am Man in car shot on Stoughton Street Shooting 57 Stoughton Street Add comment (42)
2/5/13 - 7:00 pm Dorchester market held up at gunpoint Armed robbery Adams St. and Centre St. Add comment
1/27/13 - 4:12 pm Four teens arrested for knifepoint robbery near Shawmut T stop Armed robbery Dayton St. and Nixon St. Add comment (4)
1/21/13 - 9:30 pm Crash, double shooting in Grove Hall Shooting Fayston St. and Blue Hill Ave. Add comment (4)
1/20/13 - 10:16 am Woman shot in the head, man arrested Shooting 6 Arbutus St. Add comment (6)
1/17/13 - 9:50 pm Man who slept with shotgun under his mattress has it confiscated when police investigate his stolen rifle Stolen gun 157 Intervale St. Add comment (19)
1/16/13 - 10:00 am Drive-by shooting on side of Dorchester courthouse; police surround nearby house Drive-by shooting 20 Tremlett St. Add comment (3)
1/13/13 - 11:56 am Police: Weymouth heroin buyer drags cop down Columbia Road with his car in failed effort to avoid arrest Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Devon Street and Vaughn Ave. Add comment (2)
1/12/13 - 4:47 am Street worker charged with doing the stuff he's supposed to keep kids from doing Illegal gun possession Auriga St. Add comment (7)
1/10/13 - 10:00 am Two charged with armed home invasion around corner from Mattapan police station Armed home invasion Livingstone St. Add comment
1/8/13 - 9:15 am Guns, drugs seized in Dorchester raid; two arrested Illegal gun possession 12 Rill St. Add comment (11)
12/28/12 - 4:45 pm They brought knives to a knife fight Stabbing 23 Corona St. Add comment (3)
12/24/12 - 12:20 pm Two charged with Christmas Eve gunpoint mugging in Dorchester Armed robbery Carruth St. and Minot St. Add comment (1)
12/17/12 - 3:45 pm Police: Man brought beef - and gun - into Dorchester middle school Illegal gun possession 270 Columbia Rd. Add comment (3)
12/16/12 - 9:47 pm Man sought for gay bashing at Ashmont station Assault and battery 200 Ashmont St. Add comment (15)
12/13/12 - 8:30 pm Man shot in Dorchester, dies Murder 39 Elmont St. Add comment (1)
12/10/12 - 9:00 am Kid shows up at Burke High School with gun, ammo Illegal gun possession 60 Washington St. Add comment (6)
11/27/12 - 9:12 pm Attempted sexual assault near JFK T stop Attempted sexual assault Sidney St. Add comment (1)
11/27/12 - 8:10 pm Man shot on Dorchester street where another man was murdered Shooting Dakota St. Add comment (1)
11/23/12 - 12:34 am Dorchester man gets the best of home invader, who falls down stairs, flees without jacket Home invasion 3 Harvest Terrace Add comment (2)
11/15/12 - 9:35 am Alleged dumbass's luck runs out when he robs the same Dorchester convenience store for second time this week Armed robbery East Cottage St. and Columbia Rd. Add comment
11/13/12 - 11:10 am Car-to-car drive-by in Dorchester this morning Drive-by shooting 40 Wayland St. Add comment
11/11/12 - 8:30 pm Three shot, one in the chest Shooting Julian St. and Judson St. Add comment (2)
11/11/12 - 4:07 pm Police: Guy who fired shot into downstairs neighbor's apartment tried to get his bullet back Armed home invasion 28 Dyer St. Add comment (2)
10/30/12 - 1:15 am DA: Dorchester man threatens off-duty cop with a machete as Sandy winds down Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Erie St. and Washington St. Add comment (2)
10/28/12 - 2:15 pm Afternoon stabbing in Dorchester sends man to hospital Stabbing 46 Theodore St. Add comment (2)
10/26/12 - 9:00 pm Suburban man robbed at gunpoint in Dorchester by two guys who answered his Craigslist for-sale ad Armed robbery 59 Lydon Way Add comment (4)
10/22/12 - 1:45 am Man shot in the chest twice in Dorchester, dies Murder 36 Whitman St. Add comment
10/17/12 - 11:05 am Man shot in the head in Codman Square, dies Murder 14 Lyndhurst St. Add comment (8)
10/7/12 - 4:45 pm Man found stabbed in back and neck at busy Dorchester intersection Stabbing Washington St. and Bowdoin St. Add comment (1)
10/6/12 - 1:38 am Man stabbed to death in Dorchester Murder 11 Charles St. Add comment (3)
10/1/12 - 10:00 pm Blood just keeps flowing: Three shot, one dead in Fields Corner Murder 230 Park St. Add comment (19)
9/30/12 - 11:30 am Man shot in thigh in Dorchester Shooting 65 Maxwell St. Add comment (2)
9/28/12 - 6:00 pm Man shot in the chest in Dorchester Shooting 43 Olney St. Add comment (2)
9/28/12 - 11:00 am Man charged with attacking women at Red Line stations Indecent assault Dayton St. Add comment (4)
9/27/12 - 11:45 pm Person shot in Uphams Corner Shooting 44 Humphreys St. Add comment
9/27/12 - 7:15 pm Bloodshed continues: One dead, one wounded in Geneva Avenue barbershop shooting Murder 436 Geneva Ave. Add comment (4)
9/26/12 - 9:00 pm Gunfire erupts in Roxbury, Dorchester Gunfire 31 Nottingham St. Add comment (8)
9/24/12 - 11:00 pm Police use pepper spray to subdue guy who really didn't want to get a ticket for fare evasion; officer injured Assault and battery Faulkner St. Add comment (4)
9/20/12 - 10:09 pm Two shot on Columbia Road Shooting 209 Columbia Rd. Add comment
9/14/12 - 1:50 am DA: Officer injured in fight with gun-toting drug dealer in Dorchester Assault and battery on a police officer Colonial Ave. and Millett St. Add comment (12)
9/10/12 - 6:40 pm Teen shot to death in Dorchester Murder 57 Wheatland Ave. Add comment (2)
9/7/12 - 12:30 pm Teen shot in leg in Dorchester Shooting 703 Washington St. Add comment (4)
9/5/12 - 12:30 pm Gunfire in Dorchester: One shot, one shot at Shooting Josephine St. Add comment (9)
8/31/12 - 1:05 am Man shot to death in Dorchester Murder Southern Ave. and Ferndale St. Add comment (7)