This page details arrest information broken down by year and district and shows how many homicide investigations resulted in an arrest. Not all arrests resulted in a conviction. The Court Information page details the outcomes of these arrests.
Note: The Arrest Information has only been compiled going back to 1998.
Arrests by District
By district breakdown of the number of arrests made in homicide cases in Boston from 1998 to 2008.
A-1 A-7 A-15 B-2 B-3 C-6 C-11 D-4 D-14 E-5 E-13 E-18A-1 Downtown, Beacon Hill, Chinatown, North End
Homicides |
25 |
| Cases With Arrest | 19 | 76% |
| No Arrest Made | 6 | 24% |
76%
Arrests
A-7 East Boston
Homicides |
15 |
| Cases With Arrest | 9 | 60% |
| No Arrest Made | 6 | 40% |
60%
Arrests
A-15 Charlestown
Homicides |
5 |
| Cases With Arrest | 2 | 40% |
| No Arrest Made | 3 | 60% |
40%
Arrests
B-2 Roxbury, Mission Hill
Homicides |
164 |
| Cases With Arrest | 69 | 42% |
| No Arrest Made | 92 | 58% |
42%
Arrests
B-3 Mattapan, North Dorchester
Homicides |
139 |
| Cases With Arrest | 39 | 28% |
| No Arrest Made | 100 | 72% |
28%
Arrests
C-6 South Boston
Homicides |
22 |
| Cases With Arrest | 15 | 68% |
| No Arrest Made | 7 | 32% |
68%
Arrests
C-11 Dorchester
Homicides |
121 |
| Cases With Arrest | 58 | 47% |
| No Arrest Made | 63 | 53% |
47%
Arrests
D-4 Back Bay, South End, Fenway
Homicides |
35 |
| Cases With Arrest | 19 | 54% |
| No Arrest Made | 16 | 46% |
54%
Arrests
D-14 Allston, Brighton
Homicides |
15 |
| Cases With Arrest | 11 | 73% |
| No Arrest Made | 4 | 37% |
73%
Arrests
E-5 West Roxbury, Roslindale
Homicides |
13 |
| Cases With Arrest | 7 | 53% |
| No Arrest Made | 6 | 47% |
53%
Arrests
E-13 Jamaica Plain
Homicides |
29 |
| Cases With Arrest | 18 | 62% |
| No Arrest Made | 11 | 38% |
62%
Arrests
E-18 Hyde Park
Homicides |
33 |
| Cases With Arrest | 10 | 30% |
| No Arrest Made | 23 | 70% |
30%
Arrests
Arrests by Year
1998
Homicides |
35 |
| Cases With Arrest | 20 | 57% |
| No Arrest Made | 15 | 13% |
57%
Arrests
1999
Homicides |
31 |
| Cases With Arrest | 12 | 38% |
| No Arrest Made | 19 | 62% |
38%
Arrests
2000
Homicides |
40 |
| Cases With Arrest | 23 | 57% |
| No Arrest Made | 15 | 63% |
57%
Arrests
2001
Homicides |
69 |
| Cases With Arrest | 43 | 62% |
| No Arrest Made | 26 | 38% |
62%
Arrests
2002
Homicides |
60 |
| Cases With Arrest | 34 | 56% |
| No Arrest Made | 26 | 44% |
56%
Arrests
2003
Homicides |
41 |
| Cases With Arrest | 24 | 58% |
| No Arrest Made | 17 | 42% |
58%
Arrests
2004
Homicides |
63 |
| Cases With Arrest | 22 | 34% |
| No Arrest Made | 42 | 66% |
34%
Arrests
2005
Homicides |
75 |
| Cases With Arrest | 28 | 37% |
| No Arrest Made | 47 | 63% |
37%
Arrests
2006
Homicides |
69 |
| Cases With Arrest | 22 | 31% |
| No Arrest Made | 47 | 69% |
31%
Arrests
2007
Homicides |
69 |
| Cases With Arrest | 21 | 30% |
| No Arrest Made | 45 | 70% |
30%
Arrests
2008
Homicides |
63 |
| Cases With Arrest | 20 | 31% |
| No Arrest Made | 43 | 69% |
31%
Arrests
Data Tables
Homicdes with and without arrest by police district and year.
| District Total | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Year Total | 269 Arrests | 342 No Arrest | 20 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 43 | 26 | 34 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 42 | 28 | 47 | 22 | 47 | 21 | 45 | 20 | 43 |
| A-1 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| A-7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| A-15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B-2 | 70 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 |
| B-3 | 39 | 100 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 11 |
| C-6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C-11 | 56 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
| D-4 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D-14 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| E-5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| E-13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| E-18 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |