In the table below, find data sets related to criminal justice, public spending, and more. Click the name to learn more about each dataset, visit the corresponding public records request (if applicable), and download the data files for your own analysis.

In addition to data obtained by the ACLU, we’ve included links to relevant external sources of information.

NameData OriginYear PublishedCategoryData Host
National Police Scorecard ↗Various (FBI, Bureau of Justice Statistics, US Census Bureau...)2021Law EnforcementPolice Scorecard
Massachusetts Crime Statistics ↗Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security2020Law EnforcementMA EOPSS
Woke Windows: A Comprehensive Database on the Boston Police ↗Various2020Law EnforcementWoke Windows Project
Massachusetts Traffic Citations 2014-2019 (Temporarily Removed)Massachusetts Department of Transportation2020Law EnforcementData for Justice
2013-14 Suffolk County Prosecution DataSuffolk County District Attorney's Office2019Law EnforcementData for Justice
Massachusetts State Spending ↗Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts2019Fiscal managementMA Comptroller
City of Boston Spending ↗City of Boston2019Fiscal managementAnalyze Boston
Stanford Open Policing Project ↗Stanford Computational Policy Lab2019Law EnforcementStanford Open Policing Project
Boston Police Crime Incident Reports ↗Boston Police Department2018Law EnforcementAnalyze Boston
Data from Social Media Monitoring by Boston PoliceBoston Police Department2018SurveillanceData for Justice
Department of Defense 1033 ProgramDefense Logistics Agency2018Law EnforcementData for Justice
Police Arrest Data for Commonwealth of MassachusettsMassachusetts Police Departments2018Law EnforcementData for Justice
Field, Interrogation, Observation Reports ↗Boston Police Department2017Law EnforcementAnalyze Boston
MA Precinct-Level Election Returns Massachusetts Secretary of State, Elections Division2022ElectionsData for Justice