Planning Department
This dataset includes historical demographic data for Boston’s population from 1950 to 2020 using U.S. Census Bureau Decennial Census data from 1950 - 2010, American Community Survey data (2008-2012 ACS for 2010…
Boston Police Department
The FIO program encompasses a wide range of interactions between the Boston Police Department (BPD) and private individuals. By releasing the records of these interactions, BPD hopes to add transparency to the execution…
Archives and Record Management
This dataset is a transcription of the Archives' historic Women's Voter Registers from 1884-1919. While this dataset does include voters' names and addresses, all of the data are public records and over 100 years old.…
Parks and Recreation
In 2022, Boston developed the Urban Forest Plan (https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/urban-forest-plan), a manual for how the Boston community can work together to prioritize, preserve, and grow our…
Department of Innovation and Technology
This survey was conducted by MassPolling group on behalf of the City of Boston to measure gaps in internet access, digital devices, and digital skills across the City and specifically measuring the gaps in vulnerable…
Mayor's Office of Housing
This data contains the scores from the Residential Displacement Risk Map, created by the Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH) and released in March of 2025. The Residential Displacement Risk Map is Boston’s first interactive…
Archives and Record Management
The Women's Voter Register Dataset is created from Election Department registers used to register women voters in 1920 after the passage of the 19th Amendment. The dataset contains information about newly registered…
Equity & Inclusion
This dataset provides a breakdown of the City of Boston's efforts to fund Community-based Organizations that do violence prevention, intervention, and recovery work within the City. It highlights the different…
Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics
Can we use emerging technology to support and enhance our tree inventory? We worked with a small technology startup, Green City Watch, to use Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery. We used this tool to remotely…
Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement
###Summary### The State of Early Education and Care in Boston: Supply, Demand, Affordability, and Quality, is the first in what is planned as a recurrent landscape survey of early childhood, preschool and childcare…
Environment Department
This dataset pulls from many different data sources to identify individual building characteristics of all buildings in Boston. It also identifies high-potential retrofit options to reduce carbon emissions in…
Boston Police Department
Crime incident reports are provided by Boston Police Department (BPD) to document the initial details surrounding an incident to which BPD officers respond. This is a dataset containing records from a legacy crime…
City of Boston Archaeology Program
Catalog of archaeological artifacts excavated in 2013 from the rear of the Clough House, 21 Unity St., North End, Boston. Data set created to complete analysis and report of the archaeological survey. Collection spans…
Boston Public Schools
BuildBPS compiles vast amounts of data and allows for ongoing analyses that can be used to guide and inform decisions related to school building investments. An assessment team of architects and educational planners…