Summary:

The primary purpose of this report is to conduct an initial scan of the increases and decreases in activity in the communities surrounding Plainridge Park since the casino opened and to highlight issues in need of further analysis in subsequent reports.

Data was collected from the records management systems of Plainville, Attleboro, Mansfield, North Attleborough, and Wrentham since 2010. July–December of 2015 (6 months after the opening of Plainridge Park on June 24) was compared to the same periods of previous years. Both crimes and non‐crime calls for service were included.