Arrests spiked 163% this summer in the South End, a staggering statistic from the Boston Police that reflects how the neighborhood continues to be a hot spot for the Mass and Cass drug market spillover.

Boston Police made 478 arrests from May 1 to Aug. 24 in the South End this year, compared to 182 for that same time period in 2024, according to BPD statistics shared at an Aug. 27 Community CompStat “summer overview” meeting and summarized in a 14-page document obtained by the Herald.

The document provides a snapshot of the open-air drug use, dealing and related crime and violence that South End residents say has worsened in recent months in their neighborhood — classified as BPD’s D4 district — due to spillover from the troubled intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boule

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