The number of Class A gun licenses in Massachusetts cities and towns north of Boston as of 2013, and the percentage change in that number from 2012 to 2013:
| CITY/Town | 2012-2013 change | Number in 2013 |
| AMESBURY | 6% | 773 |
| Andover | 9% | 1,098 |
| BEVERLY | 3% | 1,449 |
| Billerica | 12% | 2,439 |
| Boxford | 4% | 718 |
| Burlington | 12% | 1,182 |
| Chelmsford | 10% | 1,623 |
| CHELSEA | 4% | 444 |
| Danvers | 7% | 1,161 |
| Dracut | 12% | 1,611 |
| Essex | -8% | 228 |
| EVERETT | 29% | 831 |
| Georgetown | 8% | 602 |
| GLOUCESTER | 7% | 1,773 |
| Groveland | 7% | 515 |
| Hamilton | 3% | 368 |
| HAVERHILL | 8% | 2,869 |
| Ipswich | 4% | 819 |
| LAWRENCE | -7% | 1,051 |
| LOWELL | 2% | 1,786 |
| LYNN | 1% | 2,218 |
| Lynnfield | 2% | 643 |
| MALDEN | 1% | 1,179 |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | 6% | 244 |
| Marblehead | 7% | 909 |
| MEDFORD | 12% | 1,557 |
| MELROSE | 9% | 969 |
| Merrimac | 1% | 408 |
| METHUEN | 3% | 1,759 |
| Middleton | 11% | 554 |
| Nahant | -4% | 215 |
| Newbury | 7% | 596 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 6% | 736 |
| North Andover | 9% | 947 |
| North Reading | 7% | 1,029 |
| PEABODY | 7% | 1,809 |
| Reading | -4% | 678 |
| REVERE | -4% | 1,106 |
| Rockport | 1% | 375 |
| Rowley | 14% | 436 |
| SALEM | 6% | 1,183 |
| Salisbury | 7% | 512 |
| Saugus | 2% | 1,344 |
| SOMERVILLE | 6% | 1,286 |
| Stoneham | -5% | 819 |
| Swampscott | 2% | 606 |
| Tewksbury | 3% | 1,622 |
| Topsfield | 9% | 507 |
| Tyngsborough | 9% | 756 |
| Wakefield | 6% | 1,156 |
| Wenham | 2% | 233 |
| West Newbury | 2% | 329 |
| Westford | 7% | 1,154 |
| Wilmington | 5% | 1,378 |
| Winchester | 3% | 669 |
| Winthrop | 17% | 721 |
| WOBURN | 2% | 1,209 |
SOURCE: Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
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