LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF CRIMINALS TO EVERY 10,000 OF THE POPULATION.

Counties above the Average in Crime.

Gloucester26·1
Worcester25·0
Middlesex24·5
Hereford23·8
Chester22·6
Warwick21·6
Bucks20·4
Somerset19·9
Essex19·1
Wilts18·9
Lancaster18·5
Monmouth18·0
Stafford17·9
Oxford17·8
Southampton17·7
Hertford17·5
Leicester17·1
Norfolk17·1
Average for all England and Wales16·4

Counties above the Average in Crime.

Kent16·4
Surrey16·3
Berks16·0
Suffolk15·7
Sussex15·3
Bedford15·2
Salop14·9
Cambridge14·7
Dorset14·6
Northampton14·2
Devon14·1
Rutland13·9
Lincoln12·8
Nottingham11·8
York11·4
Derby10·5
South Wales8·4
Northumberland8·2
Westmorland8·1
Cornwall8·0
Durham7·8
North Wales7·2
Cumberland7·1