LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO ASSAULTS WITH INTENT TO RAVISH AND CARNALLY ABUSE, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 1,000,000 OF THE POPULATION.
Counties above the Average.
| Worcester | 139 |
| Norfolk | 119 |
| Chester | 116 |
| Wilts | 116 |
| Somerset | 115 |
| Kent | 106 |
| Southampton | 106 |
| Monmouth | 104 |
| Northampton | 102 |
| Oxford | 102 |
| Stafford | 101 |
| Leicester | 101 |
| Sussex | 100 |
| Warwick | 92 |
| Bucks | 92 |
| Gloucester | 91 |
| Lancaster | 87 |
| Westmorland | 87 |
| Essex | 84 |
Counties below the Average.
| Hereford | 82 |
| York | 81 |
| North Wales | 81 |
| Lincoln | 80 |
| Cumberland | 80 |
| Hertford | 78 |
| Cambridge | 77 |
| Dorset | 75 |
| Durham | 71 |
| Berks | 67 |
| Cornwall | 66 |
| Middlesex | 64 |
| Devon | 63 |
| Surrey | 60 |
| Salop | 58 |
| Suffolk | 56 |
| Northumberland | 56 |
| Hunts | 52 |
| Bedford | 50 |
| Derby | 48 |
| Rutland | 42 |
| Nottingham | 36 |
| South Wales | 33 |
| Average for England and Wales | 83 |
MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED FOR
BIGAMY
IN EVERY 100,000 MARRIAGES,
IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF
ENGLAND AND WALES.
⁂ The counties printed black are those in which the number committed for this offence is above the average.
The counties left white are those in which the number committed for the same offence is below the average.
The average is calculated for the ten years, from 1841 to 1850.
| The average | for | all England and Wales is | 59 | in every 100,000 | Marriages. |
| „ | „ | Chester (the highest) | 259 | „ | „ |