LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO RAPE, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 10,000,000 OF THE POPULATION.

Counties above the Average.

Monmouth177
Bucks156
Hertford143
Stafford140
Durham127
Chester126
Essex126
Worcester98
Wilts95
Norfolk93
Oxford90
Rutland84
Southamp.77
Northamp.73
Leicester70
Westmor.70
Gloucester69
Average for England and Wales68

Counties below the Average.

Cornwall68
Bedford66
Middlesex66
Berks62
Salop62
Suffolk61
Kent60
York60
Somerset57
Northumb.56
Cambridge55
Surrey55
Sussex53
Dorset52
Hunts52
Hereford51
Lancaster50
Devon49
Derby48
Warwick43
Cumberland37
S. Wales35
Lincoln34
N. Wales30
Nottingham28