THE CRIME AND DENSITY OF THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES COMPARED.
| Counties having great Crime and great density of Population. | Percentage above and below the Average. | Counties having great Crime and little density of Population. | Percentage above and below the Average. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Number of Criminals. | In No. of Persons to 100 Acres. | In Number of Criminals. | In No. of Persons to 100 Acres. | ||
| Gloucester | †59·1 | † 6·4 | Hereford | †45·1 | *63·4 |
| Worcester | †52·4 | † 13·3 | Bucks | †24·4 | *37·0 |
| Middlesex | †49·4 | †2030·8 | Somerset | †21·3 | *10·9 |
| Chester | †37·8 | † 31·2 | Essex | †16·4 | *29·6 |
| Warwick | †31·7 | † 70·0 | Wilts | †15·2 | *44·1 |
| Lancaster | †12·8 | † 270·6 | Oxford | † 8·5 | *26·8 |
| Monmouth | † 9·7 | † 9·9 | Southampton | † 7·9 | *20·7 |
| Stafford | † 9·1 | † 72·2 | Hertford | † 6·7 | *12·5 |
| Leicester | † 4·2 | * 7·4 | |||
| Norfolk | † 4·2 | *32·6 | |||
| Counties having little Crime and little density of Population. | Counties having little Crime and great density of Population. | ||||
| Cumberland | *56·7 | *59·6 | Durham | *51·8 | † 21·9 |
| North Wales | *56·1 | *60.4 | Nottingham | *28·0 | † 12·7 |
| Cornwall | *51·2 | *16·3 | Surrey | * ·6 | †189·7 |
| Westmorland | *50·6 | *75·9 | Kent | † 28·0 | |
| Northumb | *50·0 | *48·1 | |||
| South Wales | *48·7 | *55·1 | |||
| Derby | *36·0 | *20·9 | |||
| York | *30·5 | * 2·0 | |||
| Lincoln | *22·0 | *51·7 | |||
| Berks | *21·4 | *15·5 | |||
| Hunts | *14·0 | *49·9 | |||
| Devon | *14·0 | *30·0 | |||
| Rutland | *15·2 | *49·9 | |||
| Northampton | *13·4 | *33·4 | |||
| Cambridge | *10·3 | *28·2 | |||
| Dorset | *10·0 | *43·1 | |||
| Salop | * 9·1 | *42·9 | |||
| Bedford | * 7·3 | *12·3 | |||
| Sussex | * 6·7 | *25·0 | |||
| Suffolk | * 4·2 | *26·6 | |||
⁂ The rule appears to be, that those counties are the least criminal in which the population is the least dense.
N.B. The † prefixed to a number denotes that it is above, the * that it is below the average by the percentage which it expresses.
MAP
SHOWING
THE NUMBER OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
IN EVERY 1000 BIRTHS,
IN EACH COUNTY OF
ENGLAND AND WALES.
⁂ The counties printed black are those in which the number of Illegitimate Births is above the Average.
The counties left white are those in which the number of Illegitimate Births is below the Average.
The Average is taken for four years (as long as the returns will allow).
The Average for all England and Wales is 67 in every 1000.