| Percentage above and below the Average. |
|---|
| In No. of Criminals. | In No. signing Register with Marks. | In No. of Criminals unable to read and write. |
|---|
| Counties having great Crime and great Ignorance. | |
| Worcester | †52·4 | †36·0 | † 8·5 |
| Chester | †37·8 | †15·0 | † 9·4 |
| Hereford | †45·1 | † 2·5 | †41·5 |
| Bucks | †24·4 | †22·5 | † 6·9 |
| Somerset | †21·3 | † 2·5 | † 7·2 |
| Essex | †16·4 | †25·0 | †24·2 |
| Lancaster | †12·8 | †30·0 | †22·0 |
| Hertford | † 6·7 | †35·0 | †29·8 |
| Norfolk | † 4·2 | †15·0 | †19·1 |
| Counties having little Crime and little Ignorance. | |
| Cumberland | *56·7 | *37·5 | *15·4 |
| Westmorland | *50·6 | *32·5 | *38·6 |
| Northumberland | *50·0 | *30·0 | *19·1 |
| Derby | *36·0 | * 2·5 | *23·5 |
| Lincoln | *22·0 | * 2·5 | *14·8 |
| Devon | *14·0 | *20·0 | *12·9 |
| Sussex | * 6·7 | *15·0 | * 4·0 |
| Surrey | * ·6 | *47·5 | *13·8 |
| Counties having great Crime, and in which the Ignorance Tests are contradictory. | |
| Warwick | †31·7 | * 5·0 | † 9·7 |
| Wilts | †15·2 | †20·0 | *20·4 |
| Monmouth | † 9·7 | †47·0 | *12·2 |
| Stafford | † 9·1 | †30·0 | * 3·4 |
| Leicester | † 4·2 | † 2·5 | *11·6 |
| Counties having great Crime and little Ignorance. | |
| Gloucester | †59·1 | *12·5 | *11·9 |
| Middlesex | †49·4 | *55·0 | *21·7 |
| Oxford | † 8·5 | * 2·5 | * ·9 |
| Southampton | † 7·9 | *15·0 | *13·5 |
| Counties having little Crime and great Ignorance. | |
| North Wales | *56·1 | †37·5 | †20·4 |
| South Wales | *48·7 | †42·5 | †14·7 |
| Hants | *14·0 | †22·5 | † 1·9 |
| Northampton | *13·4 | † 7·5 | † 1·5 |
| Salop | * 9·1 | †20·0 | †25·8 |
| Bedford | * 7·3 | †40·0 | †28·3 |
| Suffolk | * 4·2 | †20·0 | † 8·1 |
| Counties having little Crime, and in which the Ignorance Tests are contradictory. | |
| Durham | *51·8 | *10·0 | † 1·5 |
| Cornwall | *51·2 | †12·5 | * 6·9 |
| York | *30·5 | †10·0 | * 8·5 |
| Nottingham | *28·0 | † 5·0 | * 5·6 |
| Berks | *21·4 | † 5·0 | * 4·7 |
| Rutland | *15·2 | †22·5 | * 2·5 |
| Cambridge | *10·3 | †12·5 | * 2·5 |
| Dorset | *10·0 | *10·0 | † 4·7 |
| Kent | | *20·0 | † 6·3 |