THE CRIME OF RAPE COMPARED WITH THE RELATIVE NUMBER OF FEMALES TO MALES IN EACH COUNTY.
| Counties in which the Number of Rapes and the Number of Females are both above the Average. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | Counties in which the Number of Rapes is above and the Number of Females below the Average. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Number of Rapes. | In No. of Females to Males. | In Number of Rapes. | In No. of Females to Males. | ||
| Norfolk | †36·8 | †1·0 | Monmouth | †145·6 | *12·4 |
| Gloucester | † 1·5 | †6·7 | Bucks | †129·4 | * 1·9 |
| Hertford | †110·3 | * 2·9 | |||
| Stafford | †105·9 | * 7·6 | |||
| Counties in which the Number of Rapes and the Number of Females are both below the Average. | Durham | † 86·8 | * 5·7 | ||
| Nottingham | *58·8 | *1·0 | Chester | † 85·3 | * |
| North Wales | *55·9 | *2·9 | Essex | † 85·3 | * 4·8 |
| Lincoln | *50·0 | *5·7 | Worcester | † 44·1 | * 1·0 |
| South Wales | *48·5 | *2·9 | Wilts | † 39·7 | * 1·9 |
| Cumberland | *45·6 | *1·9 | Oxford | † 32·4 | * 5·7 |
| Warwick | *36·8 | *1·0 | Rutland | † 23·5 | * 6·7 |
| Derby | *29·4 | *3·3 | Southampton | † 13·2 | * 3·8 |
| Lancaster | *26·5 | * | Northampton | † 7·4 | * 3·8 |
| Hereford | *25·0 | *5·7 | Leicester | † 2·9 | * 1·0 |
| Hunts | *23·5 | *3·8 | Westmorland | † 2·9 | * 3·8 |
| Sussex | *22·1 | *1·9 | |||
| Cambridge | *19·1 | *3·8 | |||
| Northumb. | *17·6 | *1·9 | Counties in which the Number of Rapes is below and the Number of Females above the Average. | ||
| York | *11·8 | *2·9 | Devon | *27·9 | † 5·7 |
| Kent | *11·8 | *3·8 | Dorset | *23·5 | † 1·9 |
| Suffolk | *10·3 | *1·9 | Surrey | *19·1 | † 5·7 |
| Salop | * 8·8 | *3·8 | Somerset | *16·2 | † 5·7 |
| Berks | * 8·8 | *3·8 | Middlesex | * 2·9 | † 8·6 |
| Bedford | * 2·9 | † 2·9 | |||
| Cornwall | * | † 1·9 | |||
⁂ The rule appears to be, that the number of Rapes is the greatest in those counties where the number of Females is the least.
MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF
PERSONS COMMITTED FOR CARNALLY ABUSING GIRLS
BETWEEN THE AGE OF TEN AND TWELVE YEARS
IN EVERY 10,000,000 OF THE POPULATION,
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 has been calculated for the ten years from 1841 to 1850.
| The Average for all England and Wales is | 3 | in every | 10,000,000 People. |
| Westmoreland (the highest) | 17 | „ | „ |