LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF CRIMINALS TO EVERY 10,000 OF THE POPULATION.
Counties above the Average in Crime.
| Gloucester | 26·1 |
| Worcester | 25·0 |
| Middlesex | 24·5 |
| Hereford | 23·8 |
| Chester | 22·6 |
| Warwick | 21·6 |
| Bucks | 20·4 |
| Somerset | 19·9 |
| Essex | 19·1 |
| Wilts | 18·9 |
| Lancaster | 18·5 |
| Monmouth | 18·0 |
| Stafford | 17·9 |
| Oxford | 17·8 |
| Southampton | 17·7 |
| Hertford | 17·5 |
| Leicester | 17·1 |
| Norfolk | 17·1 |
| Average for all England and Wales | 16·4 |
Counties above the Average in Crime.
| Kent | 16·4 |
| Surrey | 16·3 |
| Berks | 16·0 |
| Suffolk | 15·7 |
| Sussex | 15·3 |
| Bedford | 15·2 |
| Salop | 14·9 |
| Cambridge | 14·7 |
| Dorset | 14·6 |
| Northampton | 14·2 |
| Devon | 14·1 |
| Rutland | 13·9 |
| Lincoln | 12·8 |
| Nottingham | 11·8 |
| York | 11·4 |
| Derby | 10·5 |
| South Wales | 8·4 |
| Northumberland | 8·2 |
| Westmorland | 8·1 |
| Cornwall | 8·0 |
| Durham | 7·8 |
| North Wales | 7·2 |
| Cumberland | 7·1 |
THE YEARS OF CRIME.
| Years. | Number of Criminal Offenders. | Population. | Number of Criminals to every 10,000 people. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1811 | 5,337 | 10,150,615 | 5·2 |
| 1812 | 6,576 | 10,332,441 | 6·3 |
| 1813 | 7,164 | 10,515,267 | 6·8 |
| 1814 | 6,390 | 10,689,093 | 5·9 |
| 1815 | 7,818 | 10,881,919 | 7·3 |
| 1816 | 9,091 | 11,064,745 | 8·2 |
| 1817 | 13,932 | 11,247,571 | 11·5 |
| 1818 | 13,567 | 11,430,397 | 11·8 |
| 1819 | 14,254 | 11,613,223 | 12·2 |
| 1820 | 13,710 | 11,796,049 | 11·6 |
| Total for 10 years | 97,839 | 109,630,320 | |
| Average ditto. | 9,783 | 10,963,032 | 8·9 |
| 1821 | 13,115 | 11,978,875 | 10·9 |
| 1822 | 12,241 | 12,170,706 | 10·0 |
| 1823 | 12,263 | 12,362,537 | 9·9 |
| 1824 | 13,698 | 12,554,368 | 10·9 |
| 1825 | 14,437 | 12,746,199 | 11·3 |
| 1826 | 16,164 | 12,938,030 | 12·5 |
| 1827 | 17,924 | 13,129,861 | 13·6 |
| 1828 | 16,564 | 13,321,692 | 12·4 |
| 1829 | 18,675 | 13,531,523 | 13·8 |
| 1830 | 18,107 | 13,705,354 | 13·2 |
| Total for 10 years | 153,188 | 128,421,145 | |
| Average ditto | 15,318 | 12,842,114 | 11·9 |
| 1831 | 19,647 | 13,897,187 | 14·1 |
| 1832 | 20,829 | 14,098,142 | 14·7 |
| 1833 | 20,072 | 14,299,097 | 14·0 |
| 1834 | 22,451 | 14,500,052 | 15·4 |
| 1835 | 20,731 | 14,701,007 | 14·1 |
| 1836 | 20,984 | 14,901,962 | 14·1 |
| 1837 | 23,612 | 15,102,917 | 15·6 |
| 1838 | 23,094 | 15,303,872 | 15·1 |
| 1839 | 24,443 | 15,504,827 | 15·7 |
| 1840 | 27,187 | 15,705,782 | 17·3 |
| Total in 10 years | 223,050 | 148,114,825 | |
| Average ditto | 22,305 | 14,811,482 | 15·0 |
| 1841 | 27,750 | 15,914,148 | 17·4 |
| 1842 | 31,309 | 16,115,010 | 19·4 |
| 1843 | 29,591 | 16,315,872 | 18·1 |
| 1844 | 26,542 | 16,516,734 | 16·0 |
| 1845 | 24,303 | 16,717,596 | 14·5 |
| 1846 | 25,107 | 16,918,458 | 14·9 |
| 1847 | 28,833 | 17,119,320 | 16·8 |
| 1848 | 30,349 | 17,320,182 | 17·5 |
| 1849 | 27,816 | 17,521,044 | 15·9 |
| 1850 | 26,813 | 17,721,906 | 15·1 |
| Total for 10 years | 278,413 | 168,180,270 | |
| Average ditto | 27,841 | 16,818,027 | 16·5 |
