The Average for all England and Wales is 68 in every 10,000,000 People.
Monmouth (the highest)171
Nottingham (the lowest)28

TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH REGARD TO RAPE.

COUNTIES.Average Population from 1841-50.Total Number Committed for Rape.
1841.1842.1843.1844.1845.1846.1847.1848.1849.1850.
Bedford121,08322....1....111
Berks194,7631113......312
Bucks140,95911272..2..52
Cambridge180,7471......122112
Chester395,9191976..711126
Cornwall349,991711213..522
Cumberland186,762......3..2....2..
Derby250,249....52..21..11
Devon554,73811511544..5
Dorset172,736..13..2..11..1
Durham368,7872285197454
Essex332,363210212142422
Gloucester407,504..127222147
Hereford97,813........112..1..
Hertford168,178..6..5231421
Hunts57,9421..............11
Kent585,24911078111123
Lancaster1,881,261881112108121249
Leicester227,6211322..21..41
Lincoln378,246..121....34..2
Middlesex1,740,81491311812121515119
Monmouth164,0933225461..15
Norfolk419,4632143272459
Northampton206,4963..123....124
Northumberland284,7771..63..12..3..
Nottingham282,584..121..1..111
Oxford166,7511..21231311
Rutland23,711....1........1....
Salop243,352..222112....5
Somerset452,5152..36..43323
Southampton377,0404144213451
Stafford579,6866484510861713
Suffolk325,336132..232232
Surrey635,917..161734544
Sussex320,944542..32....1..
Warwick444,558..514....1233
Westmorland57,494..........4........
Wilts241,8873622121213
Worcester244,5741142181..33
York1,686,4615123212177141515
North Wales396,16132....2..12..2
South Wales568,430..331131332
Total for England and Wales16,918,458781181271278613997124121137
Total for 10 years.Annual Average.No. committed annually for Rape in every 10,000,000 Persons.Proportion per Cent above and below the Aver.
† denotes above.
* „ below.
8·866*2·9
121·262*8·8
222·2156†129·4
101·055*19·1
505·0126†85·3
242·468
7·737*45·6
121·248*29·4
272·749*27·9
9·952*23·5
474·7127†86·8
424·2126†85·3
282·869†1·5
5·551*25·0
242·4143†110·3
3·352*23·5
353·560*11·8
949·450*26·5
161·670†2·9
131·334*50·0
11511·566*2·9
292·9177†145·6
393·993†36·8
151·573†7·4
161·656*17·6
8·828*58·8
151·590†32·4
2·284†23·5
151·562*8·8
262·657*16·2
292·977†13·2
818·1140†105·9
202·061*10·3
353·555*19·1
171·753*22·1
191·943*36·8
4·470†2·9
232·395†39·7
242·49†44·1
10210·260*11·8
121·230*55·9
202·035*48·5
1154115·468
COUNTIES.Average Population from 1841-50.Total Number Committed for Rape.Total for 10 years.Annual Average.No. committed annually for Rape in every 10,000,000 Persons.Proportion per Cent above and below the Aver.
† denotes above.
* „ below.
1841.1842.1843.1844.1845.1846.1847.1848.1849.1850.
Bedford121,08322....1....1118·866*2·9
Berks194,7631113......312121·262*8·8
Bucks140,95911272..2..52222·2156†129·4
Cambridge180,7471......122112101·055*19·1
Chester395,9191976..711126505·0126†85·3
Cornwall349,991711213..522242·468
Cumberland186,762......3..2....2..7·737*45·6
Derby250,249....52..21..11121·248*29·4
Devon554,73811511544..5272·749*27·9
Dorset172,736..13..2..11..19·952*23·5
Durham368,7872285197454474·7127†86·8
Essex332,363210212142422424·2126†85·3
Gloucester407,504..127222147282·869†1·5
Hereford97,813........112..1..5·551*25·0
Hertford168,178..6..5231421242·4143†110·3
Hunts57,9421..............113·352*23·5
Kent585,24911078111123353·560*11·8
Lancaster1,881,261881112108121249949·450*26·5
Leicester227,6211322..21..41161·670†2·9
Lincoln378,246..121....34..2131·334*50·0
Middlesex1,740,8149131181212151511911511·566*2·9
Monmouth164,0933225461..15292·9177†145·6
Norfolk419,4632143272459393·993†36·8
Northampton206,4963..123....124151·573†7·4
Northumberland284,7771..63..12..3..161·656*17·6
Nottingham282,584..121..1..1118·828*58·8
Oxford166,7511..21231311151·590†32·4
Rutland23,711....1........1....2·284†23·5
Salop243,352..222112....5151·562*8·8
Somerset452,5152..36..43323262·657*16·2
Southampton377,0404144213451292·977†13·2
Stafford579,6866484510861713818·1140†105·9
Suffolk325,336132..232232202·061*10·3
Surrey635,917..161734544353·555*19·1
Sussex320,944542..32....1..171·753*22·1
Warwick444,558..514....1233191·943*36·8
Westmorland57,494..........4........4·470†2·9
Wilts241,8873622121213232·395†39·7
Worcester244,5741142181..33242·49†44·1
York1,686,461512321217714151510210·260*11·8
North Wales396,16132....2..12..2121·230*55·9
South Wales568,430..331131332202·035*48·5
Total for England and Wales16,918,4587811812712786139971241211371154115·468

⁂ The proportionate number of persons perpetrating this crime has been calculated with reference to the entire population, instead of the male part of it only, as at the first glance might seem necessary, males only being capable of committing the above offence. But it was found, on examination, that the intensity of the criminality in the several counties in this respect was influenced by the relative number of females. Monmouth contains the greatest number of males in proportion to females; so that, were the male population alone considered, the criminality of that county in the above respect would be considerably decreased. But the fact of there being more rapes in Monmouth than elsewhere would appear to be owing to the very excess of males over females in that county; the average, therefore, has been calculated from the entire population.

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.