| Chester | 259 |
| Cumberland | 125 |
| Lancaster | 124 |
| Durham | 97 |
| Surrey | 83 |
| Monmouth | 78 |
| Middlesex | 65 |
| Hereford | 63 |
| Warwick | 62 |
Counties below the Average.
| York | 59 |
| Berks | 54 |
| Kent | 52 |
| Lincoln | 51 |
| Westmorland | 51 |
| Stafford | 46 |
| Hunts | 44 |
| Worcester | 43 |
| Gloucester | 40 |
| Norfolk | 39 |
| Northumberland | 34 |
| Derby | 33 |
| Devon | 32 |
| Bedford | 32 |
| North Wales | 31 |
| Salop | 31 |
| Somerset | 29 |
| Essex | 28 |
| Nottingham | 24 |
| Cambridge | 22 |
| Sussex | 19 |
| South Wales | 17 |
| Southampton | 17 |
| Wilts | 12 |
| Dorset | 9 |
| Cornwall | 8 |
| Suffolk | 8 |
| Leicester | 6 |
| Northampton | 6 |
| Bucks | 0 |
| Hertford | 0 |
| Oxford | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Average for England and Wales | 59 |
MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED FOR
ABDUCTION
IN EVERY 10,000,000 OF THE MALE 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 is calculated for the ten years, from 1841 to 1850.