TABLE A—POPULATION.

1801. 1811. 1821. 1831. 1841. 1851.
County of Worcester 139,333 160,546 184,424 211,365 233,484 276,926a
City of Worcester 11,131 13,551 16,207 b18,442 27,023 27,528
Dudley 10,307 13,925 18,611 23,443 31,232 37,954
Stourbridge (including the Lye and Upper Swinford) 8,297 9,755 11,227 13,571 17,483 19,246
Kidderminster Bor. & For. 8,036 10,025 12,752 17,913 17,500 20,852
Bromsgrove 5,898 6,932 7,511 8,612 9,676 10,310
Redditch 1,000 3,314 4,774
Stourport 1,603 2,352 2,544 2,952 2,952 2,993
Evesham 2,837 3,068 3,472 3,976 4,245 4,605
Pershore 1,910 2,179 2,328 2,536 2,717
Droitwich 1,840 1,977 2,176 2,487 2,779 3,125
Upton 1,858 2,167 2,319 2,343 2,599 2,698
Tenbury 1,541 1,562 1,668 1,768 1,776 1,784
Great Malvern 2,768 3,763

a By the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 61, part of Halesowen parish, containing 18,827 persons in 1851, and parts of other parishes, locally situated in Worcestershire, but belonging to other counties previously, became parts of Worcestershire. Taking the same limits, the population of Worcestershire in 1841 was 248,460.

b The population of Worcester, even at this time, was estimated at 25,000; but the figures given above, up to this census, only indicate the population included within the old city boundary.

WORCESTERSHIRE.—CENSUS OF 1851.

HOUSES.

POPULATION.

Inhabited.

Uninhabited.

Building.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Eastern Division

32,136

1,387

236

81,441

81,067

162,508

Western Division

23,503

1,336

101

55,515

58,903

114,418

Entire County

55,639

2,723

337

136,956

139,970

276,926

TABLE No. 2.—CRIMINAL STATISTICS.

The following statistics only relate to the county of Worcester. Prior to 1821 there are no records of convictions, &c., in existence; the Table, therefore, commences with that year.

Year.

In what Court Tried.

Number of Prisoner Tried.

Number Capitally Convicted.

Number Sentenced to Transportation.

No. Sentenced various terms of Imprisonment.

Number Acquitted or Discharged.

Summary Convictions.

Total Number of Persons Convicted.

Proportion of Convicted to Population.

1821

Assizes

80

25*

15

18

22

Sessions

167

26

92

49

292

468

1 in 359

1822

Assizes

58

16

6

10

26

Sessions

132

22

57

53

324

437

1 in 390

1823

Assizes

69

15*

8

20

26

Sessions

68

12

35

21

348

438

1 in 397

1824

Assizes

49

16

5

12

16

Sessions

86

8

37

41

352

430

1 in 408

1825

Assizes

54

15

6

21

12

Sessions

103

14

51

38

363

469

1 in 379

1826

Assizes

90

27*

10

30

23

Sessions

70

8

36

26

304

405

1 in 446

1827

Assizes

110

34

25

29

22

Sessions

124

17

79

28

332

516

1 in 354

1828

Assizes

42

13

6

10

13

Sessions

156

27

88

41

304

448

1 in 414

a1829

Assizes

83

39

5

13

26

Sessions

154

34

75

45

287

453

1 in 412

1830

Assizes

80

32*

3

12

33

Sessions

142

25

81

36

319

470

1 in 405

1831

Assizes

90

43*

7

23

17

Sessions

220

41

112

67

402

628

1 in 307

1832

Assizes

74

28*

9

16

21

Sessions

164

36

83

45

373

545

1 in 345

1833

Assizes

73

22

13

19

19

Sessions

258

53

137

68

448

692

1 in 285

1834

Assizes

69

3*

20

23

23

Sessions

260

63

124

73

526

759

1 in 262

1835

Assizes

51

11

6

16

18

Sessions

139

24

82

33

373

512

1 in 393

b1836

Assizes

47

4

14

12

17

Sessions

212

32

125

55

357

544

1 in 363

a1837

Assizes

66

14*

10

24

18

Sessions

278

47

141

90

328

564

1 in 354

1838

Assizes

64

3

23

21

17

Sessions

303

36

179

88

425

687

1 in 292

1839

Assizes

70

1

16

31

22

Sessions

323

44

190

89

411

693

1 in 292

c1840

Assizes

76

10

36

30

Sessions

474

68

278

128

566

958

1 in 202

1841

Assizes

99

1

9

60

29

Sessions

383

43

231

109

461

805

1 in 256

1842

Assizes

101

1

16

59

25

Sessions

440

57

252

131

439

824

1 in 253

1843

Assizes

120

2

14

44

60

Sessions

418

39

245

142

535

879

1 in 242

1844

Assizes

141

1

17

78

45

Sessions

390

31

239

120

535

901

1 in 237

1845

Assizes

135

1

20

66

48

Sessions

368

28

220

120

460

785

1 in 298

1846

Assizes

154

17

79

58

Sessions

329

7

220

102

377

700

1 in 337

a1847

Assizes

88

7

52

29

Sessions

458

30

302

126

458

849

1 in 281

1848

Assizes

109

12

70

27

Sessions

515

21

354

140

599

1056

1 in 228

1849

Assizes

99

3*

10

33

53

Sessions

452

50

289

113

614

999

1 in 244

1850

Assizes

115

3

15

62

35

Sessions

427

38

280

109

605

1003

1 in 246

* Executions in all these years—vide pp. 146, 148.