As in England the criminality in the cities is in general greater than in the country.
We find the same picture in the figures for [[531]]
France, 1881–1900.[326]
| Residence. | Number of Persons Arraigned to 100,000 of the Population. | |
| 1881–1885. | 1896–1900. | |
| Urban | 15.4 | 11.1 |
| Rural | 7.8 | 5.4 |
The following table gives figures for certain important crimes.[327]
| Crimes. | Percentage of Persons Arraigned. | |||
| Living in Rural Communes. | Living in Urban Communes. | |||
| 1881. | 1900. | 1881. | 1900. | |
| Murder | 64 | 50 | 36 | 50 |
| Homicide | 58 | 54 | 42 | 46 |
| Assaults | 50 | 56 | 50 | 44 |
| Indecent assaults | 55 | 53 | 45 | 47 |
| Forgery | 37 | 37 | 63 | 63 |
| Breach of trust | 35 | 14 | 65 | 86 |
| Arson | 77 | 74 | 23 | 26 |
| Theft | 33 | 21 | 67 | 79 |
In studying the preceding table it must be noted that in the two periods 34% and 39% of the population respectively were urban.
Netherlands, 1901.[328]
| Places where the Offense was Committed. | Percentage of Convicts who had Committed their Crimes in the Groups of Communes Designated. | Percentage of Whole Population Living in the Groups Designated. | ||||
| Total. | Rebellion. | Simple Assaults. | Simple Theft. | Aggravated Theft. | ||
| Communes of more than 20,000 inhabitants | 38.3 | 45.3 | 21.2 | 41.7 | 50.4 | 36.8 |
| Communes of less than 20,000 inhabitants | 61.7 | 54.7 | 78.8 | 58.3 | 49.6 | 63.2 |
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