Another thing that strikes him is the influence of the small landed proprietor. “The possession of even a small piece of property in land … is no slight preventative of crime against property.”[24] The author gives the following statistical summary. [[52]]
He ranks in the class of small land holdings estates of 30 acres[25] and below. The total amounts to 10,655,460 acres to 1,716,535 estates, with an average of 6 acres.
There were in the following provinces:
| Posen | 57,519 | of these estates, or 1 to | 25 | inhabitants. |
| Prussia | 93,793 | of,, these,, estates,,, or,, 1,, to,, | 30 | inhabitants.,, |
| Pomerania | 61,752 | of,, these,, estates,,, or,, 1,, to,, | 22 | inhabitants.,, |
| Silesia | 230,710 | of,, these,, estates,,, or,, 1,, to,, | 14 | inhabitants.,, |
| Total of the Eastern group | 443,774 | of,, these,, estates,,, or,, 1,, to,, | 18 | inhabitants.,, |
| Rhenish provinces | 788,473 | of,, these,, estates,,, or,, 1,, to,, | 4 | inhabitants.,, |
| Brandenburg | 112,532 | of,, these,, estates,,, or,, 1,, to,, | 22 | inhabitants.,, |
| Westphalia | 197,383 | of,, these,, estates,,, or,, 1,, to,, | 8 | inhabitants.,, |
| Saxony | 174,373 | of,, these,, estates,,, or,, 1,, to,, | 11 | inhabitants.,, |
| Total of Western group | 1,272,761 | of,, these,, estates,,, or,, 1,, to,, | 8 | inhabitants.,, |
“The Rhenish provinces alone, then, have nearly twice as many as the four Eastern provinces together! This explains the figure, 5.59, for this district given in the table above, taken in connection with the noteworthy care given to the poor. Can the connection between the ratios given above and those of the occurrence of crimes against property be denied?”[26]
In this connection he treats of housing conditions, for which he gives the following figures.
Dwellings to 1 league:
| Posen | 258 | Rhenish Provinces | 901 |
| Prussia | 230 | Brandenburg | 304 |
| Pomerania | 218 | Westphalia | 579 |
| Silesia | 546 | Saxony | 529 |
| Total | 1252 | Total | 2313 |
A more detailed summary of the number of inhabitants shows us that there were:
| Posen. | Prussia. | Pomerania. | Silesia. | Rhenish Prov. | Brandenburg. | Westphalia. | Saxony. | |
| Inhab. | Inhab. | Inhab. | Inhab. | Inhab. | Inhab. | Inhab. | Inhab. | |
| In each dwelling | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
| In the cities | 11.2 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 13.3 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| In the hamlets | 8.8 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| In the villages | 9.3 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6.5 |