France.
| Years.
| Accusations of Crime.
| Price of Wheat.
|
| 1845 | 5054 | 19.75 |
| 1846 | 5077 | 24.05 |
| 1847 | 5857 | 29.01 |
| 1848 | 4632 | 16.65 |
| 1849 | 4910 | 15.37 |
| 1850 | 5320 | 14.32 |
| 1851 | 5287 | 14.48 |
| 1852 | 5340 | 17.23 |
| 1853 | 5440 | 22.39 |
| 1854 | 5525 | 28.82 |
| 1855 | 4798 | 29.32 |
| 1856 | 4535 | 30.75 |
| 1857 | 4399 | 24.37 |
| 1858 | 4302 | 16.75 |
| 1859 | 3918 | 16.74 |
| 1860 | 3621 | 20.24 |
| 1861 | 3842 | 24.55 |
| 1862 | 3906 | 23.24 |
| 1863 | 3614 | 19.78 |
| 1864 | 3447 | 17.58 |
With but seven exceptions criminality here follows prices. When the figures for crimes against property are substituted for those for general criminality in the table, the agreement becomes greater: [[61]]
| 1847 | 4537 | 29.01 |
| 1848 | 3020 | 16.65 |
| 1849 | 2895 | 15.37 |
| 1850 | 3174 | 14.32 |
| 1851 | 3126 | 14.48 |
| 1852 | 3327 | 17.23 |
| 1853 | 3519 | 22.39 |
| 1854 | 3761 | 28.82 |
| 1855 | 3133 | 29.32 |
| 1856 | 2766 | 30.75 |
| 1857 | 2689 | 24.37 |
| 1858 | 2315 | 16.75 |
| 1859 | 2019 | 16.74 |
| 1861 | 2146 | 24.55 |
| 1862 | 2144 | 23.24 |
| 1863 | 1941 | 19.78 |
| 1864 | 1744 | 17.58 |
Belgium.
| Years.
| Price of Wheat.
| General Criminality.
| Offenses against Property.
|
| 1841 | 20.02 | 444 | 332 |
| 1842 | 22.17 | 468 | 361 |
| 1843 | 19.41 | 434 | 346 |
| 1844 | 17.75 | 455 | 336 |
| 1845 | 20.06 | 387 | 275 |
| 1846 | 24.53 | 616 | 498 |
| 1847 | 25.20 | 579 | 496 |
| 1848 | 17.37 | 529 | 427 |
| 1849 | 17.15 | 451 | 338 |
| 1850 | 16.15 | 270 | 168 |
| 1851 | 16.71 | 247 | 132 |
| 1852 | 20.16 | 290 | 140 |
| 1853 | 25.13 | 264 | 191 |
| 1854 | 31.48 | 336 | 238 |
| 1855 | 32.92 | 299 | 212 |
| 1856 | 30.73 | 332 | 268 |
| 1857 | 22.96 | 309 | 197 |
| 1858 | 23.55 | 278 | 167 |
| 1859 | 24.00 | 314 | 187 |
| 1860 | 31.15 | 254 | 161 |
It is to be noted here that in the years 1850–1860 the penal law was changed. The correlation is not constant but appears in many cases. The years of the crisis, 1846–1847, are especially interesting. [[62]]
| Years.
| Infanticide.
|
| 1845 | 5 |
| 1846 | 17 |
| 1852 | 7 |
| 1853 | 13 |
| 1854 | 12 |
| 1855 | 14 |
England.
| Years. | Price of Wheat. | Number of Criminal Offenders. |
| 1816 | 78 | .6 | 9,091 |
| 1817 | 96 | .11 | 13,932 |
| 1846 | 54 | .8 | 20,072 |
| 1847 | 69 | .9 | 22,451 |
| 1852 | 40 | .9 | 24,443 |
| 1853 | 53 | .3 | 27,187 |
| 1854 | 72 | .5 | 27,760 |
| 1855 | 74 | .8 | 31,309 |
| 1856 | 69 | .2 | 29,591 |
| 1857 | 56 | .4 | 26,542 |
| 1858 | 44 | .2 | 24,303 |