APPENDIX.
MAPS AND TABLES
ILLUSTRATING THE CRIMINAL STATISTICS OF EACH OF THE COUNTIES
OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1851.
| PAGE | |
| Map showing the Density of the Population | 451 |
| Table of ditto | 452 |
| Map showing the Intensity of Criminality | 455 |
| Table of ditto | 456 |
| Map showing the Intensity of Ignorance | 459 |
| Table of ditto | 460 |
| Table of Ignorance among Criminals | 462 |
| Table of Relative Degrees of Criminality | 464 |
| Comparative Educational Tables | 465 |
| Map showing the Number of Illegitimate Children | 467 |
| Table of ditto | 468 |
| Map showing the Number of Early Marriages | 471 |
| Table of ditto | 472 |
| Map showing the Number of Females | 475 |
| Table of ditto | 476 |
| Map showing Committals for Rape | 477 |
| Table of ditto | 479 |
| Map showing Committals for Carnally abusing Girls | 481 |
| Table of ditto | 482 |
| Map showing Committals for Disorderly Houses | 485 |
| Table of ditto | 486 |
| Map showing Concealment of Births | 489 |
| Table of ditto | 490 |
| Map showing Attempts at Miscarriage | 493 |
| Table of ditto | 494 |
| Map showing Assaults with Intent | 497 |
| Table of ditto | 498 |
| Map showing Committals for Bigamy | 499 |
| Table of ditto | 500 |
| Map showing Committals for Abduction | 501 |
| Table of ditto | 502 |
| Map showing the Criminality of Females | 503 |
| Table of ditto | 504 |
MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TO EVERY 100 ACRES;
OR
THE DENSITY OF THE POPULATION
IN EACH OF THE COUNTIES OF
ENGLAND AND WALES
in 1851
⁂ The counties printed black are those in which the Population is above the average density.
The counties left white are those in which the Population is below the average density.
The average has been calculated from the last returns of the Registrar-General.
TABLE SHOWING THE DENSITY OF THE POPULATION IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1851.
| COUNTIES. | Dimensions. | Houses. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square Miles. | Statute Acres. | Number of Inhabited Houses. | Number of Uninhabited Houses. | Number of Houses Building. | Total Number of Houses, 1851. | Total Number of Houses, 1841. | Increase of Houses per cent., 1841-51. | |
| Bedford | 465 | 297,632 | 25,694 | 676 | 126 | 26,496 | 22,877 | 15.8 |
| Berks | 741 | 473,920 | 39,462 | 1,563 | 211 | 41,236 | 39,660 | 4.0 |
| Bucks | 725 | 463,880 | 29,217 | 1,103 | 89 | 30,409 | 28,860 | 5.4 |
| Cambridge | 838 | 536,313 | 38,773 | 1,777 | 204 | 40,754 | 35,799 | 13.8 |
| Chester | 1014 | 649,050 | 79,849 | 4,248 | 756 | 84,853 | 75,103 | 13.0 |
| Cornwall | 1336 | 854,770 | 68,214 | 4,528 | 353 | 73,095 | 71,913 | 1.6 |
| Cumberland | 1515 | 969,490 | 36,771 | 1,531 | 238 | 38,540 | 37,160 | 3.7 |
| Derby | 1036 | 663,180 | 52,482 | 2,411 | 423 | 55,316 | 49,477 | 1.2 |
| Devon | 2557 | 1,636,450 | 99,104 | 6,016 | 765 | 105,885 | 102,424 | 3.4 |
| Dorset | 980 | 627,220 | 34,771 | 1,554 | 218 | 36,543 | 35,400 | 3.2 |
| Durham | 1062 | 679,530 | 68,989 | 3,030 | 595 | 72,614 | 61,940 | 17.2 |
| Essex | 1530 | 979,000 | 68,383 | 3,353 | 364 | 72,100 | 65,570 | 10.0 |
| Gloucester | 1235 | 790,470 | 78,385 | 4,961 | 393 | 83,739 | 79,953 | 4.7 |
| Hereford | 850 | 543,800 | 20,453 | 983 | 69 | 21,505 | 21,119 | 1.8 |
| Hertford | 626 | 400,350 | 33,954 | 1,189 | 214 | 35,357 | 32,687 | 8.2 |
| Hunts | 379 | 242,250 | 12,472 | 641 | 62 | 13,175 | 11,676 | 12.8 |
| Kent | 1519 | 972,240 | 108,386 | 5,516 | 1290 | 115,192 | 101,717 | 13.3 |
| Lancaster | 1746 | 1,117,260 | 356,436 | 17,453 | 3470 | 377,359 | 322,148 | 17.1 |
| Leicester | 799 | 511,340 | 49,968 | 1,599 | 198 | 51,765 | 49,470 | 4.6 |
| Lincoln | 2600 | 1,663,850 | 79,667 | 3,394 | 579 | 83,640 | 74,138 | 12.8 |
| Middlesex | 280 | 179,590 | 242,798 | 12,213 | 3276 | 258,287 | 222,443 | 16.1 |
| Monmouth | 507 | 324,310 | 32,901 | 1,473 | 183 | 34,557 | 30,099 | 4.8 |
| Norfolk | 2019 | 1,292,300 | 91,143 | 3,312 | 449 | 94,904 | 88,378 | 7.4 |
| Northampton | 1011 | 646,810 | 43,945 | 1,478 | 238 | 45,661 | 42,358 | 7.8 |
| Northumberland | 1821 | 1,165,430 | 47,509 | 2,060 | 384 | 49,953 | 55,337 | 10.8[95] |
| Nottingham | 822 | 525,800 | 59,427 | 1,481 | 267 | 61,175 | 57,611 | 6.2 |
| Oxford | 730 | 467,230 | 34,922 | 1,323 | 105 | 36,350 | 34,151 | 6.4 |
| Rutland | 152 | 97,500 | 4,961 | 153 | 18 | 5,132 | 4,899 | 4.8 |
| Salop | 1351 | 864,360 | 48,842 | 2,184 | 112 | 51,138 | 50,131 | 2.0 |
| Somerset | 1606 | 1,028,090 | 87,776 | 5,090 | 396 | 93,252 | 90,947 | 2.6 |
| Southampton | 1591 | 1,018,550 | 74,588 | 3,471 | 617 | 78,676 | 69,807 | 12.7 |
| Stafford | 1150 | 736,290 | 120,501 | 4,526 | 962 | 125,989 | 107,941 | 16.7 |
| Suffolk | 1436 | 918,760 | 69,479 | 3,098 | 424 | 73,001 | 67,050 | 8.9 |
| Surrey | 741 | 474,480 | 109,453 | 5,717 | 1663 | 116,838 | 101,121 | 15.6 |
| Sussex | 1419 | 907,920 | 59,308 | 2,220 | 609 | 62,137 | 58,506 | 6·2 |
| Warwick | 887 | 567,930 | 98,323 | 4,609 | 977 | 103,909 | 90,868 | 14·4 |
| Westmorland | 759 | 485,990 | 11,247 | 530 | 94 | 11,871 | 11,783 | 0·8 |
| Wilts | 1356 | 8,060 | 49,061 | 2,223 | 171 | 51,455 | 49,918 | 3·1 |
| Worcester | 718 | 9,710 | 52,055 | 2,753 | 362 | 55,170 | 49,371 | 11·8 |
| York | 5733 | 3,669,510 | 358,694 | 16,469 | 3244 | 378,417 | 341,147 | 10·9 |
| Travelling | ||||||||
| North Wales | 3194 | 2,044,160 | 83,091 | 3,720 | 522 | 87,333 | 85,847 | 8·5 |
| South Wales | 4231 | 2,707,840 | 119,507 | 5,269 | 844 | 125,620 | 115,822 | 1·7 |
| Total for England and Wales | 57,067 | 36,522,615 | 3,280,961 | 152,898 | 26,534 | 3,460,393 | 3,144,626 | 10·0 |
| Population, 1851. | Density. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Population, 1851. | Total Population, 1841. | Increase of Population per cent., 1841-51. | No. of Persons to each 100 acres. | No. of acres to each Person. | No. of acres to each House. | No. of Persons to each Inhabited House. |
| 62,420 | 67,369 | 129,789 | 112,378 | 16 | 43.5 | 2.3 | 11.2 | 5.1 |
| 99,227 | 99,927 | 199,154 | 189,227 | 5 | 41.7 | 2.4 | 11.5 | 5.0 |
| 70,784 | 72,886 | 143,670 | 138,248 | 4 | 31.3 | 3.2 | 15.2 | 4.9 |
| 95,505 | 96,351 | 191,856 | 169,638 | 13 | 35.8 | 2.8 | 13.1 | 4.9 |
| 206,715 | 216,723 | 423,438 | 368,115 | 15 | 65.2 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
| 171,979 | 184,683 | 356,662 | 343,265 | 4 | 41.7 | 2.4 | 11.6 | 5.2 |
| 96,106 | 99,381 | 195,487 | 177,807 | 10 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 25.1 | 5.3 |
| 129,379 | 131,328 | 260,707 | 239,791 | 9 | 40.0 | 2.5 | 11.9 | 5.0 |
| 271,579 | 300,628 | 572,207 | 534,883 | 6 | 34.5 | 2.9 | 15.4 | 5.7 |
| 85,816 | 91,781 | 177,597 | 167,689 | 6 | 28.6 | 3.5 | 17.1 | 5.1 |
| 206,666 | 204,866 | 411,532 | 325,854 | 26 | 62.5 | 1.6 | 9.3 | 5.9 |
| 172,161 | 171,755 | 343,916 | 320,605 | 7 | 34.5 | 2.9 | 13.5 | 5.0 |
| 198,122 | 221,353 | 419,475 | 395,533 | 6 | 53.0 | 1.9 | 9.4 | 5.3 |
| 49,694 | 49,418 | 99,112 | 96,515 | 3 | 18.2 | 5.5 | 25.3 | 4.8 |
| 86,331 | 87,632 | 173,963 | 162,394 | 7 | 43.5 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 5.1 |
| 29,984 | 30,336 | 60,320 | 55,565 | 9 | 25.0 | 4.0 | 18.3 | 4.8 |
| 308,115 | 311,092 | 619,207 | 540,275 | 14 | 63.6 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 5.7 |
| 1,005,627 | 1,058,286 | 2,063,913 | 1,696,377 | 22 | 200.0 | .5 | 2.9 | 5.8 |
| 115,295 | 119,643 | 234,938 | 220,263 | 7 | 45.4 | 2.2 | 9.9 | 4.7 |
| 201,027 | 199,239 | 400,266 | 356,226 | 12 | 23.8 | 4.2 | 19.9 | 5.0 |
| 885,614 | 1,010,096 | 1,895,710 | 1,582,538 | 20 | 1059.0 | .09 | .7 | 7.9 |
| 92,095 | 85,070 | 177,165 | 150,544 | 17 | 55.5 | 1.8 | 9.3 | 5.4 |
| 210,360 | 223,443 | 433,803 | 404,971 | 7 | 33.3 | 3.0 | 13.6 | 4.8 |
| 106,533 | 107,251 | 213,784 | 198,518 | 7 | 33.3 | 3.0 | 14.1 | 4.9 |
| 149,158 | 154,377 | 303,535 | 265,636 | 13 | 25.6 | 3.9 | 23.3 | 6.3 |
| 144,428 | 150,010 | 294,438 | 270,535 | 9 | 55.5 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 5.0 |
| 85,449 | 84,837 | 170,286 | 163,216 | 4 | 37.0 | 2.7 | 12.8 | 4.9 |
| 12,270 | 12,002 | 24,272 | 23,151 | 5 | 25.0 | 4.0 | 19.0 | 4.9 |
| 122,022 | 122,997 | 245,019 | 241,685 | 1 | 28.6 | 3.5 | 16.9 | 5.0 |
| 216,716 | 239,521 | 456,237 | 448,793 | 2 | 43.5 | 2.3 | 11.0 | 5.2 |
| 199,834 | 202,199 | 402,033 | 348,298 | 13 | 38.4 | 2.6 | 12.9 | 5.3 |
| 320,394 | 310,112 | 630,506 | 528,867 | 20 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 165,267 | 170,724 | 335,991 | 314,467 | 7 | 37.0 | 2.7 | 12.5 | 4.8 |
| 325,155 | 359,650 | 684,805 | 586,816 | 17 | 144.0 | .7 | 4.0 | 6.3 |
| 166,828 | 172,600 | 339,428 | 302,081 | 12 | 37·0 | 2·7 | 14·6 | 5·7 |
| 235,263 | 244,716 | 479,979 | 408,814 | 18 | 83·3 | 1·2 | ·54 | 4·9 |
| 29,064 | 29,316 | 58,380 | 56,609 | 3 | 12·0 | 8·3 | 40·9 | 5·2 |
| 118,839 | 122,164 | 241,003 | 242,772 | 0·7 | 27·7 | 3·6 | 16·8 | 4·9 |
| 126,739 | 132,023 | 258,762 | 230,387 | 13 | 55·5 | 1·8 | 8·5 | 5·0 |
| 886,845 | 901,922 | 1,788,767 | 1,582,977 | 13 | 48·7 | 2·5 | 9·7 | 4·9 |
| 5,016 | ||||||||
| 200,538 | 203,622 | 404,160 | 388,106 | 4 | 19· | 5·1 | 23·2 | 4·9 |
| 300,645 | 306,851 | 607,496 | 528,849 | 14 | 22·2 | 4·5 | 21·5 | 5·1 |
| 8,762,588 | 9,160,180 | 17,922,768 | 15,804,294 | 13 | 49·7 | 2·0 | 10·5 | 5·5 |
| COUNTIES. | Dimensions. | Houses. | Population, 1851. | Density. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square Miles. | Statute Acres. | Number of Inhabited Houses. | Number of Uninhabited Houses. | Number of Houses Building. | Total Number of Houses, 1851. | Total Number of Houses, 1841. | Increase of Houses per cent., 1841-51. | Males. | Females. | Total Population, 1851. | Total Population, 1841. | Increase of Population per cent., 1841-51. | No. of Persons to each 100 acres. | No. of acres to each Person. | No. of acres to each House. | No. of Persons to each Inhabited House. | |
| Bedford | 465 | 297,632 | 25,694 | 676 | 126 | 26,496 | 22,877 | 15.8 | 62,420 | 67,369 | 129,789 | 112,378 | 16 | 43.5 | 2.3 | 11.2 | 5.1 |
| Berks | 741 | 473,920 | 39,462 | 1,563 | 211 | 41,236 | 39,660 | 4.0 | 99,227 | 99,927 | 199,154 | 189,227 | 5 | 41.7 | 2.4 | 11.5 | 5.0 |
| Bucks | 725 | 463,880 | 29,217 | 1,103 | 89 | 30,409 | 28,860 | 5.4 | 70,784 | 72,886 | 143,670 | 138,248 | 4 | 31.3 | 3.2 | 15.2 | 4.9 |
| Cambridge | 838 | 536,313 | 38,773 | 1,777 | 204 | 40,754 | 35,799 | 13.8 | 95,505 | 96,351 | 191,856 | 169,638 | 13 | 35.8 | 2.8 | 13.1 | 4.9 |
| Chester | 1014 | 649,050 | 79,849 | 4,248 | 756 | 84,853 | 75,103 | 13.0 | 206,715 | 216,723 | 423,438 | 368,115 | 15 | 65.2 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
| Cornwall | 1336 | 854,770 | 68,214 | 4,528 | 353 | 73,095 | 71,913 | 1.6 | 171,979 | 184,683 | 356,662 | 343,265 | 4 | 41.7 | 2.4 | 11.6 | 5.2 |
| Cumberland | 1515 | 969,490 | 36,771 | 1,531 | 238 | 38,540 | 37,160 | 3.7 | 96,106 | 99,381 | 195,487 | 177,807 | 10 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 25.1 | 5.3 |
| Derby | 1036 | 663,180 | 52,482 | 2,411 | 423 | 55,316 | 49,477 | 1.2 | 129,379 | 131,328 | 260,707 | 239,791 | 9 | 40.0 | 2.5 | 11.9 | 5.0 |
| Devon | 2557 | 1,636,450 | 99,104 | 6,016 | 765 | 105,885 | 102,424 | 3.4 | 271,579 | 300,628 | 572,207 | 534,883 | 6 | 34.5 | 2.9 | 15.4 | 5.7 |
| Dorset | 980 | 627,220 | 34,771 | 1,554 | 218 | 36,543 | 35,400 | 3.2 | 85,816 | 91,781 | 177,597 | 167,689 | 6 | 28.6 | 3.5 | 17.1 | 5.1 |
| Durham | 1062 | 679,530 | 68,989 | 3,030 | 595 | 72,614 | 61,940 | 17.2 | 206,666 | 204,866 | 411,532 | 325,854 | 26 | 62.5 | 1.6 | 9.3 | 5.9 |
| Essex | 1530 | 979,000 | 68,383 | 3,353 | 364 | 72,100 | 65,570 | 10.0 | 172,161 | 171,755 | 343,916 | 320,605 | 7 | 34.5 | 2.9 | 13.5 | 5.0 |
| Gloucester | 1235 | 790,470 | 78,385 | 4,961 | 393 | 83,739 | 79,953 | 4.7 | 198,122 | 221,353 | 419,475 | 395,533 | 6 | 53.0 | 1.9 | 9.4 | 5.3 |
| Hereford | 850 | 543,800 | 20,453 | 983 | 69 | 21,505 | 21,119 | 1.8 | 49,694 | 49,418 | 99,112 | 96,515 | 3 | 18.2 | 5.5 | 25.3 | 4.8 |
| Hertford | 626 | 400,350 | 33,954 | 1,189 | 214 | 35,357 | 32,687 | 8.2 | 86,331 | 87,632 | 173,963 | 162,394 | 7 | 43.5 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 5.1 |
| Hunts | 379 | 242,250 | 12,472 | 641 | 62 | 13,175 | 11,676 | 12.8 | 29,984 | 30,336 | 60,320 | 55,565 | 9 | 25.0 | 4.0 | 18.3 | 4.8 |
| Kent | 1519 | 972,240 | 108,386 | 5,516 | 1290 | 115,192 | 101,717 | 13.3 | 308,115 | 311,092 | 619,207 | 540,275 | 14 | 63.6 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 5.7 |
| Lancaster | 1746 | 1,117,260 | 356,436 | 17,453 | 3470 | 377,359 | 322,148 | 17.1 | 1,005,627 | 1,058,286 | 2,063,913 | 1,696,377 | 22 | 200.0 | .5 | 2.9 | 5.8 |
| Leicester | 799 | 511,340 | 49,968 | 1,599 | 198 | 51,765 | 49,470 | 4.6 | 115,295 | 119,643 | 234,938 | 220,263 | 7 | 45.4 | 2.2 | 9.9 | 4.7 |
| Lincoln | 2600 | 1,663,850 | 79,667 | 3,394 | 579 | 83,640 | 74,138 | 12.8 | 201,027 | 199,239 | 400,266 | 356,226 | 12 | 23.8 | 4.2 | 19.9 | 5.0 |
| Middlesex | 280 | 179,590 | 242,798 | 12,213 | 3276 | 258,287 | 222,443 | 16.1 | 885,614 | 1,010,096 | 1,895,710 | 1,582,538 | 20 | 1059.0 | .09 | .7 | 7.9 |
| Monmouth | 507 | 324,310 | 32,901 | 1,473 | 183 | 34,557 | 30,099 | 4.8 | 92,095 | 85,070 | 177,165 | 150,544 | 17 | 55.5 | 1.8 | 9.3 | 5.4 |
| Norfolk | 2019 | 1,292,300 | 91,143 | 3,312 | 449 | 94,904 | 88,378 | 7.4 | 210,360 | 223,443 | 433,803 | 404,971 | 7 | 33.3 | 3.0 | 13.6 | 4.8 |
| Northampton | 1011 | 646,810 | 43,945 | 1,478 | 238 | 45,661 | 42,358 | 7.8 | 106,533 | 107,251 | 213,784 | 198,518 | 7 | 33.3 | 3.0 | 14.1 | 4.9 |
| Northumberland | 1821 | 1,165,430 | 47,509 | 2,060 | 384 | 49,953 | 55,337 | 10.8[95] | 149,158 | 154,377 | 303,535 | 265,636 | 13 | 25.6 | 3.9 | 23.3 | 6.3 |
| Nottingham | 822 | 525,800 | 59,427 | 1,481 | 267 | 61,175 | 57,611 | 6.2 | 144,428 | 150,010 | 294,438 | 270,535 | 9 | 55.5 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 5.0 |
| Oxford | 730 | 467,230 | 34,922 | 1,323 | 105 | 36,350 | 34,151 | 6.4 | 85,449 | 84,837 | 170,286 | 163,216 | 4 | 37.0 | 2.7 | 12.8 | 4.9 |
| Rutland | 152 | 97,500 | 4,961 | 153 | 18 | 5,132 | 4,899 | 4.8 | 12,270 | 12,002 | 24,272 | 23,151 | 5 | 25.0 | 4.0 | 19.0 | 4.9 |
| Salop | 1351 | 864,360 | 48,842 | 2,184 | 112 | 51,138 | 50,131 | 2.0 | 122,022 | 122,997 | 245,019 | 241,685 | 1 | 28.6 | 3.5 | 16.9 | 5.0 |
| Somerset | 1606 | 1,028,090 | 87,776 | 5,090 | 396 | 93,252 | 90,947 | 2.6 | 216,716 | 239,521 | 456,237 | 448,793 | 2 | 43.5 | 2.3 | 11.0 | 5.2 |
| Southampton | 1591 | 1,018,550 | 74,588 | 3,471 | 617 | 78,676 | 69,807 | 12.7 | 199,834 | 202,199 | 402,033 | 348,298 | 13 | 38.4 | 2.6 | 12.9 | 5.3 |
| Stafford | 1150 | 736,290 | 120,501 | 4,526 | 962 | 125,989 | 107,941 | 16.7 | 320,394 | 310,112 | 630,506 | 528,867 | 20 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| Suffolk | 1436 | 918,760 | 69,479 | 3,098 | 424 | 73,001 | 67,050 | 8.9 | 165,267 | 170,724 | 335,991 | 314,467 | 7 | 37.0 | 2.7 | 12.5 | 4.8 |
| Surrey | 741 | 474,480 | 109,453 | 5,717 | 1663 | 116,838 | 101,121 | 15.6 | 325,155 | 359,650 | 684,805 | 586,816 | 17 | 144.0 | .7 | 4.0 | 6.3 |
| Sussex | 1419 | 907,920 | 59,308 | 2,220 | 609 | 62,137 | 58,506 | 6·2 | 166,828 | 172,600 | 339,428 | 302,081 | 12 | 37·0 | 2·7 | 14·6 | 5·7 |
| Warwick | 887 | 567,930 | 98,323 | 4,609 | 977 | 103,909 | 90,868 | 14·4 | 235,263 | 244,716 | 479,979 | 408,814 | 18 | 83·3 | 1·2 | ·54 | 4·9 |
| Westmorland | 759 | 485,990 | 11,247 | 530 | 94 | 11,871 | 11,783 | 0·8 | 29,064 | 29,316 | 58,380 | 56,609 | 3 | 12·0 | 8·3 | 40·9 | 5·2 |
| Wilts | 1356 | 8,060 | 49,061 | 2,223 | 171 | 51,455 | 49,918 | 3·1 | 118,839 | 122,164 | 241,003 | 242,772 | 0·7 | 27·7 | 3·6 | 16·8 | 4·9 |
| Worcester | 718 | 9,710 | 52,055 | 2,753 | 362 | 55,170 | 49,371 | 11·8 | 126,739 | 132,023 | 258,762 | 230,387 | 13 | 55·5 | 1·8 | 8·5 | 5·0 |
| York | 5733 | 3,669,510 | 358,694 | 16,469 | 3244 | 378,417 | 341,147 | 10·9 | 886,845 | 901,922 | 1,788,767 | 1,582,977 | 13 | 48·7 | 2·5 | 9·7 | 4·9 |
| Travelling | 5,016 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Wales | 3194 | 2,044,160 | 83,091 | 3,720 | 522 | 87,333 | 85,847 | 8·5 | 200,538 | 203,622 | 404,160 | 388,106 | 4 | 19· | 5·1 | 23·2 | 4·9 |
| South Wales | 4231 | 2,707,840 | 119,507 | 5,269 | 844 | 125,620 | 115,822 | 1·7 | 300,645 | 306,851 | 607,496 | 528,849 | 14 | 22·2 | 4·5 | 21·5 | 5·1 |
| Total for England and Wales | 57,067 | 36,522,615 | 3,280,961 | 152,898 | 26,534 | 3,460,393 | 3,144,626 | 10·0 | 8,762,588 | 9,160,180 | 17,922,768 | 15,804,294 | 13 | 49·7 | 2·0 | 10·5 | 5·5 |
LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THE DENSITY OF THEIR POPULATION, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TO EVERY 100 ACRES.
Counties above the Average.
| Middlesex | 1059·0 |
| Lancaster | 200·0 |
| Surrey | 144·0 |
| Stafford | 83·3 |
| York, West Riding | 83·3 |
| Chester | 65·2 |
| Kent | 63·6 |
| Durham | 62·5 |
| Worcester | 55·5 |
| Warwick | 83·3 |
| Nottingham | 55·5 |
| Monmouth | 55·5 |
| Gloucester | 53·0 |
| Average for England and Wales | 49·7 |
Counties below the Average.
| Leicester | 45·4 |
| Bedford | 43·5 |
| Hertford | 43·5 |
| Somerset | 43·5 |
| Berks | 41·7 |
| Cornwall | 41·7 |
| Derby | 40·0 |
| Southampton | 38·4 |
| Oxford | 37·0 |
| Suffolk | 37·0 |
| Sussex | 37·0 |
| Cambridge | 35·8 |
| Devon | 34·5 |
| Essex | 34·5 |
| Norfolk | 33·3 |
| Northampton | 33·3 |
| York, East Riding | 33·3 |
| Bucks | 31·3 |
| Dorset | 28·6 |
| Shropshire | 28·6 |
| Wilts | 27·7 |
| Northumberland | 25·6 |
| Huntingdon | 25·0 |
| Rutland | 25·0 |
| Lincoln | 23·8 |
| South Wales | 22·2 |
| Cumberland | 20·0 |
| North Wales | 19·6 |
| Hereford | 18·2 |
| York, North Riding | 15·2 |
| Westmorland | 12·0 |
COMPARISON OF THE DENSITY OF THE POPULATION IN 1841 and 1851.
| 1841. | 1851. | 1841. | 1851. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Counties. | Mining Counties. | ||||
| Lincoln | 21·7 | 23·8 | Durham | 47·6 | 62·5 |
| Rutland | 22·7 | 25·0 | Cornwall | 41·6 | 41·7 |
| Huntingdon | 25·0 | 25·0 | |||
| Cambridge | 30·3 | 35·8 | |||
| Essex | 35·7 | 34·5 | Manufacturing and Sub-Mining Counties. | ||
| Sussex | 32·2 | 37·0 | Derby | 41·6 | 40·0 |
| Hereford | 20·8 | 18·2 | Stafford | 71·4 | 83·3 |
| Agricultural and Sub-Manufacturing Counties. | Agricultural and Sub-Mining Counties. | ||||
| Westmorland | 11·6 | 12·0 | Shropshire | 28·5 | 28·6 |
| Norfolk | 32·2 | 33·3 | North Wales | 19·3 | 19·6 |
| Suffolk | 33·3 | 37·0 | South Wales | 19·0 | 22·2 |
| Hertford | 40·0 | 43·5 | |||
| Bedford | 37·0 | 43·5 | |||
| Buckingham | 33·3 | 31·3 | Sub-Agricultural and Sub-Mining Counties. | ||
| Northampton | 31·2 | 33·3 | Northumberland | 21·2 | 25·6 |
| Oxford | 34·4 | 37·0 | Cumberland | 18·5 | 20·0 |
| Berks | 34·4 | 41·7 | Monmouth | 43·0 | 55·5 |
| Hants | 47·6 | 38·4 | |||
| Wilts | 30·3 | 27·7 | Metropolitan County. | ||
| Dorset | 27·7 | 28·6 | Middlesex | 1000·0 | 1059·0 |
| Somerset | 41·6 | 43·5 | |||
| Devon | 32·2 | 34·5 | |||
| Sub-Metropolitan Counties. | |||||
| Sub-Agricultural and Sub-Manufacturing County. | Surrey | 125·0 | 144·0 | ||
| Gloucester | 55·5 | 26·1 | Kent | 55·5 | 63·6 |
| Manufacturing Counties. | Note.—An Agricultural county has more than 10 per cent., and a Sub-Agricultural county less than 10 per cent. of its population employed in agriculture. | ||||
| Lancaster | 166·6 | 200·0 | |||
| Yorkshire | 42·6 | 48·7 | A Manufacturing county has more than 15 per cent., and a Sub-Manufacturing county less than 15 per cent. of its population employed in manufacture. | ||
| Chester | 58·8 | 65·2 | |||
| Nottingham | 47·6 | 55·5 | A Mining county has more than 5 per cent., and a Sub-Mining county less than 5 per cent. of its population employed in mining. | ||
| Leicester | 43·0 | 45·4 | |||
| Warwick | 71·4 | 83·3 | |||
| Worcester | 52·6 | 55·5 |
MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENDERS TO EVERY
10,000 OF THE POPULATION;
OR
THE INTENSITY OF THE CRIMINALITY
IN EACH COUNTY OF
ENGLAND AND WALES.
⁂ The counties printed black are those in which the number of Criminals is above the average.
The counties left white are those in which the number of Criminals is below the average.
The average has been calculated from the returns for the last ten years.
TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS.
| COUNTIES. | Average Population from 1841-50. | Total number of Persons committed for Trial or Bailed. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1841. | 1842. | 1843. | 1844. | 1845. | 1846. | 1847. | 1848. | ||
| Bedford | 121,083 | 191 | 229 | 202 | 188 | 155 | 185 | 178 | 204 |
| Berks | 194,763 | 306 | 333 | 328 | 287 | 260 | 250 | 335 | 360 |
| Bucks | 140,959 | 287 | 277 | 313 | 280 | 286 | 283 | 315 | 310 |
| Cambridge | 180,747 | 240 | 241 | 257 | 297 | 239 | 276 | 255 | 244 |
| Chester | 395,919 | 943 | 1086 | 1018 | 777 | 688 | 767 | 871 | 1070 |
| Cornwall | 349,991 | 295 | 282 | 301 | 269 | 272 | 280 | 341 | 272 |
| Cumberland | 186,762 | 151 | 115 | 109 | 138 | 118 | 147 | 120 | 130 |
| Derby | 250,249 | 277 | 322 | 322 | 279 | 186 | 277 | 214 | 264 |
| Devon | 554,738 | 687 | 716 | 740 | 715 | 720 | 721 | 949 | 924 |
| Dorset | 172,736 | 284 | 241 | 252 | 203 | 218 | 225 | 307 | 287 |
| Durham | 368,787 | 215 | 266 | 300 | 376 | 203 | 249 | 279 | 334 |
| Essex | 332,363 | 647 | 758 | 710 | 596 | 554 | 602 | 603 | 689 |
| Gloucester | 407,504 | 1236 | 1252 | 1186 | 1071 | 929 | 884 | 1092 | 1042 |
| Hereford | 97,813 | 245 | 259 | 238 | 230 | 226 | 158 | 212 | 270 |
| Hertford | 168,178 | 319 | 338 | 265 | 271 | 244 | 243 | 291 | 348 |
| Hunts | 57,942 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 79 | 88 | 81 | 89 | 104 |
| Kent | 585,249 | 962 | 1155 | 977 | 911 | 831 | 815 | 889 | 1020 |
| Lancaster | 1,881,261 | 3987 | 4497 | 3677 | 2893 | 2852 | 3072 | 3456 | 3778 |
| Leicester | 227,621 | 466 | 492 | 509 | 481 | 328 | 358 | 335 | 346 |
| Lincoln | 378,246 | 349 | 507 | 563 | 542 | 389 | 419 | 506 | 504 |
| Middlesex | 1,740,814 | 3586 | 4094 | 4260 | 4027 | 4440 | 4641 | 5175 | 4856 |
| Monmouth | 164,093 | 364 | 264 | 261 | 278 | 196 | 217 | 282 | 298 |
| Norfolk | 419,463 | 666 | 808 | 782 | 788 | 642 | 720 | 751 | 689 |
| Northampton | 206,496 | 342 | 346 | 270 | 294 | 302 | 270 | 243 | 307 |
| Northumberland | 284,777 | 226 | 245 | 290 | 294 | 189 | 169 | 189 | 201 |
| Nottingham | 282,584 | 329 | 374 | 353 | 348 | 267 | 286 | 343 | 364 |
| Oxford | 166,751 | 323 | 334 | 328 | 296 | 309 | 228 | 299 | 296 |
| Rutland | 23,711 | 14 | 48 | 39 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 41 | 52 |
| Salop | 243,352 | 416 | 470 | 534 | 449 | 308 | 227 | 267 | 305 |
| Somerset | 452,515 | 991 | 1148 | 967 | 1039 | 873 | 701 | 774 | 888 |
| Southampton | 377,040 | 677 | 702 | 676 | 517 | 619 | 608 | 737 | 728 |
| Stafford | 579,686 | 1059 | 1485 | 1175 | 885 | 717 | 851 | 1028 | 1120 |
| Suffolk | 325,336 | 482 | 527 | 585 | 630 | 407 | 471 | 505 | 495 |
| Surrey | 635,917 | 923 | 1017 | 867 | 941 | 942 | 958 | 1315 | 1296 |
| Sussex | 320,944 | 539 | 550 | 493 | 409 | 409 | 468 | 522 | 546 |
| Warwick | 444,558 | 1046 | 1003 | 1045 | 894 | 769 | 799 | 998 | 1257 |
| Westmoreland | 57,494 | 33 | 39 | 44 | 24 | 46 | 74 | 33 | 47 |
| Wilts | 241,887 | 506 | 548 | 464 | 432 | 379 | 436 | 502 | 465 |
| Worcester | 244,574 | 566 | 609 | 679 | 603 | 563 | 535 | 620 | 681 |
| York | 1,686,461 | 1895 | 2598 | 2304 | 1691 | 1417 | 1560 | 1794 | 2036 |
| North Wales | 396,161 | 251 | 279 | 294 | 283 | 269 | 220 | 307 | 332 |
| South Wales | 568,430 | 377 | 387 | 546 | 514 | 426 | 350 | 471 | 590 |
| Total for England and Wales | 16,918,458 | 27,760 | 31,309 | 29,591 | 26,542 | 24,303 | 25,107 | 28,833 | 30,349 |
| Total for 10 years. | Average per Year. | Proportion to the Population. | Number of Criminals to every 10,000 of Population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1849. | 1850. | ||||
| 162 | 161 | 1,855 | 185 | 1 in 654 | 15·2 |
| 358 | 318 | 3,135 | 313 | „ 622 | 16·0 |
| 287 | 242 | 2,880 | 288 | „ 489 | 20·4 |
| 309 | 302 | 2,660 | 266 | „ 679 | 14·7 |
| 861 | 900 | 8,981 | 898 | „ 440 | 22·6 |
| 277 | 226 | 2,815 | 281 | „ 1245 | 8·0 |
| 159 | 146 | 1,333 | 133 | „ 1404 | 7·1 |
| 245 | 255 | 2,641 | 264 | „ 947 | 10·5 |
| 893 | 807 | 7,872 | 787 | „ 704 | 14·1 |
| 326 | 190 | 2,533 | 253 | „ 682 | 14·6 |
| 321 | 358 | 2,901 | 290 | „ 1271 | 7·8 |
| 587 | 631 | 6,377 | 638 | „ 520 | 19·1 |
| 1063 | 920 | 10,675 | 1067 | „ 381 | 26·1 |
| 242 | 252 | 2,332 | 233 | „ 419 | 23·8 |
| 318 | 315 | 2,952 | 295 | „ 570 | 17·5 |
| 93 | 90 | 822 | 82 | „ 706 | 14·1 |
| 980 | 958 | 9,598 | 960 | „ 609 | 16·4 |
| 3290 | 3340 | 34,842 | 3484 | „ 539 | 18·5 |
| 299 | 300 | 3,914 | 391 | „ 582 | 17·1 |
| 529 | 528 | 4,836 | 484 | „ 781 | 12·8 |
| 3861 | 3732 | 42,672 | 4267 | „ 407 | 24·5 |
| 370 | 433 | 2,963 | 296 | „ 554 | 18·0 |
| 633 | 705 | 7,184 | 718 | „ 584 | 17·1 |
| 327 | 248 | 2,949 | 295 | „ 699 | 14·2 |
| 261 | 283 | 2,347 | 235 | „ 1211 | 8·2 |
| 341 | 325 | 3,330 | 333 | „ 848 | 11·8 |
| 303 | 252 | 2,968 | 297 | „ 591 | 17·8 |
| 35 | 27 | 333 | 33 | „ 718 | 13·9 |
| 347 | 307 | 3,630 | 363 | „ 670 | 14·9 |
| 885 | 754 | 9,020 | 902 | „ 501 | 19·9 |
| 751 | 686 | 6,701 | 670 | „ 562 | 17·7 |
| 1009 | 1053 | 10,382 | 1038 | „ 558 | 17·9 |
| 537 | 472 | 5,111 | 511 | „ 636 | 15·7 |
| 1109 | 1030 | 10,398 | 1040 | „ 611 | 16·3 |
| 502 | 480 | 4918 | 492 | „ 652 | 15·3 |
| 910 | 880 | 9601 | 960 | „ 463 | 21·6 |
| 57 | 70 | 467 | 47 | „ 1223 | 8·1 |
| 452 | 386 | 4570 | 457 | „ 529 | 18·9 |
| 653 | 607 | 6116 | 612 | „ 399 | 25·0 |
| 2022 | 1915 | 19,232 | 1923 | „ 876 | 11·4 |
| 338 | 316 | 2889 | 289 | „ 1370 | 7·2 |
| 514 | 613 | 4788 | 479 | „ 1186 | 8·4 |
| 27,816 | 26,813 | 278,423 | 27,842 | „ 607 | 16·4 |