CRIME STATISTICS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1050, 13 February 1911, Page 7

CRIME STATISTICS.

l\;,' ,;_ INTERESTINe^GUBES^;f*S* {%3 t i The on'; crimedin- ! S(M rErigland and Wales,are -given ■ ■"Daily■ Mail Year Book!' :fHi ; ■:V-y-i:f : :giT? : ?\ \ \ In: the year 1908 ! the- nranber ;l -sons tried, for /indictable offences, '..Tfasjv&i higher number :ta.an : -m:anytpr:eeEC| ■vious year for'wHich;:figittes.are:*viiil-.*: •] 'able. -In 1837, the :statistics were .collected;;.the total 54,667, the'highest figures , jecorded in ihtefvehirig ■ period' being - 63.2CS in' ' 1882;;1;« £ y MTen years ago the narirber. of. pe'nonajH;] tried, for' indictable;pffences\wasV?malle*&,:i] than it had been for.nearlya quarter of 3 vij a century, the figures for 1899 ..being 50,491, ■?&?, ■whilst:"' the annual "average ,:for the« years ending with "1899 :was5 only -'51,03 O.;.;« J Since 1§99 the'figrires'.hayo.'progressiTfilyiS'/ii increased (except- for'•■a slight ■check-vain;??,;: 1906);" the annual totals for.thejten , years.;ji; being:'.' ;:>' = ; v _:, ] :: .0^};. ! ;-~^ J :.l~;J r £'i -1899 'Z~. \sbM^ : i96V' : ::«.v-:M,SCO ; SSV! . rIDOO ' ;...:. 53,628 ■' 1905, ..:..: ;.;Cl;463v{*:a r;i9ol ...... 55,433 ; : ,1906, .;:.... ;59,070H;*'b i \ 1902- vj.;~^57,068;. : .61,881^;^ i 11903;; :.....;: mil p-sI "J I The increase:' in-~ 1903 ; over.' the. figtfeeiVSvS ffer 1907. was 6735, or nearly as compared with the average of the live years ending with 1907, :; th6incr«ase.-xas\-*J,; :8051, orncarly 13; per cent: <;X-r: -■■• ,-The proportion to. pppnlabon of ?{g 'tried for indictable offences in ; . 1908 <jvas» ? ; W> 79 per 100,000 of: the.population,-iSia■■£■>; •against 175.65 in"thoiquinquennial 1903-07.-; In comparison with.earlier yeats, qga the-proportion of »crime-:,;t6 shows an enormous decrease. : /: In kfne quinquennial; period? 1857-61 averaKe number: of .persons: tried for dictable"cffences;per 100,000 : of:the;:popuij.rss lation 265.89; the periods.e-,1867-71, = :.18<<.r81»Si> ; -j ■1&7-91,- and 1897-1901: being respectively 263.15; 225.55, 107:83,- and-164.88. ;:V;^^^;§