Commitments Proportion of
Population for serious crime commitments
Names of Counties. in 1841. in 1841. to population.
Shropshire, 239,048 416 1 in 574
Kent, 548,337 962 1 in 569
Norfolk, 412,664 666 1 in 518
Essex, 344,979 647 1 in 533
Northumberland, 250,278 226 1 in 1,106
East Lothian, 35,886 38 1 in 994
Perthshire, 137,390 116 1 in 1,181
Aberdeenshire, 192,387 92 1 in 2,086