1866 National Crime Statistics

 

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National Crime Stats 1867

23,728 Police Officers at a cost of £1,827,105.

Prison population 16,708, Convict establishments 7,018 and 3,635 in reformatories.

50,549 Indictable Offences

27,190 persons apprehended

131 Murders

45 Attempt Murders

679 Serious Assaults

259 cases of Manslaughter

211 Concealment of birth

155 Unnatural offences

257 Rapes

164 Assaults on “peace officers”

481,770 Persons proceeded with by way of summons.

Source Blue book of Judicial Statistics 1866