The Sun. — 1853-06-27 (London, England)

STATISTICS OF CRIME IN LIVERPOOL.—The total number of offences committed in 1852 was 19,026 :—murder, 6 ; manslaughter, 7 ; cutting and maiming; 23 ; bigamy, 3 ; deserting children, 4 ; concealing births, 3 ; rape, 2 ; indecent assaults, 9 ; the number of assaults on policeofficers was 557. We do not appear to have attained the same eminence in the calendar of drunkenness as our sister country, Scotland, in whose metropolis one in every 15 of the population is said to 'be apprehended by the police in a state of inebriation, which renders a short period of imprisonment absolutely requisite. In Liverpool, during 1852, 3,211 "drunk and incapables" were apprehended, which is hardly as bad as "1 in 15." 59 persons were apprehended for wilful exposure of the person, 3 for being keepers of houses of ill-fame, 43 for bastardy, 102 for gambling, and 30 for deserting their families. 529 robberies had been committed by pickpockets, 554 by girls of loose character, and 402 by other means. 541 robberies were committed from vessels in the docks, 359 from the dock quays, and 627 of goods from the streets. Of the number taken into custody 11,809 were males and 7,217 females; summarily punished, 10,296 ; committed fur trial, 522 ; bills ignored, 7 ; acquitted, 99; imprisoned, 517 ; transported, 93. The value of the property stolen was 14,0421. 12s. Bd., and of that recovered 4,8461. 10s. 10d. Of the persons taken into custody on charges of felony, 3,366 males had been previously is custody and 2,211 females-425 of this total number of " old offenders" being under the age of twelve. The number of prostitutes taken into custody and summarily punished for being disorderly in the streets was 937, of whom 842 were committed. The informations laid by the police were, in the town, 4,208 ; of these 120, were withdrawn, 235 wrongly laid, or summonses not served, 625 acquitted; and 3,228 fined—the amount of fines being 1,663/. Bs. The dock informations numbered 2,809, and 2,298 offenders were fined—the fines amounting to 7281. 12s. It appears that there are 484 lodging-houses registered in the town, 2,999 empty houses within the borough, 33 house in which stolen property is received, 162 old clothes shops, and 191 marine stores. The number of public-houses doing business was 1,406, of which 83 were irregular, 22 of them having music saloons. The number at present closed is 18. There is an increase in the north end of the town of 19, and a decrease in the other division of the borough of 8. 918 beer-houses do business, and of these 95 are irregular, and 59 have been added to the last since 1851. Of the 96 coffeehouses in existence 15 are irregular. Although no fresh licenses have been granted during the year the increase has been occasioned by transfers and removals, particularly from the neighbourhood of Wapping. The brothels kept by men number -113, by women 461. The total number of prostitutes is 1,706 ; of men residing in brothels, 262 ; of other houses 'of bad repute, 49; of houses where prostitutes lodge, 69. 44 disreputable houSes have been removed by the police, but there is still an increase over the previous year of 16 houses, although the number of prostitutes has only increased from 1,703 in the previous year to 1,706. The number of professional thieves at work in Liverpool, male and female, is 884, 62 belonging to the fair sex ; the occasional thieves, , 106 • and the suspicious characters, 90.—Liverpool Standard.