Property Crime in England, 1566-1602

This chart compares annual indictments for crimes against property in the English county of Essex, with an index of mean annual wheat prices in England (1470-1479 = 100). Indictments are missing for the years 1568, 1575, 1577, 1583, 1596, and 1598-99. Source: J.S. Cockburn, "The Nature and Indicidence of Crime in England, 1559-1625," in idem, ed., Crime in England 1550-1800 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977).