Why did Crime increase?

Increase in population meant more people moved to urban areas. Towns and cities became bigger

Increased unemployment meant more people were out looking for work

Trade between towns grew leading to more roads being improved between 1700 and 1750

Changes in Religious beliefs and the religion of the monarch. 

More trade restrictions. In 1614 exporting wool became illegal. Tax on tea and brandy increased in the C18th

The end of Feudalism led to a reduction in common land. Land owners fenced of their land.