Key question 1.8 - highway robbery
This began to rise because of changes in trade and business.
Travel increased as the industrial revolution improved trade.
Improvements in turnpike roads encouraged more people to travel for business.
Limited banking facilities meant more money being carried by road to pay for goods and services.
Handguns became easier to get hold of.
Unpoliced roads.
Most highway robbery took place on the heaths and commons around London, which was the richest part of the country.