the chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in New Port city center from 2003-2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates how many crimes are committed,

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three main types, within Newport city centre between 2003 and 2012.

Overall

, in the

beginning

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burglary had the highest

rate

while

,

then

, it decreased dramatically.

On the contrary

, car theft had a high level, but it remained steady.

Moreover

, robbery had a low

rate

and its

rate

do not fluctuate significantly. Regarding

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, in 2003, a number of almost 3500 incidents occur in Newport city centre. The following year there was a small increase, but after that,

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fall and in 2008, it reached its lowest level at 1100 incidents.

On the contrary

, it remained steady between 2008 and 2012, covering the

second

position of rates of crime. Observing car theft, it is interesting to note that it decreased a little bit from 2800 to around 2000 between 2005 and 2006 and

then

, car

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rate

rose slowly until it reached

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2012 the same level

of

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the beginning.

Thus

,

this

type of crime became the most common. Another important crime is robbery which is the least common and its

rate

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always between 500 and 800 incidents.