The chart shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Newport city center from 2003-2012

The line graph compares the number of crime incidents in Newport City over a 9-year

period

. In general, despite some fluctuations, it can be seen that all crime types declined over the

period

, most significantly for burglary crimes. The first detail to note is that car theft and robbery had a similar pattern where they both only dropped slightly. They started from 2700 and 600

cases

respectively in 2003 and experienced some fluctuation between 2005 and 2009.

At the end

of the

period

, the number of people who took other people's cars decreased steadily where stopping at 2300

cases

in 2012

while

the robbery

cases

finished the

period

at the same level at which it started. In comparison, burglary

cases

experienced a dramatic fall over the years.

Although

it reached its peak in 2004 with nearly 3700

cases

, it was

then

followed by a steady decline until the end of the

period

with only one-third of the initial case number.