The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

A glance at the line graph provided reveals the

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of shops that closed and opened in one country from 2011 to 2018.

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, it is evident that the

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of

shop

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openings

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experienced a downward trend,

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closures

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almost remained the same in all

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except in 2015. Regarding the

openings

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, it was on the top in comparison to

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in 2014, accounting for approximately 8500 and 6400. After

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, the

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of

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openings

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declined significantly by 4500 in 2012. In the next two

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, the

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openings

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experienced considerable growth, which accounted for nearly 6100 in 6400.

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, it decreased by about 2000 and remained the same between 2015 and 2017. The

shop

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openings

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slightly decreased in the latter year, making up 3000. Moving to the

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, it fluctuated at around 6200 and 7000 during the first 4

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. In 2015, the

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of

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closures

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fell sharply from nearly 6000 to 500, after which it exponentially increased by 10 times in 2016. After that, the

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of shops that closed was similar in the

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3

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, at around 5000.