The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in New Port city center from 2003 to 2012

The line graph provides the differences that took place in three different categories of crime (burglary,

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theft

, and robbery (

theft

from the person)) in New Port city

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between 2003 and 2012.

It is clear that

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,

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and robbery trends

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similarly

fluctuated

while

burglary saw

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drop

. First of all,

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of incidents of

car

theft

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around 2700 between 2003 and 2005, before it

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to exactly 2000 in 2006. After that,

car

theft

gradually increased to reach 2700 again in 2012.

Similarly

, robbery was 500 in 2003

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and grew by almost 400 to reach 900 in 2005, before it

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to 500 by 2008. Since

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, it fluctuated between 750 in 2010 and 600 in 2011 before

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to 750 in 2012.

On the other hand

, burglary increased to around 4000 in 2004, which was 3400 in 2003. Since

then

, it saw

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drop

of 2500 to reach 1200 in 2800, before it showed

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increase of 200 to 1400 in 2009. Between 2009 and 2012,

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number was

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at 1400.