the chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Newport city centre from 2004 to 2012

The provided line chart represents the comparison among three different kinds of crime in Newport city centre for 9 years from 2003 to 2012.

Overall

, it can be clearly observed that the rates of burglary plunged where it was dominant

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the first time but

then

car theft was the most common case. Meanwhile, robbery remained stable throughout the period. Moving on to the details, the number of burglaries stood at nearly 3500 and next they moderately increased to around 3800 in 2004 which was the highest point of crime in other types in

this

city.

However

,

this

figure plummeted to roughly 1200 in 2008. After dramatically declining, it witnessed a fluctuation for the

last

four years to almost 1500

at the end

of the period.

Similarly

, there was erratic in the figure for car theft between 2003 and 2005 at approximately 2800, but it decreased sequentially to 2000 in 2006.

Following

this

,

this

experienced a ceiling trend and it

also

took over the position of burglary from 2006 until the rest of the years, accounting for about 2600 in 2012.

In contrast

, there were approximately 500 cases of robberies in 2003; after that, these gradually rose to just under 1000 in 2005. Having climbed progressively, these saw a downward tendency accounting for 500 in 2008. After which, it witnessed a moderate growth to 700 in 2012.