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

The line graph illustrates the changing rates of crime in the inner city from 2003 to 2012.

Overall

, the

burglary

dropped significantly over the period,

whereas

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car

theft

and the

robbery

remain stable. It can be clearly seen that

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burglary

accounted for almost 3500 incidents in 2003,

while

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car

theft

and the

robbery

stood at under 3000 occurrences.

In addition

,

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burglary

reached a peak at about 3800 happenings in 2004, and

then

it decreased sharply to over 1000

cases

in the following four years.

However

,

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car

theft

had the same trend, and it took over

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burglary

in mid-2006. By 2012, the

burglary

had levelled off to around 1400 incidents, and

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car

theft

had increased slowly

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about 2800

cases

. For the

robbery

case, it stood at over 500

cases

at the first of the year.

Moreover

, by 2012,

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robbery

had remained stable in the same

cases

as

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first period.