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

The line chart illustrates the changes in the number of crimes which are

burglary

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,

car

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theft

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and robbery in Newport city centre between 2003 and 2012.

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, the proportion of

burglary

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crime had a downward trend which was replaced by that of

car

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theft

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as the first rank

at the end

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of the

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,

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robbery remained the same during the time. Stood at about 3500 in 2003 as the highest rank of crime, the number of

burglary

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cases increased slightly in 2004 by almost 500 before having a sharp decline in the next four years to roughly above 1000.

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, in the middle of that

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it was overtaken by

car

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theft

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between 2006 and 2007 in around 2100

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burglary

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cases remained the same until 2012 approximately at 1500. Despite remaining stable in the two first years at about 2800, the proportion of

car

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theft

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decreased moderately to about 2000 in 2006 before it grew until the end of the

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that accounted for about 2500, reaching the first position.

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, the least rank of crimes was robbery, having about 600 cases in 2003. It remained stable during the

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.