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

,

car

theft

and robbery in Newport city centre between 2003 and 2012.

Overall

, the proportion of

burglary

crime had a downward trend which was replaced by that of

car

theft

as the first rank

at the end

of the

period

,

while

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

burglary

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

In addition

, in the middle of that

period

it was overtaken by

car

theft

between 2006 and 2007 in around 2100

then

burglary

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

car

theft

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

period

that accounted for about 2500, reaching the first position.

However

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

period

.