The line graph illustrates three different kind of crimes that occurred in Newport city centre between 2003 and 2012.

The line graph illustrates three different kind of crimes that occurred in Newport city centre between 2003 and 2012.
The graph provides data on three types of criminal
incidents
committed in Newport from 2003 to 2012.
It is clear that
burglary was the most widly-spreaded crime in 2003 (3500
incidents
). The figure raise slightly and reached a peak in 2004, with approximately 3600 committed crimes.
Then
the proportion of burglaries dipped to about 1200
incidents
and kept stable at
this
level up to the end of the period. Probing
further
, the number of car thefts fluctuated during the period. The figure accounted for about 2600
incidents
in 2003
then
it decreased to 2000, and made up more than 2500 in 2010.
Furthermore
, the number of larcenies from the person remained stable from 2003 to 2012, with about 500 crimes per year.
Overall
, burglary was the most popular crime until 2006
while
car thefts fluctuated from about 2000 to almost 2800
incidents
per year. The smallest proportion of crimes accounted for robberies,
this
type made up only about 500
incidents
annually.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words incidents with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "stable" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "fluctuated" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 5 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • recorded
  • trends
  • criminal activity
  • categories
  • theft
  • assault
  • vandalism
  • graph
  • x-axis
  • y-axis
  • number of crimes
  • visual representation
  • changes
  • crime rates
  • fluctuating pattern
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