The chart below shows three different crimes and the number of cases committed in 1970 and 2005 in England and Wales. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows three different crimes and the number of cases committed in 1970 and 2005 in England and Wales. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The line graph gives information about three
crimes
committed namely,
car
theft
, house burglary, and
street
robbery in England and
wales
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Wales
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for the
years
1970 to 2005.
Overall
,
car
theft
was the most committed crime in both cities; meanwhile, there were almost no
street
robberies for the majority of the period. As can be seen from the graph,
car
theft
made up the biggest percentage of
crimes
, starting with 0.4 million in 1970.
This
was followed by a steady increase, where it reached double the amount it previously was in 1980, and after 15
years
hitting its peak of 1.6 million before dipping in 2005.
On the other hand
, house burglary was at 0.2 in 1970,
then
slightly increased for ten
years
and displayed minor variations until it decreased.
In contrast
,
street
robbery was less popular in England and
wales
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Wales
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compared to
car
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a car
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theft
and house burglary; with zero records of any
crimes
committed for the
years
1970 to 1990.
However
,
street
crimes
gradually began to rise, and in 2000
it
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they
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stood at 0.2 million remaining unchanged.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words crimes, car, theft, street, years with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.

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  • fluctuation
  • peak
  • trough
  • rate
  • significant
  • incidence
  • decline
  • increase
  • statistics
  • data
  • crime rate
  • comparison
  • period
  • variations
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