The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in New Port city center from 2003-2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given line graph illustrates the changing

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that took place in three different areas of crime in Newport city centre between 2003 and 2012.

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, it can clearly be seen that the

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in all areas remained relatively stable throughout the given period, with the exception of

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.

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,

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burglary

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had the highest

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at the start, it had been overtaken by car theft over the

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. In terms of the most common area of crime at the start, the

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of

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incidents started at just below 3500 in 2003. It

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rose slightly and peaked at about 3800 in 2004, before experiencing a massive drop over the next four

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to hit a trough at just above 1000 in 2008. After that, the rate remained relatively stable until the end. Regarding the other two areas of crime with lower

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in the beginning, the

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of car thefts stood slightly less than

burglary

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at about 2800 over the first two

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. Despite seeing a slight fall to just above 2000, the rate

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rose gradually with small fluctuations over the rest of the period to around its original level in 2012,

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surpassing

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. Meanwhile, the

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of robbery incidents began at a comparatively lower

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than the other two crimes at about 600 incidents before fluctuating very slightly between 500 and 1000 over the next 9

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, ending at about its initial value.