The chart below shows changes in three different areas of crime in manchester city centre from 2003 to 2012.

The chart below shows changes in three different areas of crime in manchester city centre from 2003 to 2012.
The line graph displays alterations for burglary,
car
theft and robbery in the centre of Manchester between 2003 and 2012. The most noticeable trend is that burglary fell dramatically over the period.
Car
theft fluctuated until 2008, upon which it rose steadily;
whereas
the number of
car
thefts remained relatively stable between 2003 and 2012. Burglary started at just below three and a half
thousand
in 2003 and apart from a small rise of around five hundred offences in 2004, fell drastically to just over one
thousand
incidents in 2008. 2009 saw a slight rise to just below fifteen hundred in 2009 and it remained in and around
this
figure until the end of the time period. From 2003 to 2008 the number of
car
thefts shifted between just below two
thousand
five hundred and just over two
thousand
, before rising steadily to nearly three
thousand
in 2013. Over the entire period robbery never rose above one
thousand
and did not go under five hundred.
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