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

The chart below show the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in New Port city center from 2003 to 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The chart gives information about the different numbers of
cases
of burglary,
car
theft, and robbery (theft from the person) in New Port city centre in a decade.
Overall
, these areas of violation went down year by year. In the first place, Burglary became the most happened crime case until 2006. After reaching its peak in 2004 with about 3700
cases
, the count of burglaries decreased dramatically to 1200
cases
in 2008. After that, the quantity of
this
case stayed the same between 1500 and 1200
cases
. As can be seen from the picture, the total of
Car
Thefts and Robberies fluctuates sharply over the decade. Before bottoming out at 2100 in 2006, the statistic of
Car
Theft reached a peak in 2004 with about 2600
cases
,
whereas
the sum of Robberies remained steady between 2003 and 2012. The situation peaked at a high point at 900 and a low point at 500. In conclusion, there was hardly any change in the statistic of
Car
Thefts and Robberies,
while
burglaries were reduced continually.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • changes
  • took place
  • three different areas of crime
  • New Port city center
  • from 2003 to 2012
  • summarise
  • information
  • selecting
  • reporting
  • main features
  • comparisons
  • where relevant
  • overall
  • crime rates
  • downward trend
  • most significant drop
  • observed
  • theft
  • burglary
  • on the other hand
  • slight increase
  • drug-related offenses
  • same period
  • declined steadily
  • significant decrease
  • 10-year period
  • in contrast
  • slight decline
  • remaining years
  • violent crimes
  • relatively stable
  • slight fluctuation
  • conclusion
  • recorded
  • small increase
  • initially
  • then declined slightly
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