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 line graph illustrates the changes in the

crime

rates in three different categories which were

burglary

, car theft, and robbery in Newport city

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from 2003 to 2012. The

number

of robberies kept at 500 to 900 from 2003 to 2012, which was always the lowest of the 10 years. Among all three areas of

crime

, the

crime

rate of

burglary

changed in the most dramatic way. There were 3400

burglary

incidents in 2003. In 2004, the

number

rose to 3700 and started to drop to 1100 in 2008 at a stable pace. From 2008 to 2012,

burglary

maintained around 1300 cases. Car theft had 2800 cases in 2003, the

number

went down to 2050 in year 2006 and went back up to 2800 in 2012.

Overall

,

Although

Car theft was the second-highest

crime

in 2003, it topped the graph since 2007 and overstepped the

number

of burglaries.

In addition

, robberies were always kept at a low level.

In other words

, the problem of robberies didn’t improve from 2003 to 2012.