The line graph and pie chart below show information on crime in the UK for the last year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The data provides information on criminal activities that took place in the United Kingdom

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year and examines the relationship between the age of the offender and the nature of the crime committed.

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, it is that the majority of the criminal conduct is committed by adolescents and young adults between the ages of 16 and 20,

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the types of crimes that are committed the most would be related to violence. Juveniles and young adults in their early twenties are responsible for the tremendous shift in criminal activities, which peaked at 800,000 by the age of 20. It witnessed a decrease of 200,000 four years later before levelling off and declining throughout the age groups. The variety of crimes committed can be classified into four sections. The criminal activities that appear to be violent in nature constitute 46 per cent, accounting for almost half of the crimes committed in the previous year. Both property and narcotics crime contribute 22-23 per cent respectively with the remaining figures attributed towards public order.