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

The given chart illustrates the changing rates of three different crimes (burglary,

car

theft, and robbery) in Newport city centre over a period of nine

years

between 2003 and 2012. Units are measured in the

number

of incidents per

crime

per year.

Overall

, it can clearly be seen that the rates of all

crime

remained relatively steady throughout the given period, with the exception of burglary.

Moreover

,

while

burglary had the highest rate of

crime

at the start, it had been overtaken by

car

theft by the end of the period. In terms of the

crime

with the highest

number

of cases at the start, the

number

of burglaries stood at nearly 3500 in 2003. It rose significantly and reached its peak of around 3800 in the following year before gradually declining in the next four

years

and

finally

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a trough at approximately 1100. From

this

point onwards, the

number

remained steady until 2012. Regarding the other two areas of

crime

with lower levels at the beginning, the rates of

car

theft and robbery started at about 2800 and 600, respectively. In the following two

years

, the

number

of

car

thefts remained relatively stable before plunging to approximately 2000 in 2006,

although

it gradually rose with small fluctuations in the following

years

and went back to about its original level in the

last

year. Meanwhile, the rate

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robbery fluctuated very slightly between around 500 and 900, ending at approximately 600.