The line chart below displays the number of 
cases
 of car theft, house Use synonyms
burgling
 and street robbery in Replace the word
burglary
United
 Kingdom and Wales from 1970 to 2005.
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the United
Overall
, Linking Words
the 
car stealing increased significantly over the entire time period. Correct article usage
apply
While
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robbery
 of houses rose moderately.
At the beginning of the Correct article usage
the robbery
period
 there were 0.4 Add a comma
period,
million
 Use synonyms
cases
 of car theft, Use synonyms
this
 grew steadily to 1 Linking Words
million
 over the next 10 Use synonyms
years
, before increasing dramatically Use synonyms
in
 0.6 Change preposition
to
million
 in the next 5 Use synonyms
years
. From 1995 Use synonyms
Linking Words
this
 crime Correct determiner usage
these
cases
 started to drop sharply, Use synonyms
where
 in 2005 it went back to 1 Correct word choice
whereas
million
, maintaining its position Use synonyms
of
 the most committed crime.
In 1970, 0.2 Change preposition
as
million
 house burgling  happened, it doubled in the first five Use synonyms
years
, from 1975 to 1980, Use synonyms
this
 steeply peaked, where in 1980 there Linking Words
where
 around 0.9 Correct your spelling
were
million
 Use synonyms
of 
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apply
cases
, in the same year it started to fall moderately to 0.6 Use synonyms
million
 in 1985. From 1985 to 1990, it slightly rocketed to approximately 0.7 Use synonyms
million
, Use synonyms
this
 was maintained during the next five Linking Words
years
 and during the Use synonyms
last
 10 Linking Words
years
 it Use synonyms
felt
 modestly, ending the period at just over 0.5 Correct your spelling
fell
million
.Use synonyms