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

The line graph illustrates the amount of three kinds of

crime

(

burglary

, car theft and robbery) which was committed in Manchester city over 9

years

from 2003 to 2012.

Overall

, there was a significant drop in the

number

of

burglary

cases, whilst robbing and car stealing figures were fairly steady over the given period. At the start

years

,

burglary

was the most popular

crime

, which was replaced by car theft from 2007 to 2012. With regards to the amount of

burglary

committed, it began at about 3400 and peaked at over or less 3700 in 2004 before falling dramatically to the bottom at just over 1000 in 2008. In the remained

years

, the

number

of

burglary

cases went off its 2008 bottom, remaining steady at nearly 1500.

On the other hand

, the

number

of cars stolen started at approximately 2300 as the second

popular

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show examples

crime

.

This

figure, which reached a bottom of just 2000 three

years

later, rose back slightly in the final

years

to about 2800 in 2012, remaining the most popular

crime

. Meanwhile, over 600 robbery cases were committed in the first year, after which the

number

peaked at about 900 and

then

fell back and remained stable at around 600 from 2006 to the end year.