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

The chart below shows the change in three different areas of crime in Machester city centre from 2003-2012.
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The line graph illustrates the change in burglary,
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theft and robbery in the city centre of Manchester from 2003 to 2012.
Overall
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while
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burglary dropped significantly,
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theft increased slightly in Manchester city centre over the ten-year
period
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, robbery remained relatively stable after a decade. In 2003,
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the buglary's
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buglary's
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burglary's
value was just below 3,500 which increased to around 3,750 in 2004 before dramatically
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to just above 1,000 over the next four years. Its value rose to roughly 1,500 in 2009 and
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stayed approximately at
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level in the remaining
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thefts,
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, hovered between around 2,200 and just above 2,000 from 2003 to 2009 before following an upward trend until the end of the
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. In
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2006
,
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thefts replaced burglaries as the most significant crime over the next five years.
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to
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, robbery's value fluctuated between just under 1,000 and just above 500 throughout the
period
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Vocabulary: Replace the words car, period with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "change" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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  • crime rate
  • trend
  • fluctuation
  • peak
  • decrease
  • increase
  • stable
  • significant
  • socio-economic factors
  • policing efforts
  • legislation
  • public perception
  • safety
  • correlation
  • measures
  • national statistics
  • showcase
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