The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in New Port city center from 2003-2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph provides information about the

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of crimes in Newport city centre in the years 2003 to 2012.

Burglary

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was highlighted as the most reported case between 2003 and 2006.

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, over the years, robbery had the lowest

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of incidents.

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, starting from 2007, the

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car theft was higher than

burglary

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. As seen on the graph, compared to other crimes, the

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of burglaries was highest.

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, the difference continued to shrink. In 2007, the

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incident was starting to become the second of the most reported incidents. In terms of trends,

burglary

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had a

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trend from 2004 to 2008 and rose again in 2009. After 2009, the trend was unchanged.

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, the changes in car theft and robbery were stagnant.

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, there were significant differences between the

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of robberies compared to other types of crime. Over the years, the reported theft from the person incident was approximately 4

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to 7 times higher than car stealing and

burglary

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, respectively.