The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in New Port city center from 2003-2012.

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committed in some parts of the centre of New Port City over a 9-year period.

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, car theft and robbery incidents remained almost at their states,

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these figures experienced fluctuations over the mentioned period. At the same time, the figure for burglaries had a significant decline. In 2003 the figure for burglaries ranked first compared to two other crimes by the number of almost 3500,

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, the robbery incidents were by far the lowest crime and the rate of

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car theft crimes was approximately 3000. In 2004 the figure for burglary incidents reached its peak with about 4000 cases and

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decrease in 2008 and experienced an approximately unchanged trend throughout the remainder of the period. The figures for car thefts and robberies which were approximately 3000 and 700 in 2003, respectively, almost remained at their rates,

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they experienced fluctuations in their quantities in the following years.