The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Newport city centre from 2003 to 2012.

The line graph illustrates how the three types of crime including burglary, car theft and robbery changed in Newport city centre over the 10-year period between 2003 and 2012. Generally speaking,

it is clear that

all of the given crimes saw a notable fluctuation. What stands out is that the figure for robbery was the lowest compared to other crimes.

To begin

with, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, a much larger number of burglary and car theft cases occurred, with about 3400 and 2800 incidents respectively.

In contrast

, the amount for robbery accounted for only one-tenth of other situations.

This

number

then

peaked at 900 incidents in the next 2 years before fluctuating to around 400 instances.

On the other hand

, burglary rose to 3800 cases in 2004,

then

experienced a significant decrease to 1100 happenings in 2008 before remaining the same level in the 4 following years. The figure for car theft remained high with the highest statistic being about 2900 cases in 2004 and the lowest number being more than 200 situations in 2006.