The line graph below shows the number of serious crimes that occurred in London between 2003 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The multiple-line chart illustrates the trend of the three most dangerous crimes,

such

as armed robbery,

assault

, and murder in London over 9 years, between 2003 and 2012.

Overall

, the armed robbery incident dramatically dropped and went stagnant in the

last

five years.

On the contrary

,

assault

fluctuated and tended to increase in the latest year.

Similarly

, murder was

also

slightly fluctuating, but it was more constant than

assault

in recent periods.

To begin

with, armed robbery was the highest number of crimes in London for the first four years.

However

, it fell significantly from approximately 3700 in 2004 to roughly 1000 in 2008.

Then

, it grew steeply in 2009 to 1500 cases and the record stuck for the rest of the period.

Assault

and murder graphs showed ups and downs within the period. The

assault

started in about 2300 and declined to 2000 in 2006, but it rocketed to almost 3000 occurrences in 2012, becoming the most common illegal act in London. The murders were the same,

besides

it only floated up between 2003 and 2005 to nearly 1000 records, after that, it stayed at more than 500 until the end of the period.