The line graph gives information about percentage changes in total crime arrests for persons under 18 by locality, 1995-1998.

The line graph illustrates changes in the proportions of committed

crimes

by delinquents from 1995 to 1998. Units are measured in percentages.

Overall

, what stands out from the graph is that the percentages of

crimes

were observed in all areas. Moving to a detailed analysis, the indicator of

crimes

in a rural

area

ranked

first,

accounting for approximately 3%,

while

that of a suburban

area

was 2% in 1995. In the following 2 years, a slight decrease was witnessed in committed

crimes

in the rural

area

, at 2%,

while

the percentage of

crimes

in the suburban

area

increased before decreasing to -2%. The figure for

crimes

in the suburban

area

overtook that for the rural

area

, at 0% and 2% respectively in 1998. Regarding the proportion of

crimes

in an urban

area

, it stood at roughly 0.1% at the beginning of the period. The percentage of

crimes

in the urban

area

climbed before going down to -5%

at the end

of the period.