The line graph and pie chart below show information on crime in the UK for the last year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The graphic shows

crime

figures for

last

year in the United Kingdom. The line graph shows the connection between criminal activity and age and the pie chart a breakdown of different

crime

types. It is evident when looking at the line graph that teenagers and those in their early twenties were responsible for a disproportionately high level of

crime

. The involvement in

crime

peaked at twenty years old with nearly a million

crimes

being committed.

This

then

fell dramatically and levelled off at age 28 and continued to decrease with age. The pie chart shows that serious

crimes

were alarmingly high with nearly half of

crimes

identified as being violent in nature. Property and drug

crime

had similar levels at just under a quarter and

crimes

related to social disorder were relatively low at 9%.

Overall

, we can see that the vast majority of

crimes

- over 75% - were committed by older teens and people in their early twenties and the

crimes

identified in the graphic

most

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were related to violence.