the chart below shows the changes that took place in 3 different areas of crime in Newport city centre from 2003 - 2012 summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart depicts changes in

crime

rates in Newport city centre from 2003 to 2012, focusing on

burglary

,

car

theft

, and

robbery

.

Crime

incidents

are measured by the number of occurrences per category.

Overall

, both

burglary

and

car

theft

experienced a declining trend over the given period, with

burglary

showing a more pronounced decrease compared to

car

theft

.

Conversely

, the incidence of

robbery

remained relatively stable with minimal fluctuations.

Initially

,

burglary

consistently ranked as the predominant

crime

, peaking at over 3500

incidents

in the first four years, marking it as the most prevalent

crime

during the decade.

Subsequently

, the number of

burglary

incidents

declined significantly, reaching a low of around 1250 in 2008, and

then

plateauing between 1250 and 1500 for the remaining years.

Similarly

,

car

theft

decreased from approximately 2750

incidents

in 2003 to just under 2500

incidents

in 2012, with minor fluctuations.

In contrast

,

robbery

exhibited a distinct pattern from the other two categories. Starting at slightly over 500

incidents

in 2003,

robbery

incidents

remained relatively constant, fluctuating between 500 and 1000, until returning to approximately the same level as in 2003 by the end of the period.