The chart below shows the changes that took place in three 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 data gives information about how the rates of crime in Newport city centre evolved throughout the years between 2003 and 2012, with regards to burglary, car theft and robbery.  Looking from an

overall

perspective,

it is clear that

burglaries were the most frequent crime in Newport until 2007

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when they were replaced by car thefts.

In contrast

, robberies had always been the least performed crime in the area.

Additionally

, it is readily apparent that the number of break-ins has sharply declined, going down from 4000 in 2004 to around 1100 in 2008.

However

, it moderately increased again from 2009 onwards,

thus

reaching a plateau of 1500 incidents per year.

Moreover

, it is worth noticing that the number of cars stolen in the area decreased between 2005 and 2006, but

then

it gradually rose again, until its peak in 2012, when around 3000 car thefts occurred.

Finally

, as can be seen, the rate of robberies remained almost stable throughout the years, with the number of incidents always less than 1000 and more than 500.