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 re/evant.

The chart gives information about how many times the city centre of Newport experienced, between 2003 and 2012, three different types of crime: burglary, car theft and robbery.

Overall

, the total number of

crimes

has decreased over the

period

. Burglaries reached their peak in 2004, with approximately 3750

cases

,

then

they decreased to under 1500 in 2012. Car thefts started and finished with nearly the same number of incidents, but over the given

period

it remained between 2000 and 3000

cases

. Robbery fluctuated around 500 to 1000

crimes

. After peaked burglaries peaked, they reached a dip in 2008, with just above 1000

crimes

.

Then

, after a modest rise, it remained steady under the 1500

cases

. Car thefts started in 2003 with nearly 2800 incidents,

then

it decreased to just above 2000

crimes

in 2006. After

that

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it has seen a positive trend in the rest of the

period

.

On the other

hand

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robberies remained steady, with only slight changes over the given

period

. They started and finished with nearly the same

numeber

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number

of

crimes

and peaked in 2005 with 800

cases

.