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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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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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
.
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