The chart shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Newport city centre from 2003 to 2012.

The line graph illustrates the changing rates of crime in three various areas in Newport city centre in the years 2003 and 2012.

Overall

,

while

burglary

experienced a downward trend over a span,

car

theft

and robbery remained unchanged. It is

also

apparent that all of these types of crime saw some fluctuations. Looking at the decreases

first,

by 2003

burglary

stood at about 3400, before experiencing a small growth to around 3700 after a year. It started to drop until 2008, reaching over 3000, roughly 2600 and 1600 in 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. The number of incidents of

burglary

increased minimally to nearly 1500, exceeding about 1500 in 2010 and reaching a similar amount as in 2009. In the final year, it ended with a slight fall to about 1400.

Car

theft

and robbery in the beginning,

however

, accounted for around 2700 and 600 which were less than

burglary

, respectively.

While

car

theft

almost still existed in 2004, dropping slightly to about 2700, the number of robbery incidents saw a minimal increase until 2005.

Similarly

,

although

theft

from the person dipped moderately until 2008, reaching 500,

car

theft

experienced some fluctuations and levelled off at just over 2000. In 2009 and 2010 both of them rose slowly to around 2600 and 800, respectively. In 2011,

while

car

theft

showed a decrease to 2800 in 2012,

theft

from the person fell and grew gradually to roughly 700 in the end.