The chart below shows changes in three different areas of crime in manchester city centre from 2003 to 2012

The chart below shows changes in three different areas of crime in manchester city centre from 2003 to 2012
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The chart illustrates changes in some crime types in Manchester downtown between 2003 and 2012.
Overall
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, the burglary rate shows a decrease,
while
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car theft increased over the same period. Meanwhile, the robbery rate remained stable. On the one hand, the number of burglaries started at 3,500 and
then
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increased slightly to around 3,800, which was the highest crime rate among the categories.
After
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this
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, the number dropped sharply over the next four years to reach 1,000, before slightly rising to 1,500 in 2009 and remaining steady until the end of the period.
On the other hand
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, car theft fluctuated over the period, starting at 2,000 in 2003 and ending
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around 2,800. As for robbery cases, they were the lowest among the crime categories and remained relatively stable between 2003 and 2012, with a small increase between 2004 and 2005.
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