The chart below shows the changes in three different areas of crime in Manchester city centre from 2003-2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making comparisons where relevant

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UK’s downtown over the period 2003-2012.

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the burglary rates saw a significant decline

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for car theft and robbery fluctuated heavily during that time.

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, of the three types, the rates for theft

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the lowest in each year. In 2003, the rate of burglary was at nearly 3500 incidents before dropping dramatically to 1100. The number was the highest until 2006. After that, the

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remained stable at around 1500 by the end of the period. Turning to the remaining category, the number of car thefts was in

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of 2700 at the first time. But fell steadily to 2000. By the next seven years, the

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had risen again to around 2700 incidents in 2012, which was higher than the number of burglaries at the same time. Robbery showed a slightly similar pattern,

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fluctuated just below 1000 incidents over the entire period.