The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Panama City from 2010 to 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Panama City from 2010 to 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Panama City from 2010 to 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The line graph gives information about the changing rates of crime in Panama City between 2010 and 2019.
Overall
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, what stands out from the graph is that the
number
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of
burglaries
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decreased
significantly
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while
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the proportion of car theft and
robbery
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did not change a lot over the given period. As the graph shows, at the beginning, burglary was common with 3500 incidents in 2010, followed by a small increase to around 3750 in 2011.
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, the
number
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of
burglaries
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declined sharply to 1000 in 2015.
However
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, there was a slight increase in the
number
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of
burglaries
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to 1500 in 2016,
then
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it continued at a steady rate by 2018, but in the
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it experienced a small decline to about 1400 in 2019. In terms of the proportion of car theft and
robbery
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remained relatively unchanged throughout the period shown. The
number
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of
burglaries
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started at around 2800 in 2010,
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it remained stable until 2012. After that, the
number
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of
burglaries
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showed a fall to 2000 in 2013, followed by a steep rise to 2700 in 2019. Regarding the proportion of
robbery
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began with around 650 in 2010, followed by a rise to 100 in 2012. By 2015, the figure returned to the same level as in 2010, with 500 incidents of
robbery
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.
Subsequently
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, the incidents of
robbery
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saw a steep increase to just over 700 in 2019.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, burglaries, robbery with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "gives" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "shows" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "steep" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Crime rates
  • Fluctuated
  • Significant spike
  • Consistent trend
  • Prevalent
  • Cumulative change
  • Enforcement
  • Correlate
  • Reduction/increase in crime
  • Categories of crime
  • Level of crime
  • Period of time
  • Analysis
  • Data representation
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