The line graph illustrates the number of cases of
car
theft, house burglary and Use synonyms
street
Use synonyms
robbery
in England and Wales between 1970 and 2005.
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Overall
, Linking Words
car
theft was Use synonyms
very
common type of crime, Correct article usage
a very
then
Linking Words
street
Use synonyms
robbery
was the least case. We can see that Use synonyms
car
theft and Use synonyms
street
Use synonyms
robbery
Use synonyms
were
began to decline in 1995. Only Verb problem
apply
street
Use synonyms
robbery
increased steadily.
In 1970, around 0.4 Use synonyms
million
Use synonyms
car
thefts were reported, compared to about 0.2 Use synonyms
million
house burglaries and Use synonyms
street
robberies Use synonyms
slightly
under 0.1 Punctuation problem
, slightly
million
.The number of Use synonyms
car
thefts increased slowly to 1 Use synonyms
million
in 1990, Use synonyms
then
went up quickly to almost 1.6 Linking Words
million
in 1995. After that, it fell gradually to around 1 Use synonyms
million
in 2005.
House Use synonyms
burgling
increased moderately Use the right word
burglaries
around
0.9 Change preposition
by around
millions
in 1980, Fix the agreement mistake
million
then
dropped steadily Linking Words
almost
0.5 Change preposition
by almost
millions
in 2005. Fix the agreement mistake
million
In contrast
, Linking Words
street
Use synonyms
robbery
showed a slow but consistent increase, from under 0.1 Use synonyms
million
in 1970 to approximately 0.3 Use synonyms
million
in 2005.Use synonyms