The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Newport city centre from 2003-2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The illustrated line graph depicts the development of different crime rates in the city centre between 2003 and 2012. The evolution of burglaries, car

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and robberies is shown in the graphs over time. First of all, break-ins have the highest

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of incidents out of the three categories. In 2003, there were almost 3,500 events of burglaries.

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number peaked in 2004 with approximately 3,800 reports.

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amount significantly decreased and bottomed out in 2008 with a little over 1,000 break-ins and remained relatively stable until 2012.

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, the number of car

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hit a peak of 2,800

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in 2004 and

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gradually decreased until 2006. After, the count of reports increased steadily until 2012, when it almost topped the all-time high of 2004.

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but not least, the lowest crime rate, robbery from a person, with only 600 reported crimes in 2003, stayed stable the whole time. In 2008,

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hit a low of 500 robberies a year

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of the observation period, the figure reached 600 robberies.