This line chart displays the rate of serious crimes reported in London from 2003 to 2012.
The number of murders remained stable and the less frequent type of crimes across time. On the contrary, armed robbery and assault evolved significantly with being formerly ranked as first and second most frequent types of crime respectively to exchange their position in the end.
First, armed robbery peaked for about 3,700 crimes in 2004 and showed its biggest dip in 2008 with just over 1,000 crimes from which it lost its first rank place. In 2009, a small increase of 1,500 was observed and remained stable till 2012. Assault crimes decreased slowly from about 2,400 in 2003 to 2,000 in 2008. It is followed by a steady growth to which reached its maximum in 2012 for approximately 2,7000 reported cases.
On the other hand, murder rates rose between 2003 and 2005 from 500 to around 900 respectively. Then, a decrease was observed from the last date to 2008 to get back at 500 murders for the year. From 2009 to 2012, the numbers slightly fluctuated to finally reach a value close to 600 killings for the last year.
