The provided chart illustrates the number of crimes committed in New Port city centre from 2003 to 2012.
Overall, while the number of car theft and robbery both hovered around a particular number, a dramatic shift was witnessed in that of burglary.
As can be seen, burglary was the most common crime witnessed in New Port city with 3500 cases recorded in 2003. The number of cases saw an upward trend which spiked at 3800 in 2004. However, it immediately lost its predominance as a significant drop emerged which didn’t end until 2008 with the lowest number ever recorded.
While burglary was a variable, robbery remained relatively constant with only a notable increase from more than 500 in 2003 to about 1000 in 2005, which later regressed to 500 in 2008. The same pattern but with a more intense pace was car theft. About 2800 reports of vehicles being stolen in 2003 which dropped remarkably by 2000 in 2006. However, it gradually bounced back and re-reach its peak of 2800 in 2012.
