The line graph illustrates the changes in the volumes of criminal incidents in three different categories — burglary, car theft, and robbery — in the city center of New Port from 2003 to 2012.
Overall, burglary underwent a stark downward trend, while car theft showed a slight increase after some fluctuations. Robbery remained the least common crime and showed only minor changes throughout the whole timeframe.
To set up with, in 2003, burglary was the most prevalent crime, with about 3,400 officially reported cases. It rose slightly to a peak of around 3,750 in 2004 but then declined significantly to approximately 1,100 by 2008. After that, burglary figures made comeback and remained unchanged at around 1,400 incidents from 2009 to 2012.
Car theft began at around 2,800 incidents in 2003 and stayed interestingly stable until 2005. Then it fell to about 2,000 in 2006, followed by a gradual rose, ending at nearly 2,700 in 2012 — making it the most frequently reported crime ultimately. Robbery had the lowest figures throughout, whole period about 500, increasing slightly to nearly 900 in 2005, and then fluctuating moderately and rounded off at just under 1,000 by 2012.