Band 7+: 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. Write atleast 150 words.

The presented chart illustrates the fluctuation of crime rates in three various types in Newport city over the period of 9 years, from 2003 to 2012.

Overall, it can be clearly observed that all kinds of crime experienced frequent changes with different levels. While the rates of car theft and robbery fluctuated slightly during the 9-year period, the number of incidents reported due to burglary saw a significant downward trend.

In 2003, starting at the point of nearly 3500 incidents, the figures for burglary reached its peak at approximately 3800 incidents in 2004. The following 4 years followed by a sharp decline before hitting its bottom of around 1200 incidents. The rates of burglary in the remaining period increased a little bit and remained nearly unchanged around the point of 1400 incidents.

Theft relating to cars stayed constant for two years at about 2800 incidents before its sudden drop in 2006 to just above 2000 incidents. The rest of time witness a gradual increase to nearly the same level in 2003, 2700 incidents. The figure for robberies seemed to remain stable at just over 500, which had the lowest number of incidents.