Band 6+: The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Panama City from 2010 to 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart provides a breakdown of transformations that occurred in three separate categories of crime in Panama City in nine years, from 2010 to 2019.

Overall, it is clear that at the end of a given period, robbery and car theft followed similar upward patterns, while the reverse was true for burglary. It is evident that burglary was particularly high at the beginning of the time frame but experienced a sharp decline afterwards.

In 2010, while burglary and car theft were major concerns with high incident rates, robbery was notably lower, standing at roughly 800 cases. Car theft saw a decreasing trend starting in 2012, which came to a stop in 2013. In addition, burglary fell sharply from just above 3,500 to around 800 cases until 2015. In 2015, was the year when robbery incidents decreased under than that for 500 incidents.

Regarding the country, by contrast, all three categories were increasing in 2015. On the other hand, in 2019 to 2017, robbery and stealing cars followed to go up, while burglary pronounced a slight decline. This increase and decrease figures witnessed in the final years between 2018 and 2019.