The given chart depicts the differences in juvenile crime in 3 areas between 1995 to 1998, including Suburban, Rural, and Urban areas. The unit is measured in percentage.
From the overall perspective, what stands out from the chart is that both teenagers in Urban and Rural areas witness a downward trend, while the percentage of Suburban areas saw a strong fluctuation between years.
Looking into details, starting from around 0,5 percent in 1995, juvenile crime in Urban areas slightly rose to 2 percent in 1996, which is a bit lower than the starting number of 3 percent of Rural’s teenatures crime in 1995, concurrently, in 1996, Rural areas observed a stable trend in this type of crime. In the next 2 years, both places’ proportion witnessed a steady decline, the figure of crime in the Urban bottom out at negative 4 percent in 1998, simultaneously, the Rural area’s figure considerably fell to negative 2 percent, half the data of juvenile crime happened in the Urban areas.
Examine the proportion of teenagers crime in the Suburban areas, starting at 2 percent in 1995, it surged 4 times, hitting its peak at 8 percent in 1996 – the highest position of the data table. However, the number of teenagers crime in these areas plummeted to negative 2 percent in 1997, lowest rate at that time, and finally registered a rise to 0 percent in 1998.