The line graph compares the number of cases in three different types of crimes in England and Wales from 1970 to 2005. Overall, the car theft consistently reached the highest number of ceses despite decreasing, the reverse was true for street robbery crimes. The house burgling crimes increased noticable at the outset, before declining towards at the end of the period.
In detail, the highest number of crime cases committed the car theft throughout the period. Approximately 0.40 million casesof car theft occurred initially, and this figure grew to 1.60 million by 1995. After this year there was a rapid drop, falling to 1.00 million in 2005. The house burgling experienced a similar trend, albeit with much fluctuation. The number of cases in house burgling stood 0.20 million in 1970 and grew steeply to around 0.80 million by 1980. In the following years, there was a sudden fall with 0.60 million in 1985 and it’s figure decreased again to about 0.50 milllion, although there was a slight growth after 1985.
The remaining crime which street robbery saw a gradual rise over the period. There was about 0.01 million cases in 1970. This figure increased steadely and slightly approximately to 0.18 million by 1980. From this year, this fugure maintain the same level with same rate, at 0,18 million until 1990. After this, the figure of cases in street robbery rose considerably to 0.40 million in 2005.