The supplied line graph reveals the changes in three types of crime committed in England and Wales ( measured in millions) from 1970 to 2005.
Overall, it is readily apparent that the number of car thefts and house burglars in England and Wales increased dramatically over the period, while the cases of street burglary rose less sharply. In addition, although all types of crimes demonstrated rises in their figures in the given years, car theft remained the most popular crime activity throughout.
Looking into the specifics, in 1970 the highest 40,000 crime cases were car thefts, and this figure rose gradually peaking at 1.60 million by 1995, before declining until 2005 to its same level in 1990 which was exactly 1 million recorded car thefts. Moreover, in 1970 twice a few people did house burgling and over a decade this ratio increased abruptly to its highest point at nearly 90 thousand, before declining to 60 thousand in 1985 and leveling off at around 50 thousand until the end of the period.
In contrast, street burglary was the least common type of crime which remained stable at approximately 10 thousand between 1970 and 1990. However, starting from 1995 this figure grew slightly to 40 thousand until 2005.