The given line graph illustrates the number of cases that the three different crimes committed from 1970 to 2005 in England and Wales.
Overall, it is evident that the numbers of car theft, house burgling, street robbery followed an upward trend. In addition, the figure for car theft underwent the most dramatical change during the period mentioned.
In 1970, the quantity of case that cars were stolen was the largest among the three different crimes, at 400,000 cases. Additionally, this figure witnessed a gradually rise to approximately 1 million cases after twenty years, before it surged and reached it peaks at exact 1,6 million cases in 1995. Moreover, the period between 1995 and 2005 saw a sharp fall to the same figure in 1990. However, this figure still remained as the largest figure among the three crimes.
In the first year, the figure for house burgling was 200,000 cases. This figure, furthermore, grew significantly and reach its highest point in 1980, at 900,000 cases, before it declined to approximately 600,000 cases in 1985. Moreover, this figure experienced fluctuation in the next twenty years and stopped at 500,000 cases in 2005. In 1970, the figure for street robbery was 100,000 cases. After that, this figure showed stability at this point, before a moderate climb to 400,000 cases was witnessed in this figure in 2005. In addition the figure for street robbery was the smallest among the three different crimes during the period mentioned.