The line chart demonstrates the number of three distinct types of crime that occurred in England and Wales: car theft, house burglary, and street robbery, from the year 1970 to 2005. The crime rates are measured in millions.
Overall, it is can be eventually deduced that the number of crimes in England and Wales increased significantly throughout the period. The highest number of cases reported were for car theft and house burglary, and the incidents of street robbery were the lowest.
To begin with, in 1970, almost 0.4 million cars were stolen. Then this trend marginally surged to its apex point of 1.6 million in 1995. However, ultimately the number of car thefts has started to decline and stood at 1.0 million. Moreover, the moderate number of cases was in house burglaries, which accounted for 0.2 million. The incidents of house burglary have started to increase gradually with minor variations in trends and peaked at 0.5 million in 2005.
Shifting focus to another type of crime, the incidents of street robberies remained at zero for at least two decades. Then, from 1990, cases of street robberies have been reported, which slowly soared to 0.2 million in 2005.