Band 7+: The chart below shows three different types of crime in England and Wales from 1970 to 2005. Summarize the information be selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart below provides information about certain types of crime in England and Wales within the 35-year period, from 1970 to 2005.

Overall, while car theft showed the highest number of crimes, street robbery had the lowest number of crimes. Furthermore, street robbery stayed almost the same throughout period.

To begin with, car theft stayed at 0.4 million in 1970 and grew steadily to 0.8 million in 1980. After it grew to 1 million in 1980, it rose dramatically and peaked at 1.6 million in 1995. After the peak, it was a slight decrease to 1.4 million in 2000 at first, and to 1 million at the end of the period in 2005.

House burgling stayed at 0.2 million at the beginning of the period. After a slight increase to 0.6 in 1980, it was a fluctuation from 0.6 to 0.7 million in the 20-year period. At the end of the period, it was a decline to 0.3 million.

Street robbery remained the same at under the 0.2 million from 1970 to 1995. Then it saw an increase in 0.2 from 2000 and until the end of the period.