The line graph compares the crime rate across three categories – car theft, house burgling, and street robbery – in England and Wales in the period between 1970 and 2005, measuring in millions. Overall, all types of crimes saw fluctuating increases to varying degrees in the years in question, with the disparity among them widening over the the same period. Despite starting at the lower numbers and experiencing the most pronounced declime in the final years, the figure for car theft took the lead, trailing behind the remaining kinds of crimes. It is also clear that those of house burgling and street robbery showed an opposing trend throughout.
Among them, car theft stood out by far the most common crime, beginning at 0,40 milions im 1970 and followed by a gradual yet significant rise to 1 million in 1990. From this point on, the figure accelerated, reaching a peak of 1,60 million in 1995. However, this peak was short-lived, eventually declining to 1 million by the end of the period and maintaining its 1990 level.
As for the remaining crimes, they both exhibited relatively stable and mild patterns. The figure for house burgling rose marginally to 0,7 milllion in 1990s and went down to about 0.5 million by 2005, though ranking second in the chart. Meanwhile, that of street robbery stood at 0 milllion by 1990, a figure that then grew slighlty to 0,20 in 2005.