The line graph compares three types of crime rates (car theft, house burgling and street robbery) in England and Wales over a period of 35 years, between 1970 and 2005.
Overall, the number of car theft crimes experienced steady increase initially and was the leading type of crime during the period, albeit witnessing a downward trend in the last decade. Being the runner-up was house burgling, with the same trend. Meanwhile, street robbery was relatively stable, before experiencing an increase from 1990 to 2005.
Regarding the most widespread type of crime, the number of crimes for car theft initially accounted for 0.40 millions. The figure gradually increased to 1 million in 1990, before skyrocket to 1.60 million crimes. Then, however, the number bounced back to 1 million in 2005. A relatively similar trend was true for house burgling crimes, albeit at lower levels. The number initially recorded 0.20 million crimes, before steadily increasing to 0.70 million in 1990. Then the figure maintained for 5 years, however decreased to 0.50 millions of crimes in 2005.
Turning to street robbery, which is the less common type of crime, the number comprised around 0.05 million crimes in 1970 and remained stable for 20 years. After that, in 1990 the figure slightly increased and reached its peak of 0.20 million crimes in 2000 and remained constant for the remainder of the period.
