Depicted by a line graph and pie chart are the UK’s crime statistics for the last year. Overall, the line graph shows that crime rates increase during adolescence, peaking at the age of 20, and continue to drop as individuals age. The pie chart, on the other hand, portrays the percentage of the types of crimes committed.
The line graph shows that crime begins at the age of 12 and increases dramatically at with about 71 thousand crimes committed by 16-year-olds. The chart reaches its peak at 80 thousand for 20-year-olds and starts dropping drastically to a rate of 20 thousand crimes. This number continues to decrease into the age of 60.
As for the pie chart, the largest portion of crimes committed last year falls under the violent crimes category at 46%, followed by property crime, drug crime, and public order crime, which make up 23%, 22%, and 9% of the chart respectively.
