The line graph illustrates the number of different crimes (car theft, house burglary, and street robbery) in England and Wales between 1970 and 2005. Overall, while car thefts and house burglaries showed an initial increase followed by a decline, street robbery remained consistently low throughout the period. It is also notable that car theft was the most common type of crime during the whole period.
Regarding the number of car thefts, it stood at 0.4 million in 1970 and increased gradually until 1990 to 1 million. After that, there was a significant rise to 1.6 million in 1995 preceded noticeable decreases to 1.4 million in 2000 and 1 million in 2005.
Secondly, house burglary commenced at 0.2 million. After a considerable increase to 0.6 million in 1980, it leveled off until 1985. Despite a modest rise to 0.7 million in 1990, there was a stable period until 1995, which was followed by a noticeable drop to around 0.5 million at the end of the period.
Finally, starting at just above 0 million in 1970, the street robbery rate remained stable until 1995. Next, the figure saw slight growth to 0.2 million in 2000 and remained constant until the end of the period.