The line graph illustrates changes in three types of crime – car theft, house burglary, and street robbery – in England and Wales between 1970 and 2005. Overall, all categories showed increases to varying degrees, despite some fluctuations. Car theft was the most common crime, followed by house burglary, while street robbery was the least common over the period.
The true leader was car theft throughout the period. Starting at 0.4 million in 1970, the figure increased sharply, and reached a peak of 1.6 million in 1995, before declining to exactly 1 million thefts in 2005.
A somewhat similar pattern was observed in house burglary. There was a marked growth from 0.2 million to 0.5 million in the number of house burglaries, despite a slight decrease after 1995.
Regarding street robbery, this type of crime occurred less frequently throughout the period shown. The figure was an outlier, remaining at approximately 0.1 million until 1995, after which it increased slightly to 0.2 million by 2005.