The line graph provides information about three different crimes-car theft, house burgling, and street robbery- measure by million in England and Wales between 1970 and 2005. Overall, the three crimes witnessed an upward trend during a 35-year period. Additionally, car theft was the highest with a remarkable incline.
Initially, the number of cases of car theft commenced at 0.4 million, which was the highest compared to house burgling and street robbery with only 0.2 million and 0.1 million. In the next 25 years, the number of thieves stealing cars skyrocketed by 1.2 million before decreasing moderately to exactly 1 million in 2005. In addition, the number of burglars breaking into houses grew considerably from 0.2 to 0.9 million cases between 1970 and 1980. After that, it exhibited a noticeable decline to just under 0,6 million cases in a 25-year period.
Street robbery was the lowest of three crimes as it saw a slight increase by 0.3 in 45 years.