The line graph illustrates the proportion of three different types of crimes: car theft, house burglary, street robbery in England and Wales between 1970 and 2000.
Looking at the graph more closely, one can see that the rate of car theft and house burglary experienced an upward trend, while the percentage of street robbery remained unchanged.
In 1970, the proportion of car theft was exactly 0.4%, which was the highest percentage at that time. This percentage continued to increase dramatically over the next ten-year period, and it reached a peak of 1.4% in 1985, before decreasing significantly to 0.8% in 2000. Meanwhile, the rate of house burglary was approximately 0.3% in 1970, then increased to 0.6% in 1990, which doubled its figure in the first year. In the next ten years, the percentage of house burglary decreased to 0.4%.
The percentage of street robbery was about 0.1% in 1970. This percentage fluctuated slightly during the period and remained stable at roughly 0.1% in 2000.