The line graph illustrates the proportion of three different illicit activity types—car theft, house burglary, and street robbery—in England and Wales between 1970 and 2000 .
Overall, car theft and house burglary increased, with the former leading the way, while street robbery stayed relatively consistent as the least common offense.
In 1970, there was a 0.4% auto theft violation; during the next 15 years, there was a notable rising trend, peaking at 1.4%, until the final year of the era saw a sharp decline to 0.8%.
Meanwhile, House burglary had comparable fluctuations, but to a much lesser degree. It began the era with a progressive inclination from roughly 0.3% in the first year to peak at 0.6% in 1990, and it finished with a dip to just over the beginning level in 2000.
However, street robbery tended to stabilise over the period, despite some slight fluctuations, hovering around 0.1%.