The line chart presents the number of crime cases committed from 1970 to 2005 in England and Wales, categorized by three different crimes—car theft, house burgling, and street robbery.
Overall, car theft had been the dominant crime most of the time, while the number of street robberies remained the least. House burgling had fluctuated throughout the period.
Car theft had increased from 0.4 million to around 0.9 million between 1970 to 1990, and then peaked at 1.6 million in 1995. Following this, it had gradually declined to 1 million by 2005. Similarly, house burgling surged at 0.2 million in 1980, which was the only year its number surpassed car theft. After 1980, the trend decreased to 0.6 million in 1985, followed by a fluctuated trend. On the other hand, the number of street robbery crimes had been the lowest over the years, it started at approximately 0.1 million in 1970, then experienced an insignificant change until 2000. Notably, it climbed from just over 0.2 million to 0.4 million between 2000 and 2005, which was the most obvious increase throughout the 35 years period.