The line graph compares the percentages of 3 types of crime in England and Wales between 1970 and 2015. Overall, while car theft topped the chart throughout the period, street robbery accounted for the lowest share, with mild fluctuations being recorded over the period. House burglary, on the other hand, represented neither higher figures like the former nor the lower figures like the latter, occupying an intermediate position.
In 1970, all three types of crime started at almost the same level. The figure for street robbery stood at as little as 0.1%, whereas that for house burglary and car theft was 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively. Car theft reached its peak of 1% in 1985, pushing the total to 1.4%, while the other two registered much lower percentages, with house burglary reaching approximately 0.5%, and street robbery increasing to almost 0.2% in the same year, despite declining to 0.1% in 1980.
A completely different picture can be observed after 1985. Once the largest car theft started dipping and kept decreasing until 2000, falling to 0.9% in 1995, prior to dipping to 0.8% in 2000, whereas house burglary reached its highest point of 0.6% in 1990. Meanwhile, street robbery grew slightly to 0.2% in 1995, before declining to 0.1% in 2000. House burglary, however, did not manage to recover in the final years – it slightly dropped to about 0.5% in 1995, followed by a moderate fall to 0.4% in 2000.