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Crime Rates

The line graph illustrates the frequency of burglary, car theft, and robbery in the inner city from 2003 to 2012. Burglary was initially the most common crime but saw a significant decline, while car thefts and robbery remained relatively stable, with car thefts becoming the most prevalent by the end of the period. Robbery consistently had the lowest rates, mirroring the fluctuations of car thefts.

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Crime Rates

The line graph illustrates the frequency of burglary, car theft, and robbery in the inner city from 2003 to 2012. Burglary was initially the most common crime but saw a significant decline, while car thefts and robbery remained relatively stable, with car thefts becoming the most prevalent by the end of the period. Robbery consistently had the lowest rates, mirroring the fluctuations of car thefts.

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The line graph presents data on the frequency of law-breaking activities, namely burglary, car

theft and robbery in the inner city between 2003 and 2012.
Overall, burglary was the most common type of crime at first, yet it experienced a plunge over
the period. Meanwhile, in spite of some fluctuations, car thefts and robbery nearly remained the
same figures after nine years.
At the outset, burglary registered the highest point at just below 3500 incidents. However,
despite the later peak of 3700, it embarked on a prolonged steep decline, standing at merely 1200
in 2008, which lagged far behind car theft rates. After a marginal rise to approximately 1500 by
2009, the figure hovered around that point towards the end of the period, becoming the second
most common. It can be seen that this criminal activity bucked the consistent trend of other
types.
The remaining categories exhibited relatively the same stable pattern although car thefts clearly
recorded higher rates than robbery. The former, which stabilized at about 2800 incidents in the
first two years, lost its momentum by 2006 when only 2000 cases were committed. Nevertheless,
it began to recover gradually along with minor fluctuations, becoming the most prevalent crime
over the time.
Meanwhile, the latter represented the lowest rates throughout the timeframe. Noticeably, robbery
mirrored car thefts’ pattern when two drops were followed by two increases in the figures. Its
highest point was recorded in 2005 with only 800 cases, compared with the trough of 500 in
2008. It can be said that this year also witnessed the downfall of all crimes.

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