The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in New Port city center from 2003-2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given line graph illustrates the changing

rates

that took place in three different areas of crime in Newport city centre between 2003 and 2012.

Overall

, it can clearly be seen that the

rates

in all areas remained relatively stable throughout the given period, with the exception of

burglary

.

Moreover

,

while

burglary

had the highest

rates

at the start, it had been overtaken by car theft over the

years

. In terms of the most common area of crime at the start, the

number

of

burglary

incidents started at just below 3500 in 2003. It

then

rose slightly and peaked at about 3800 in 2004, before experiencing a massive drop over the next four

years

to hit a trough at just above 1000 in 2008. After that, the rate remained relatively stable until the end. Regarding the other two areas of crime with lower

rates

in the beginning, the

number

of car thefts stood slightly less than

burglary

at about 2800 over the first two

years

. Despite seeing a slight fall to just above 2000, the rate

then

rose gradually with small fluctuations over the rest of the period to around its original level in 2012,

thus

surpassing

burglary

. Meanwhile, the

number

of robbery incidents began at a comparatively lower

number

than the other two crimes at about 600 incidents before fluctuating very slightly between 500 and 1000 over the next 9

years

, ending at about its initial value.