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The chart below shows three different types of crime in England and Wales from 1970 to 2005. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

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Model Answer

The given line graph compares three types of law breaking offenses in England and Wales between 1975 and 2005. We can see immediately that there was an upward trend in all three types of crime.

The number of car thefts was the highest throughout the given period. In 1970, the number of car thefts stood at 0.4 million, which were two times more than the reported cases of house burglaries. The next two decades saw a moderate rise in the reported cases of car robberies, and the number reached 1 million by 1990. There was a dramatic escalation in car robberies from 1990 to 1995 and the number peaked at 1.6 million, after which there was a rapid decrease and by 2005, the number of car robberies fell to 1 million.

The number of house burglaries showed a similar trend as car thefts for the first 10 years, after which the number fluctuated and reached 0.5 million by 2005

Street robberies were very few (0.01 million approximately) from 1970 to 1990. Then there was a moderate growth in the number of street robberies and the number grew to 0.2 million by 2000, but after that there was stability in street robberies.

Overall, reported cases of car thefts were the maximum and street robberies the minimum throughout the given period of 35 years.