IELTS TASK1: The changing rate of crime in the city centre the from 2003-2012 The graph compares that how the rates of criminal activity changed in Newport city centre between 2003 and 2012. It is clear that the rate of burglary decreased considerably during the period 2003-2012, while it can be seen that there are slight increases in both rate of car theft and robbery. To begin with, the number of burglaries happened in the inner city increased from around 3400 in 2013 to its peak of about 3750 in 2004. Next, the rate of burglary started to fall before reaching the lowest point at around 1200 in 2008. We can see that the rate of burglary roughly remained constant after four years. By contrast, the number of car theft remained stable in the first three years before falling to around 2000 in 2006. The number of robberies increased slightly to about 900 in 2005 then fell to 500 in 2008. There are slight rises in the number of car theft and robbery from 2008 to 2012, and they increased by 500 and 250 incidents respectively.