The graph shows the number of cases of violence ______ Newtown _____ 1970 and 2010. As an overall trend, it is clear that the number of cases of violence increased fairly rapidly until the mid-eighties, remained constant ____ around a decade _____ 700 cases before dropping _____ zero ____ the late 1990s. ___ 1990, the number of cases stood____ approximately 300. That number rose steadily _____ 500 by 1999 and then more sharply _____ 900 in 2003.