The bar chart is titled “Gang-Problem Assessment Trend, 2002–2007.” Displayed horizontally are years from 2002 to 2007, and displayed vertically are percentages from 0 to 60. The percentages of “Getting Worse” for each year are presented as data points. The heading titled “Gang-Problem Assessment Trend” includes bullet points that describe this bar chart.
Specifically, the percentages of agencies reporting their overall assessments of their local gang problems as “Getting Worse” for each year are as follows: 41.3 percent in 2002, 37.9 percent in 2003, 48.2 percent in 2004, 54.5 percent in 2005, 54.9 percent in 2006, and 49.3 percent in 2007.