Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-24

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The graph below shows the perceived danger and actual likelihood of being a victim of crime.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Perceived and actual likelihood of being a victim of crime: by crime type

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The graph illustrates the perecived danger and true likelihood of being a victim of crime.

Overall,car crime perecived has touched the highest percentages and Burglary actual likelihood of being a victim of crime is the lowest till now.

At first, Burglary victim of crime was lowest at begining by 2009\10 and actual crime was near 3% which is lowest and ,Burgular perecived 2010\11 was around 13% but actual percentages was just litle up from actual 2009\10 that was around 4%.Car crime has seen more perecived devastating growth around 22% in 2009\10 but actual was just near 5% in 2009\10.

Then, car crime perecived likelihood of being a victim of crime was around 17% in 2010\11 and real crime was same as actual 2009\10 that is somewhere 5%.violent crime perecived was at level of burglary perecived around 16% in 2009\10 and actual crime was just near 4% in 2009\10 and perecived 2010\11 was near 14% and actual violent crime was same as actual 2009\10 that is around 4%. The car crime has maximum percentages of perecived and burglary has lowest actual crime just near 3%. At last highest actual crime was in car in 2009\10 and 2010\11 respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the prompt by summarising the main features of the chart regarding perceived and actual crime rates. An overview is attempted in the second paragraph, stating that car crime perceived has the highest percentages and burglary actual likelihood is the lowest. However, the data citation is frequently inaccurate, confused, or misread (for instance, stating that actual burglary was around 4% in 2010/11 when the chart shows it at 2.5%, and misreporting various other figures). Furthermore, the response is disorganised in its presentation of details, leading to an under-developed summary of the visual data. These inaccuracies in data reporting and the lack of a fully clear overview place this response at Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response is divided into paragraphs, but the paragraphing is poor and some paragraphs are overly dense run-on blocks of text. Cohesive devices are used minimally or repetitively ('At first', 'Then', 'At last'), and referencing is frequently unclear, making it hard to follow which year or crime type is being discussed. The overall progression of ideas lacks a clear, logical structure, jumping back and forth between years and categories without a systematic comparative approach. This demonstrates the characteristics of Band 5 for coherence and cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with frequent spelling errors such as 'perecived' (perceived), 'begining' (beginning), 'Burgular' (Burglary), and 'litle' (little). The student attempts some less common topic-related vocabulary such as 'likelihood', 'devastating growth', and 'percentages', but inaccurate word forms and spelling mistakes ('perecived' repeated throughout) restrict the range and cause noticeable strain for the reader. This performance aligns with Band 5.0 for lexical resource.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response features a very limited range of grammatical structures. Most sentences are simple or awkwardly constructed run-ons linked incorrectly with commas and conjunctions (e.g., 'Burglary victim of crime was lowest at begining by 2009\10 and actual crime was near 3% which is lowest and ,Burgular perecived 2010\11 was around 13%...'). There are frequent errors in punctuation, articles, prepositions, and verb forms that cause difficulty for the reader. Complex structures are rare and almost always faulty, fitting the Band 5 descriptor.

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