Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-11-03

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 given bar graph illustrates the perceived danger and actual likelihood of being a victim of crime: Burglary, Car crime and Voilent crime in the year of 2009 to 2011.

Overall, perceived of Burglary was high in the year of 2009/10 and lowest was actual in Burglary among all the bar graph car crime was surged in the same year by perceived 2009/10 and lowest was in 2010/11 by perceived.

Initially,according to all the demonstrates information burglary was the least crime in the data whereas highest was car crime and burglary and violent crime remain steady. victim really suffer from car crime in perceived 2009/10.

Secondly, violent and Burglary crime remains same for the different year which is the lowest crime and peoples suffered less by those criminal.

At the last, according to the three categories of the crimes in the listed bar here are four different rows of the types of crime which impacts on individuals life in the different year

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the chart’s subject and mention all three crime types, and you attempt an overview by noting that car crime is highest in perceived figures. However, the main comparisons are not reported accurately or clearly enough: the chart shows perceived risk is much higher than actual victimisation in every category, and car crime is highest in both measures, while burglary is lowest for actual crime. The claim that burglary and violent crime “remain steady” is misleading because perceived figures fall between the two years, while actual figures rise slightly. Some statements, such as “burglary was the least crime,” do not specify whether this refers to perceived or actual figures. Focus on the largest contrasts and support them with accurate figures; 12 words copied from the prompt were not counted.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has separate paragraphs and uses basic sequencing signals such as “Overall,” “Initially,” “Secondly,” and “At the last,” so there is an attempt to organise the report. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the body paragraphs do not present a clear comparison by crime type or by year, and several points repeat or contradict the overview. For example, “burglary was the least crime” is followed by a claim that burglary and violent crime “remain steady,” without clarifying which series is being discussed. The final paragraph adds no specific chart information. Group the overview first, then compare perceived and actual figures across the categories, using clear references such as “these figures” only when their meaning is unmistakable.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “perceived,” “actual likelihood,” “crime,” and the names of the three categories. This gives the reader a basic sense of the subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning unclear, such as “perceived of Burglary,” “car crime was surged,” and “victim really suffer from car crime in perceived 2009/10.” “Rows” is also not an appropriate description of the chart’s categories. Spelling errors such as “Voilent” and awkward repetition of “crime” reduce precision. Practise standard chart language—“the perceived risk of burglary,” “the figure for car crime,” and “the actual rate”—and choose verbs that accurately describe increases or comparisons.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer clauses, for example, “the given bar graph illustrates…” and “according to all the demonstrates information…,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in sentence structure and verb forms occur throughout: “perceived of Burglary was high” lacks a clear grammatical construction, while “car crime was surged” uses an incorrect passive form. Agreement and tense are also problematic in “violent and Burglary crime remains same,” and articles and prepositions are often missing or misplaced. Several sentences are fragments or run together, particularly the final paragraph, which makes relationships between ideas hard to understand. Build accuracy with short comparison sentences first, then combine them using clauses such as “whereas” or “while”; check subject–verb agreement, articles, and punctuation.

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