Sociology Crime Stats

Question 1

CSEW 2011

Answer 1

“poorer households are more likely to be burgled”

Question 2

Blomberg

Answer 2

“29% of new stories reinforced benefit fraud”

Question 3

Farell

Answer 3

“middle classes are more likely to admit to tax fraud”

Question 4

MOJ 2017

Answer 4

“74% of prosecutions were male, 26% were female”

Question 5

National audit database

Answer 5

“tax avoidance costs £34 billion per year”

Question 6

Ethnicity MOJ 2017

Answer 6

“ A black person is more likely to be in prison than university”
“black people make up the largest BAME group in prison”
“black people are 8 times more likely to be searched”

Question 7

Gender MOJ 2017

Answer 7

“85% of arrests accounted for were male”
“ Females are 134% more likely to self harm in prison”
“71% of homicide victims were male”

Question 8

Age ONS 2011

Answer 8

“people aged 10 - 17 accounted for more than 13% of arrests”
“51% of all robberies were committed by under 18 year olds”
“most economic crime is committed by young people”