1. The risk to girls of being the victim of a crime is less than 50% of that to boys.
Statistics show that 8.6% of girls aged from 10-15 have been a victim of crime and 14.4% of boys have been a victim of crime. The risk is 58% of girls to boys so the answer is FALSE.
2. Knife crime rates have fallen by nearly 25% since 2009.
2009/10 has had 4647 crime rates and 25% of this is around 1162. 4647 – 1162 is 3485 and in 2014/15 3617 crimes have occurred and that is very close to 25% so the answer is TRUE.
3. You are 50% less likely to be very worried about knife crime if you read a tabloid newspaper rather than a broadsheet.
It shows that a total of 24:11 (tabloid readers: broadsheet readers) are worried about crime so you are 50% MORE likely to be more worried so the answer is FALSE.
Statement Corrections
The risk to girls of being the victim of a crime is less than 60% of that to boys.
Knife crime rates have fallen by nearly 25% since 2009.
You are 50% more likely to be very worried about knife crime if you read a tabloid newspaper rather than a broadsheet.