Fact-check: “Crime is up in 2026 across the country”
Verdict: Unverifiable (35% confidence)
National, full-year 2026 U.S. crime totals are not available in official annual publications as of April 8, 2026, and the claim does not specify a crime type or a consistent national dataset/time window for 2026. The FBI Crime Data Explorer showed declines in reported violent and property crime for the most recent national rolling 12‑month window displayed (December 2024–November 2025), which does not support an across-the-country increase for 2026. A large-city sample report covering 2025 (not…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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