Fact-check: “Crime is up in the United States”
Verdict: Misleading (82% confidence)
Recent nationwide police-reported crime estimates from the FBI showed decreases from 2023 to 2024 in both violent crime (-4.5%) and property crime (-8.1%). Separately, the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey indicated overall violent victimization in 2023 was similar to 2022, with some measures decreasing and some property measures increasing in specific contexts, indicating the claim depends heavily on timeframe and which crime measure is used.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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