Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
Both the FBI's police-reported data and the BJS National Crime Victimization Survey directly contradict this claim. The FBI's 2024 national violent crime rate was 359.1 per 100,000 inhabitants — roughly half the 1991 peak of 758.2 per 100,000. The NCVS puts 2024 victimization at 23.3 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, compared to about 80 per 1,000 in the early 1990s. By every major national measure, violent crime today is far below its historical peak.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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