Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
Both major national crime measurement systems — the FBI's NIBRS-based estimates and the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey — show U.S. violent crime well below its historical peak. The NCVS recorded roughly 8.9 victimizations per 1,000 persons in 2024, compared to rates above 30 per 1,000 in the early 1990s. Preliminary FBI data for 2025 shows a further sharp drop, including an estimated 18.1% decline in murders. The historical all-time high in the modern measurem…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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