Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
Multiple independent primary sources — FBI UCR data, BJS NCVS victimization surveys, and preliminary 2025 FBI figures — all show current U.S. violent crime rates far below historical peaks. The FBI's own historical tables show the violent crime rate peaked in 1991 at 758.2 per 100,000, compared to 359.1 per 100,000 in 2024 — roughly half the all-time peak. NCVS data shows a similar pattern, with 1990s victimization rates (around 51 per 1,000 in 1994) dwarfing recent figures. There is no credibl…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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