Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
The documented record directly contradicts this claim. FBI data shows violent crime fell 9.3% between 2024 and 2025, and the current rate is far below the peaks recorded in the early 1990s — when the violent crime rate was nearly twice as high as in recent years. The Bureau of Justice Statistics and University of Pennsylvania criminology research reinforce the same picture: violent crime is well below its modern historical high.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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