Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
Both major federal crime measurement systems — the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data and the BJS National Crime Victimization Survey — show current violent crime rates far below historical peaks reached in the early 1990s. The FBI's 2024 estimate puts the violent crime rate at 359.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to a peak of 758.2 per 100,000 in 1991. The NCVS shows 2022 violent victimization at 23.5 per 1,000 persons age 12+, compared to 79.8 per 1,000 in 1993. The most recent data (2024–…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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