Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
Both major federal crime measures — the FBI's NIBRS data and BJS's National Crime Victimization Survey — show national violent crime rates well below their historical peaks in the early 1990s. The NCVS recorded violent victimization rates exceeding 30 per 1,000 persons in the early 1990s; the 2024 figure was 8.9 per 1,000. Preliminary FBI data for 2025 show violent crime and murders falling further, with murders dropping an estimated 18.1% compared to the prior year.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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