Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
Every major government data source — the FBI's crime statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey — shows the current U.S. violent crime rate is well below its historical peak in the early 1990s. The 1992–1993 period recorded violent crime rates roughly double what they are today. There is no credible primary-source data showing a return to those levels, let alone a new all-time high.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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