Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
The FBI's official crime data shows the U.S. violent crime rate peaked in 1991 at roughly 758 per 100,000 people — the actual all-time high. Current rates are significantly lower than that peak, even after accounting for the 2020 spike. FBI Crime Data Explorer data through 2023 shows violent crime declining further from the 2020 local high, moving in the opposite direction of the claim.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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