Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
The FBI's own data shows the opposite is true. The U.S. violent crime rate was 359.1 per 100,000 in 2024 — down 5.4% from 2023 — and 2025 saw a further 9.3% drop to roughly 1.12 million violent crimes total. The 2025 murder rate is described by crime analysts as the lowest ever recorded since the FBI began tracking national data in 1960, and 2026 data through April shows the decline continuing. The claim that violent crime is at an all-time high directly contradicts every available authoritativ…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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