Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
The claim is directly contradicted by multiple official primary sources. The FBI's 2025 data, released August 2026, shows violent crime fell 9.3% from 2024 to 2025 — the largest single-year decline since 1937 — and the murder rate of 4.1 per 100,000 tied its lowest point since FBI tracking began in 1936. The FBI UCR historical record places the all-time peak at 758.2 violent crimes per 100,000 in 1991, roughly double the current rate of approximately 359 per 100,000.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
Related fact-checks
- Donald Trump Jr accepted a gift from a Russian oligearch — True
- European Union plans 200 million Euro investment in Greenland as a response to Trump's posturing — Mostly True
- Approximately 45% of the current Canadian population is made up of immigrants and the children of immigrants — Mostly True
- Recent job numbers increased faster than had been expected and are ahead of most analysts expectations — Partly True
- Medicare for all would cost trillions a year that Americans would pay through higher income taxes — Partly True