Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
The claim is directly contradicted by the most recent official data. The FBI's August 2026 release reports that violent crime fell 9.3% from 2024 to 2025 — the largest single-year decline since FBI estimations began in 1936 — with the 2024 rate already at its lowest since at least 1969 and the 2025 murder rate tied with 1955–1956 for the lowest on record. The historical peak for U.S. violent crime was 1991, when the FBI recorded 758.2 violent crimes per 100,000 people; current rates are less th…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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