Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
Every authoritative measure directly contradicts this claim. The FBI's historical series peaked in 1991 at 758.2 violent crimes per 100,000 people; the 2025 rate is 327.6 per 100,000 — less than half the peak — and 2024–2025 marked the largest single-year decline since FBI estimations began in 1936. The BJS victimization survey similarly shows a drop from 79.8 per 1,000 persons in 1993 to 23.3 in 2024.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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