Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
Both the FBI's Crime Data Explorer and the CDC's mortality data show that U.S. violent crime rates peaked in the early 1990s — with the FBI recording a violent crime rate of roughly 758 per 100,000 in 1991 — and current levels, even after the sharp 2020 spike, remain well below that peak. The FBI's 2023 release (published October 2024) and the 2024 release (published August 2025) confirm continued levels far below the 1990s highs. The claim is directly contradicted by multiple independent prima…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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