Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
The documented record from the two official national crime measures — the FBI's NIBRS-based estimates and the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey — directly contradicts this claim. The most recent NCVS data (2024) puts the violent crime rate at 8.9 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, which is similar to 2018 levels and well below the early 1990s peak of roughly 20–25 per 1,000. The FBI's August 2025 release of 2024 reported crime statistics likewise s…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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