Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
Both major federal crime measurement series — the FBI Uniform Crime Report and the BJS National Crime Victimization Survey — directly contradict this claim. The FBI's violent crime rate peaked in 1991 at 758.2 per 100,000 inhabitants; the 2024 rate was 359.1 per 100,000, less than half the historical peak. The NCVS victimization rate peaked around 1994 at roughly 51 per 1,000 persons; by 2024 it had fallen to 23.3 per 1,000. Current levels are not an all-time high by either measure — they are n…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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