Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
Multiple independent primary sources, including FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data and Bureau of Justice Statistics data, documented that U.S. violent crime rates peaked in the early 1990s at approximately 750 offenses per 100,000 population and have declined substantially since then. The most recent FBI data recorded a national violent crime rate of 359.1 per 100,000 in 2024, less than half the historical peak. The claim is directly contradicted by documented primary-source evidence.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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