Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
This claim is directly contradicted by official government data. Both the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data and the BJS National Crime Victimization Survey show that U.S. violent crime rates peaked in the early 1990s and have been substantially lower in every year since. Preliminary FBI data for 2025 shows violent crime continuing to decline, with murders down roughly 18% from the prior year.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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