Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
FBI data and BJS survey data both directly contradict this claim. The violent crime rate peaked in the early 1990s — around 750 per 100,000 people in 1991 — and current rates are roughly half that. The FBI's 2024 national crime report, released August 2025, shows violent crime occurring every 25.9 seconds on average in 2024, and preliminary 2025 data indicate a further 9.3% decline. There is no period in recent decades that qualifies as an all-time high.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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