Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
This claim is directly contradicted by FBI and Bureau of Justice Statistics data. The violent crime rate peaked in the early 1990s — roughly twice the rate recorded in recent years — and has remained far below that peak. FBI preliminary data show violent crime fell an estimated 9.3% from 2024 to 2025, with murders dropping 18.1%, meaning the most recent trend runs in the opposite direction of the claim.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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