Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
This claim is directly contradicted by both the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data and the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey. National violent crime rates peaked in the early 1990s — roughly twice the rates seen in recent years — and have trended significantly lower since. The most recent data (2024–2025) shows rates well below those historical highs, with 2025 preliminary FBI data showing an 18.1% drop in murders.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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