Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
FBI data directly contradicts this claim. Violent crime peaked in the early 1990s at roughly 750–760 per 100,000 people, and current rates are less than half that. The FBI's 2024 data and preliminary 2025 estimates show violent crime continuing to fall, not rising to any kind of historical peak.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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