Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (90% confidence)
Multiple primary federal series that track violent crime do not show an “all-time high” in the most recent available years. The FBI’s national estimates for violent crime showed declines in 2023 and 2024, and the FBI’s preliminary “First Look” estimates indicated a further decline in 2025. Separately, the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ NCVS victim survey showed the violent victimization rate in 2024 was far below the early-1990s peak and was similar to 2023.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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