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. Violent crime rates peaked in the early 1990s and have fallen substantially since then — the current rate is roughly half of what it was at that peak. The FBI's 2024 crime data, released August 2025, shows a violent crime occurring every 25.9 seconds on average, but that absolute frequency does not translate to an all-time high rate when measured per 100,000 people against the historical record.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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