Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
National violent crime data from both the FBI and the Bureau of Justice Statistics directly contradicts this claim. The NCVS shows rates in 2024 are well below their early-1990s peaks, and FBI data confirms a violent crime occurred every 25.9 seconds in 2024 — a figure that, while still significant, is nowhere near the levels recorded in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The claim is not supported by any primary-source national crime data.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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