Fact-check: “Violent crime in the United States is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
FBI data directly contradicts this claim. Violent crime in 2023 was about 6% lower than in 2020, and preliminary data shows a further 9.3% drop between 2024 and 2025. The historical peak of U.S. violent crime was in the early 1990s — rates today are well below that era.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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