Fact-check: “Violent crime in the US is at an all-time high”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
The documented record directly contradicts this claim. The FBI's most recent annual data show violent crime fell 9.3% from 2024 to 2025 — the largest year-to-year decline since FBI estimations began in 1936 — and the 2025 murder rate of 4.1 per 100,000 is tied with 1955 and 1956 for the lowest ever recorded. The historical peak for violent crime was 1991 at 758.2 per 100,000, roughly double current levels.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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