Fact-check · Aug 17, 2026 · Donald Trump
“Crime stats in the whole country we have down 15, 16, 70% a record”
FALSE
What the record shows
FBI UCR data (Aug 2026): violent crime down 9.3% (2024-2025), murder down 18.1%, robbery down 18.5%, property crime down 12.4%. No national category shows 15%, 16%, or 70% decline.
Sources
- FBI Releases Historic Early Look at Annual Crime Data | Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FBI Releases 2024 Reported Crimes in the Nation Statistics | Federal Bureau of Investigation
- UCR Summary of Reported Crimes in the Nation, 2025
- FBI UCR Crime Data | Social Explorer
- Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (UCR Program) | Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FBI Crime Statistics - Dataset - datHere Data Catalog
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