“There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.”
What PolitiFact found
The National Crime Victimization Survey, which the Justice Department conducts annually, shows a 43% increase in violent crime from 2020 to 2022. But another federal source, and more recent data, shows crime falling.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president) made this claim around 23 August 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 September 2024, 12 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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