With a Democratic administration in the White House and an election approaching, legacy media have been quick to claim that crime is decreasing. This is not just wrong but a deception. The data tell a much different story across much of the country.

Debate over crime reached its boiling point when former President Donald Trump was “fact-checked” during the only presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris by ABC News’s David Muir. Trump contended, “All over the world, crime is down, all over the world, except here. Crime here is up and through the roof despite their fraudulent statements that they made.” Muir, citing the FBI, said, “President Trump, as you know, the FBI says, overall, violent crime is actually coming down in this country.”