Crime · 2026-08-14
The Biden years were four years of rising violent crime
Misleading
Trump portrayed the Biden administration as four uniformly disastrous years of violent crime.
What the evidence shows
Violent crime declined in the second half of Biden’s presidency; the violent-crime rate in Biden’s final year was below the rate in Trump’s final first-term year.
What happened next
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Assessment notes
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