The US currently has the lowest crime numbers ever recorded in the history of the country.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
The claim that the US currently has the lowest crime numbers ever recorded is false; while crime rates are near historic lows and have been declining, they are not the lowest ever recorded.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… What makes you i would it's fully my intuition. I hope he's getting there. I would say, "Mr. President, you have suffered. You've been shot to drive significant change. You've been dealing with a lot of things. A lot of great things have happened. We have had crime go to an all time low. We have secured the border. We have combated the woke mind virus, which is very important. Like, there's a lot of cultural accomplishments that we've made, but he still has an opportunity to do what he wants to do, which is go down as a great president by …
The Joe Rogan Experience · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. An identical claim that the US had the lowest crime numbers in recorded history was previously found to be wrong by FactCheck.org.[1]
Context. Violent crime is currently near a record 50-year low, indicating that crime levels were lower more than 50 years ago and are not the lowest ever recorded.[2]
Context. FBI data confirms that violent crime, murder, and other major crime categories have been trending down and declining since 2020.[3][4]
Context. Previous analyses have noted periods of 25-year lows in overall crime and 33-year lows in the murder rate, suggesting lower rates existed prior to the 1990s.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 4 tier 1, 1 tier 2
- 1Trump Wrong on Crime Record - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 2Is violent crime “near a record 50-year low,” as President Joe Biden said?politifact.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 3Crime Stats Still Show a Decline Since 2020 - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 4Trump's Bogus Attack on FBI Crime Statistics - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 5crime rates Archives - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · tier 1 · cited for: context
Fact checks by others
2 published fact checks found by search. Each rules on its own statement, which may not be this claim word for word.
- Joe biden is correct that violent crime is near aPolitiFactTrue
- Trump wrong on crime recordFactCheck.orgFalse
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