PolitiFact rates Trump's claim of lowest crime rate in 125 years as 'Half True'

PolitiFact fact-checked President Trump's repeated claim that "the crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years," rating it 'Half True'. While murder rates in major cities have dropped significantly and may be at multi-decade lows, experts dispute the 125-year comparison due to data comparability issues before 1960. Trump made the claim on February 3, 2026, having previously dismissed similar FBI crime data as 'fake news' when politically inconvenient during his first term. The White House claimed the murder rate decline was a direct result of Trump's leadership, though the decline began before his current term.

"The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years." — Statement made on February 3, 2026, and repeated in subsequent public appearances. Trump previously dismissed FBI crime statistics as 'fake news' when they contradicted his political messaging.