Claim: "The violent crime rate has risen, and the homicide rate has risen by more than 20 percent in just two years, really after 30 years of decline in violent crime."
Fact-check: Violent crime is up some, but still well off historical high
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Sophie Kaplan
Date published: 2017-12-04T00:00:00