'Turns out Trump was right': FBI 'quietly' updates crime data, reveals increase

During the September 10 presidential debate, Trump was fact-checked by ABC News moderator David Muir, who noted that the “FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.” In 2021, the FBI moved to a new system of collecting crime data — the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and retired its Summary Reporting System (SRS).