2022 FactCheck: on Crime

Herschel Walker: FactCheck: Claimed Capitol rioters distracted from fraud

Joy Hofmeister: FactCheck: Yes, OK has higher crime rate than NY and CA

Fact check: True, but misleading. It's true that in 2020, Oklahoma had a higher between 2019 and 2020, the increase tracked closely with a nationwide rise in reported violent crime during the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oklahoma has consistently had a higher crime rate than the national average since 2001. The data shows Oklahoma has had a higher rate of violent crime than California since 2008 for every year except 2019 and the violent crime rate in New York has been lower than Oklahoma's for every year since 2002.

Kevin Stitt: FactCheck: OK has higher violent crime rate than NY and CA

Fact check: True, but misleading. It's true that in 2020, Oklahoma had a higher rate of violent crime than both NY and CA, but that's been the case for much of the last 20 years.

Stitt said: "That's not true" in response to the claim by Hofmeister. "Oklahomans, do you believe we have higher crime than New York or California?

Fact check: False. Oklahoma does have a higher violent crime rate than both NY and CA, according to law enforcement data collected annually by the FBI. In 2020, the latest year for which complete data is available, Oklahoma had a violent crime rate of 458 incidents per 100,000 people. California had a violent crime rate of 442 incidents per 100,000 people for the same period, while NY had a violent crime rate of 363 incidents per 100,000 people. The national average for violent crime in 2020 was 398.