A new report NBC News declared that the majority of Americans who believe that crime is getting worse in America are "wrong."

Citing FBI statistics showing the crime rates across the U.S. are in decline this year, NBC News reporter Kevin Dilanian explained that the 77 percent of Americans who believe it’s getting worse are being "conditioned" by social media and news to see it that way.

In his NBCNews.com piece, titled, "Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong," Dilanian wrote, "Crime in the United States has declined significantly over the last year, according to new FBI data that contradicts a widespread national perception that law-breaking and violence are on the rise."

Dilanian cited criminologist Jeff Asher, who stated that national crime rates in the third quarter of 2023 "dropped 8%" as compared to the same period in the previous years, "while property crime fell 6.3% to what would be its lowest level since 1961."

However, these declines do not appear to match up with most Americans current perception of the national crime rate. Dilanian stated, "A Gallup poll released this month found that 77% of Americans believe crime rates are worsening."

"But they are mistaken," he added.