How accurate is the find my iPhone app?

Hi, I'm wanting to know how accurate the find my iPhone app is? I logged into my boyfriends last night as he still wasn't home at 4am and wasn't answering his calls and I wanted to know what he was doing. He later told me he was at a friends all night, yet the iPhone app told me he was about 5 miles out from that?! He swears he wasn't there and I'm not knowing whether to believe the app or him... Help please!

I frequently find the pin to be a little off.  For example, a device in the east end of my house may be located at the west end.

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