diff --git a/spec/unit/crypto/verification/sas.spec.ts b/spec/unit/crypto/verification/sas.spec.ts
index c78dfeba237..1ea2c322285 100644
--- a/spec/unit/crypto/verification/sas.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/unit/crypto/verification/sas.spec.ts
@@ -374,6 +374,12 @@ describe("SAS verification", function () {
             expect(bobDeviceTrust.isLocallyVerified()).toBeTruthy();
             expect(bobDeviceTrust.isCrossSigningVerified()).toBeFalsy();
 
+            const bobDeviceVerificationStatus = (await alice.client
+                .getCrypto()!
+                .getDeviceVerificationStatus("@bob:example.com", "Dynabook"))!;
+            expect(bobDeviceVerificationStatus.localVerified).toBe(true);
+            expect(bobDeviceVerificationStatus.crossSigningVerified).toBe(false);
+
             const aliceTrust = bob.client.checkUserTrust("@alice:example.com");
             expect(aliceTrust.isCrossSigningVerified()).toBeTruthy();
             expect(aliceTrust.isTofu()).toBeTruthy();
@@ -381,6 +387,17 @@ describe("SAS verification", function () {
             const aliceDeviceTrust = bob.client.checkDeviceTrust("@alice:example.com", "Osborne2");
             expect(aliceDeviceTrust.isLocallyVerified()).toBeTruthy();
             expect(aliceDeviceTrust.isCrossSigningVerified()).toBeFalsy();
+
+            const aliceDeviceVerificationStatus = (await bob.client
+                .getCrypto()!
+                .getDeviceVerificationStatus("@alice:example.com", "Osborne2"))!;
+            expect(aliceDeviceVerificationStatus.localVerified).toBe(true);
+            expect(aliceDeviceVerificationStatus.crossSigningVerified).toBe(false);
+
+            const unknownDeviceVerificationStatus = await bob.client
+                .getCrypto()!
+                .getDeviceVerificationStatus("@alice:example.com", "xyz");
+            expect(unknownDeviceVerificationStatus).toBe(null);
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.spec.ts b/spec/unit/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.spec.ts
index 3eea4ba12b7..5fb73ea0723 100644
--- a/spec/unit/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/unit/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.spec.ts
@@ -249,4 +249,34 @@ describe("RustCrypto", () => {
             expect(rustCrypto.getTrustCrossSignedDevices()).toBe(true);
         });
     });
+
+    describe("getDeviceVerificationStatus", () => {
+        let rustCrypto: RustCrypto;
+        let olmMachine: Mocked<RustSdkCryptoJs.OlmMachine>;
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            olmMachine = {
+                getDevice: jest.fn(),
+            } as unknown as Mocked<RustSdkCryptoJs.OlmMachine>;
+            rustCrypto = new RustCrypto(olmMachine, {} as MatrixClient["http"], TEST_USER, TEST_DEVICE_ID);
+        });
+
+        it("should call getDevice", async () => {
+            olmMachine.getDevice.mockResolvedValue({
+                isCrossSigningTrusted: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
+                isLocallyTrusted: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
+            } as unknown as RustSdkCryptoJs.Device);
+            const res = await rustCrypto.getDeviceVerificationStatus("@user:domain", "device");
+            expect(olmMachine.getDevice.mock.calls[0][0].toString()).toEqual("@user:domain");
+            expect(olmMachine.getDevice.mock.calls[0][1].toString()).toEqual("device");
+            expect(res?.crossSigningVerified).toBe(false);
+            expect(res?.localVerified).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it("should return null for unknown device", async () => {
+            olmMachine.getDevice.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+            const res = await rustCrypto.getDeviceVerificationStatus("@user:domain", "device");
+            expect(res).toBe(null);
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 846e7ebbc85..5bc95837508 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -2621,12 +2621,14 @@ export class MatrixClient extends TypedEventEmitter<EmittedEvents, ClientEventHa
      *
      * @param userId - The ID of the user whose devices is to be checked.
      * @param deviceId - The ID of the device to check
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use {@link CryptoApi.getDeviceVerificationStatus | `CryptoApi.getDeviceVerificationStatus`}
      */
     public checkDeviceTrust(userId: string, deviceId: string): DeviceTrustLevel {
-        if (!this.cryptoBackend) {
+        if (!this.crypto) {
             throw new Error("End-to-end encryption disabled");
         }
-        return this.cryptoBackend.checkDeviceTrust(userId, deviceId);
+        return this.crypto.checkDeviceTrust(userId, deviceId);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/common-crypto/CryptoBackend.ts b/src/common-crypto/CryptoBackend.ts
index ddce0a6227f..5af90248a7e 100644
--- a/src/common-crypto/CryptoBackend.ts
+++ b/src/common-crypto/CryptoBackend.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type { IDeviceLists, IToDeviceEvent } from "../sync-accumulator";
 import { MatrixEvent } from "../models/event";
 import { Room } from "../models/room";
 import { CryptoApi } from "../crypto-api";
-import { DeviceTrustLevel, UserTrustLevel } from "../crypto/CrossSigning";
+import { UserTrustLevel } from "../crypto/CrossSigning";
 import { IEncryptedEventInfo } from "../crypto/api";
 import { IEventDecryptionResult } from "../@types/crypto";
 
@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@ export interface CryptoBackend extends SyncCryptoCallbacks, CryptoApi {
      */
     checkUserTrust(userId: string): UserTrustLevel;
 
-    /**
-     * Get the verification level for a given device
-     *
-     * TODO: define this better
-     *
-     * @param userId - user to be checked
-     * @param deviceId - device to be checked
-     */
-    checkDeviceTrust(userId: string, deviceId: string): DeviceTrustLevel;
-
     /**
      * Encrypt an event according to the configuration of the room.
      *
diff --git a/src/crypto-api.ts b/src/crypto-api.ts
index b6ac0bcd331..0c3f4a151e5 100644
--- a/src/crypto-api.ts
+++ b/src/crypto-api.ts
@@ -93,4 +93,54 @@ export interface CryptoApi {
      * @returns `true` if we trust cross-signed devices, otherwise `false`.
      */
     getTrustCrossSignedDevices(): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the verification status of a given device.
+     *
+     * @param userId - The ID of the user whose device is to be checked.
+     * @param deviceId - The ID of the device to check
+     *
+     * @returns Verification status of the device, or `null` if the device is not known
+     */
+    getDeviceVerificationStatus(userId: string, deviceId: string): Promise<DeviceVerificationStatus | null>;
+}
+
+export class DeviceVerificationStatus {
+    public constructor(
+        /**
+         * True if this device has been verified via cross signing.
+         *
+         * This does *not* take into account `trustCrossSignedDevices`.
+         */
+        public readonly crossSigningVerified: boolean,
+
+        /**
+         * TODO: tofu magic wtf does this do?
+         */
+        public readonly tofu: boolean,
+
+        /**
+         * True if the device has been marked as locally verified.
+         */
+        public readonly localVerified: boolean,
+
+        /**
+         * True if the client has been configured to trust cross-signed devices via {@link CryptoApi#setTrustCrossSignedDevices}.
+         */
+        private readonly trustCrossSignedDevices: boolean,
+    ) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Check if we should consider this device "verified".
+     *
+     * A device is "verified" if either:
+     *  * it has been manually marked as such via {@link MatrixClient#setDeviceVerified}.
+     *  * it has been cross-signed with a verified signing key, **and** the client has been configured to trust
+     *    cross-signed devices via {@link CryptoApi#setTrustCrossSignedDevices}.
+     *
+     * @returns true if this device is verified via any means.
+     */
+    public isVerified(): boolean {
+        return this.localVerified || (this.trustCrossSignedDevices && this.crossSigningVerified);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/crypto/CrossSigning.ts b/src/crypto/CrossSigning.ts
index 6696024cd2f..8d184dbb36f 100644
--- a/src/crypto/CrossSigning.ts
+++ b/src/crypto/CrossSigning.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { ICryptoCallbacks } from ".";
 import { ISignatures } from "../@types/signed";
 import { CryptoStore, SecretStorePrivateKeys } from "./store/base";
 import { ServerSideSecretStorage, SecretStorageKeyDescription } from "../secret-storage";
+import { DeviceVerificationStatus } from "../crypto-api";
 
 const KEY_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000 * 60;
 
@@ -628,16 +629,11 @@ export class UserTrustLevel {
 }
 
 /**
- * Represents the ways in which we trust a device
+ * Represents the ways in which we trust a device.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use {@link DeviceVerificationStatus}.
  */
-export class DeviceTrustLevel {
-    public constructor(
-        public readonly crossSigningVerified: boolean,
-        public readonly tofu: boolean,
-        private readonly localVerified: boolean,
-        private readonly trustCrossSignedDevices: boolean,
-    ) {}
-
+export class DeviceTrustLevel extends DeviceVerificationStatus {
     public static fromUserTrustLevel(
         userTrustLevel: UserTrustLevel,
         localVerified: boolean,
@@ -651,13 +647,6 @@ export class DeviceTrustLevel {
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @returns true if this device is verified via any means
-     */
-    public isVerified(): boolean {
-        return Boolean(this.isLocallyVerified() || (this.trustCrossSignedDevices && this.isCrossSigningVerified()));
-    }
-
     /**
      * @returns true if this device is verified via cross signing
      */
diff --git a/src/crypto/index.ts b/src/crypto/index.ts
index 1bc6d0bfeff..02df829f6ed 100644
--- a/src/crypto/index.ts
+++ b/src/crypto/index.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ import {
     ServerSideSecretStorageImpl,
 } from "../secret-storage";
 import { ISecretRequest } from "./SecretSharing";
+import { DeviceVerificationStatus } from "../crypto-api";
 
 const DeviceVerification = DeviceInfo.DeviceVerification;
 
@@ -1452,10 +1453,22 @@ export class Crypto extends TypedEventEmitter<CryptoEvent, CryptoEventHandlerMap
     /**
      * Check whether a given device is trusted.
      *
-     * @param userId - The ID of the user whose devices is to be checked.
+     * @param userId - The ID of the user whose device is to be checked.
      * @param deviceId - The ID of the device to check
-     *
-     * @returns
+     */
+    public async getDeviceVerificationStatus(
+        userId: string,
+        deviceId: string,
+    ): Promise<DeviceVerificationStatus | null> {
+        const device = this.deviceList.getStoredDevice(userId, deviceId);
+        if (!device) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return this.checkDeviceInfoTrust(userId, device);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link CryptoApi.getDeviceVerificationStatus}.
      */
     public checkDeviceTrust(userId: string, deviceId: string): DeviceTrustLevel {
         const device = this.deviceList.getStoredDevice(userId, deviceId);
@@ -1468,7 +1481,7 @@ export class Crypto extends TypedEventEmitter<CryptoEvent, CryptoEventHandlerMap
      * @param userId - The ID of the user whose devices is to be checked.
      * @param device - The device info object to check
      *
-     * @returns
+     * @deprecated Use {@link CryptoApi.getDeviceVerificationStatus}.
      */
     public checkDeviceInfoTrust(userId: string, device?: DeviceInfo): DeviceTrustLevel {
         const trustedLocally = !!device?.isVerified();
diff --git a/src/matrix.ts b/src/matrix.ts
index 9d24e8df257..2fb71ab6402 100644
--- a/src/matrix.ts
+++ b/src/matrix.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export type { MatrixCall } from "./webrtc/call";
 export { GroupCallEvent, GroupCallIntent, GroupCallState, GroupCallType } from "./webrtc/groupCall";
 export type { GroupCall } from "./webrtc/groupCall";
 export type { CryptoApi } from "./crypto-api";
+export { DeviceVerificationStatus } from "./crypto-api";
 export { CryptoEvent } from "./crypto";
 
 let cryptoStoreFactory = (): CryptoStore => new MemoryCryptoStore();
diff --git a/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts b/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts
index 2c79f9e9ea2..6754da8f585 100644
--- a/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts
+++ b/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ import { RoomMember } from "../models/room-member";
 import { CryptoBackend, OnSyncCompletedData } from "../common-crypto/CryptoBackend";
 import { logger } from "../logger";
 import { IHttpOpts, MatrixHttpApi } from "../http-api";
-import { DeviceTrustLevel, UserTrustLevel } from "../crypto/CrossSigning";
+import { UserTrustLevel } from "../crypto/CrossSigning";
 import { RoomEncryptor } from "./RoomEncryptor";
 import { OutgoingRequest, OutgoingRequestProcessor } from "./OutgoingRequestProcessor";
 import { KeyClaimManager } from "./KeyClaimManager";
 import { MapWithDefault } from "../utils";
+import { DeviceVerificationStatus } from "../crypto-api";
 
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link CryptoBackend} using the Rust matrix-sdk-crypto.
@@ -131,11 +132,6 @@ export class RustCrypto implements CryptoBackend {
         return new UserTrustLevel(false, false, false);
     }
 
-    public checkDeviceTrust(userId: string, deviceId: string): DeviceTrustLevel {
-        // TODO
-        return new DeviceTrustLevel(false, false, false, false);
-    }
-
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     //
     // CryptoApi implementation
@@ -182,6 +178,28 @@ export class RustCrypto implements CryptoBackend {
         //  events. Maybe we need to do the same?
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Implementation of {@link CryptoApi#getDeviceVerificationStatus}.
+     */
+    public async getDeviceVerificationStatus(
+        userId: string,
+        deviceId: string,
+    ): Promise<DeviceVerificationStatus | null> {
+        const device: RustSdkCryptoJs.Device | undefined = await this.olmMachine.getDevice(
+            new RustSdkCryptoJs.UserId(userId),
+            new RustSdkCryptoJs.DeviceId(deviceId),
+        );
+
+        if (!device) return null;
+
+        return new DeviceVerificationStatus(
+            device.isCrossSigningTrusted(),
+            false, // tofu
+            device.isLocallyTrusted(),
+            this._trustCrossSignedDevices,
+        );
+    }
+
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     //
     // SyncCryptoCallbacks implementation