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What problems are increasing in Vancouver?

Every civic news report geolocated to Vancouver, classified into an open problem vocabulary, and trended as a share of the city's total coverage.

Summary

Vancouver’s civic story has darkened around movement and violence. Road safety takes a bigger slice of city news, up 9.2 points, while crime and violence rise 8.4 points; homicide is the fastest-growing specific concern at +11.28 points.

WATCH Watch whether road-safety and violence coverage is followed by more visible official action.

Full category ledger

Category	News Reported	Share Change (points)	Action Rate	Fatal Rate
Accidents Road Safety	766	+9.2	9.8%	34.6%
Crime Violence	1,856	+8.4	40.8%	34.3%
Governance Policy	605	+0.5	4.6%	1.2%
Labor Employment	40	+0.4	15.0%	0.0%
Legal Judicial	265	-0.3	14.7%	1.5%
Human Rights Social	42	-0.7	2.4%	7.1%
Corruption Fraud	79	-0.9	27.8%	1.3%
Environment Pollution	86	-1.1	8.1%	0.0%
Infrastructure Utilities	137	-1.3	5.1%	0.7%
Public Safety	147	-1.6	1.4%	8.2%
Missing Persons	62	-1.9	11.3%	21.0%
Public Health	209	-2.0	2.9%	42.6%
Disasters Emergencies	88	-2.2	1.1%	34.1%
Policing Law Enforcement	595	-2.8	25.7%	4.0%
Protest Civil Unrest	193	-3.7	7.3%	1.0%

Rising sub-problems

Problem	News Reported	Δpp
Homicide	803	+11.28
Vehicle Attack	77	+4.89
Vehicle Attack	60	+3.81
Vehicle Collision	73	+3.16
Vehicular Attack	36	+2.22
Vehicle Ramming	35	+2.22
Shooting	28	+0.56
Traffic Accident	94	+0.46
Police Misconduct	19	+0.44
Arson	23	+0.17

Receding sub-problems

Problem	News Reported	Δpp
Assault	210	-3.24
Sexual Assault	85	-2.13
Extradition Hearing	68	-1.58
Demonstration	53	-1.39
Vandalism	40	-0.74
Flood	17	-0.66

Coverage volume by year

Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)

Coverage Month	Event Type	Deaths Reported	Corroborating News Reports
2021-06	Heat Wave	65–134	16
2018-01	Homicide	49	3
2025-04	Vehicle Ramming Attack	11	197

5,170 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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