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What problems are increasing in Mumbai?

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

Summary

Safety is Mumbai's clearest worsening civic problem. Accidents and road safety took a bigger slice of local news, up 4.0 points, while crime and violence rose 3.0 points; homicide was the fastest-growing specific concern at +5.02 points.

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Full category ledger
CategoryNews ReportedShare Change (points)Action RateFatal Rate
Accidents Road Safety15,408+4.04.3%36.1%
Crime Violence48,020+3.036.6%11.1%
Elections Politics7,579+2.00.8%0.2%
Terrorism Conflict6,567+1.511.8%42.1%
Public Safety6,805+1.32.0%14.5%
Infrastructure Utilities5,459+0.92.3%3.5%
Immigration Border1,091+0.317.6%1.6%
Environment Pollution3,621+0.12.0%1.5%
Missing Persons699-0.013.2%7.7%
Education618-0.01.3%0.0%
Business Economy131-0.00.0%0.0%
Disasters Emergencies4,804-0.11.1%42.2%
Human Rights Social1,299-0.14.6%3.8%
Protest Civil Unrest6,479-0.22.7%2.9%
Labor Employment1,270-0.38.7%1.6%
Corruption Fraud25,987-1.514.6%0.3%
Legal Judicial14,755-1.725.4%2.8%
Public Health10,951-2.01.1%27.0%
Policing Law Enforcement11,588-3.221.3%2.3%
Governance Policy44,954-4.11.6%1.5%
Rising sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Homicide17379+5.02
Terror Attack2417+1.11
Municipal Election799+0.72
Homicide Attempted539+0.64
Bomb Threat484+0.60
Fake News305+0.56
Protocol Lapse225+0.42
Flood1396+0.38
Hit and Run301+0.38
Homicide Attempt475+0.34
Receding sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Money Laundering10700-2.14
Disease Outbreak2227-1.19
Bail Hearing1903-1.16
Drug Trafficking1742-0.84
Drug Seizure888-0.57
Corruption Investigation536-0.54
Coverage volume by year
2026: 9,556201720269,556
Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)
Coverage MonthEvent TypeDeaths ReportedCorroborating News Reports
2019-09Traffic Accident4755
2017-01Traffic Accident4674
2020-04Pandemic Outbreak4374
2025-02Hit and Run3445
2022-01Disease Outbreak3273
2025-07Aircraft Crash260–2708
2023-01Traffic Accident2684

218,085 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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