What problems are increasing in Coimbatore?

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

Summary

The civic agenda is moving from crime and policing toward governance and infrastructure, but danger has not vanished. Crime took a smaller slice of the city's news, down 7.6 points, while governance took a bigger slice, up 5.4 points. Deaths appeared in 33.5% of road-safety coverage, and sexual violence is gaining attention.

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Full category ledger

Category	News Reported	Share Change (points)	Action Rate	Fatal Rate
Governance Policy	1,172	+5.4	2.0%	0.9%
Infrastructure Utilities	333	+2.4	1.5%	0.6%
Elections Politics	258	+1.8	2.3%	1.2%
Public Safety	388	+1.6	3.1%	14.2%
Accidents Road Safety	618	+0.9	4.7%	33.5%
Environment Pollution	184	+0.9	1.6%	6.5%
Legal Judicial	136	+0.9	46.3%	5.1%
Labor Employment	120	+0.6	5.0%	0.0%
Disasters Emergencies	66	+0.5	0.0%	24.2%
Missing Persons	48	+0.4	8.3%	4.2%
Protest Civil Unrest	493	+0.2	10.3%	2.6%
Human Rights Social	69	+0.1	11.6%	2.9%
Corruption Fraud	434	-0.1	37.6%	0.5%
Public Health	345	-1.3	2.0%	27.5%
Terrorism Conflict	339	-2.7	28.0%	21.5%
Policing Law Enforcement	632	-4.0	25.5%	1.1%
Crime Violence	2,681	-7.6	45.7%	13.2%

Rising sub-problems

Problem	News Reported	Δpp
Gang Rape	51	+1.99
Bomb Threat	41	+1.62
Sexual Assault	156	+1.38
Judicial Order	23	+0.90
Road Construction	25	+0.56
Environmental Regulation	27	+0.53
Drug Seizure	27	+0.49
Cyber Fraud	15	+0.49
Traffic Accident	169	+0.47
Political Criticism	18	+0.37

Receding sub-problems

Problem	News Reported	Δpp
Homicide	947	-1.70
Explosion	44	-1.47
Bomb Explosion	35	-0.85
Smuggling	64	-0.83
Disease Outbreak	45	-0.82
Car Blast	23	-0.77

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
2025-07	Bomb Blast	58	8
2018-09	Bomb Blast	58	12
2019-12	Wall Collapse	17	8
2017-07	Dengue Outbreak	12	3

8,316 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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