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The decade grid — Varanasi
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governance & Policy | 261 | 362 | 329 | 307 | 391 | 638 | 1713 | 1132 | 1115 | 428 | 150 |
| Crime & Violence | 155 | 214 | 282 | 326 | 348 | 432 | 386 | 499 | 699 | 480 | 317 |
| Accidents & Road Safety | 86 | 91 | 299 | 118 | 161 | 199 | 209 | 155 | 353 | 165 | 67 |
| Elections & Politics | 117 | 264 | 28 | 484 | 52 | 114 | 271 | 64 | 293 | 47 | 17 |
| Courts & Judiciary | 12 | 21 | 20 | 45 | 52 | 64 | 439 | 276 | 207 | 109 | 51 |
| Protest & Civil Unrest | 85 | 177 | 98 | 110 | 134 | 88 | 113 | 74 | 128 | 86 | 43 |
| Policing & Law Enforcement | 47 | 74 | 65 | 71 | 100 | 133 | 126 | 83 | 144 | 103 | 62 |
| Public Health | 97 | 29 | 28 | 50 | 233 | 247 | 47 | 38 | 87 | 44 | 9 |
| Infrastructure & Utilities | 59 | 61 | 171 | 55 | 90 | 103 | 68 | 66 | 119 | 67 | 37 |
| Corruption & Fraud | 42 | 52 | 37 | 56 | 83 | 80 | 66 | 71 | 153 | 85 | 36 |
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Weapons named — Varanasi
| Guns | 162 | weapon | |
| Pistol | 112 | weapon | |
| Gun | 66 | weapon | |
| Hanging | 38 | weapon | |
| Knife | 33 | weapon | |
| Bomb | 33 | weapon |
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Stated motives — Varanasi
| Theft | 66 | motive | |
| Dispute | 58 | motive | |
| Political | 58 | motive | |
| Financial Gain | 34 | motive | |
| Robbery | 32 | motive | |
| Sexual Assault | 31 | motive |
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Deadliest reported events — Varanasi
≥3 reports corroborate the same toll in the same month · value = corroborating reports Conflicting tolls for one incident are merged into a range, never summed.
| Homicide · 2017 | 3 | ≈25 dead | |
| Stampede · 2016 | 48 | ≈24–25 dead · toll varies across reports | |
| Bridge Stamping · 2016 | 3 | ≈25 dead | |
| · 2016 | 14 | ≈24 dead |