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What problems are increasing in Birmingham?

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

Summary

Birmingham’s civic worry is shifting from crime toward work disruption. Crime still dominates local coverage, but its slice fell 3.4 points while labor and employment grew 4.6 points; strike was the fastest-rising specific problem, up 3.20 points.

WATCH Watch strikes, waste collection disruption and budget-cut pressure for effects on daily services.

Full category ledger

Category	News Reported	Share Change (points)	Action Rate	Fatal Rate
Labor Employment	237	+4.6	0.8%	0.0%
Protest Civil Unrest	306	+1.6	4.2%	2.0%
Accidents Road Safety	1,443	+0.7	10.9%	22.0%
Corruption Fraud	200	+0.7	59.5%	0.0%
Environment Pollution	126	+0.5	4.0%	4.0%
Elections Politics	63	+0.5	4.8%	0.0%
Immigration Border	78	+0.4	26.9%	2.6%
Public Health	637	+0.3	2.8%	21.0%
Legal Judicial	158	+0.3	64.6%	7.0%
Disasters Emergencies	56	+0.2	0.0%	14.3%
Infrastructure Utilities	273	+0.1	1.5%	1.1%
Education	74	-0.1	1.4%	1.4%
Human Rights Social	131	-0.2	25.2%	3.8%
Terrorism Conflict	537	-0.3	47.7%	24.6%
Missing Persons	143	-0.4	4.9%	9.8%
Public Safety	551	-1.1	4.4%	10.0%
Policing Law Enforcement	814	-1.3	36.7%	3.2%
Governance Policy	1,349	-3.1	2.6%	2.4%
Crime Violence	5,800	-3.4	54.6%	15.1%

Rising sub-problems

Problem	News Reported	Δpp
Strike	146	+3.20
Sexual Assault	169	+1.15
Bomb Threat	27	+0.85
Waste Management Strike	22	+0.78
Homicide Attempt	47	+0.76
Air Quality Monitoring	24	+0.61
Budget Cuts	26	+0.53
Medical Malpractice	36	+0.52
Fatal Fall	38	+0.46
Pedestrian Collision	40	+0.43

Receding sub-problems

Problem	News Reported	Δpp
Homicide	2410	-5.50
Animal Attack	36	-0.77
Environmental Regulation	77	-0.63
Gas Explosion	23	-0.49
Hit and Run	117	-0.49
Attempted Murder	38	-0.36

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
2019-04	Bombing	21	22
2020-11	Pub Bombing	21	20
2017-08	Bombing	21	12
2016-11	Bombing	21	6

12,976 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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