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Civic record · Liverpool

What problems are increasing in Liverpool?

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

Summary

Road danger is the clearest worsening problem: accidents and road safety took a bigger slice of the city's news, up 12.3 points, led by vehicle collisions. Crime and violence fell 8.4 points, but protests and street unrest rose 3.9 points.

WATCH Watch whether vehicle and pedestrian collisions keep crowding out other civic concerns.
Full category ledger
CategoryNews ReportedShare Change (points)Action RateFatal Rate
Accidents Road Safety1,471+12.315.8%12.4%
Protest Civil Unrest269+3.911.5%10.4%
Legal Judicial214+1.961.7%9.8%
Corruption Fraud288+0.358.7%0.0%
Missing Persons73+0.35.5%11.0%
Infrastructure Utilities178+0.25.1%1.1%
Human Rights Social47-0.14.3%10.6%
Public Health625-0.26.6%25.6%
Disasters Emergencies56-0.325.0%66.1%
Elections Politics75-0.40.0%0.0%
Public Safety525-0.87.8%11.6%
Policing Law Enforcement793-0.932.8%5.3%
Labor Employment136-0.98.8%0.0%
Governance Policy1,077-1.15.4%2.4%
Terrorism Conflict329-5.910.9%27.4%
Crime Violence7,681-8.457.1%17.1%
Rising sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Vehicle Collision205+6.65
Vehicular Assault66+2.02
Vehicle Attack57+1.97
Vehicular Attack37+1.29
Pedestrian Collision110+1.28
Anti Immigration Protest21+0.70
Rioting17+0.57
Demonstration54+0.56
Homicide Attempted195+0.51
Hit and Run47+0.50
Receding sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Homicide3340-11.21
Bomb Explosion88-1.70
Burglary102-0.65
Corruption Fraud61-0.60
Strike70-0.55
Sexual Assault329-0.54
Coverage volume by year
2026: 36720172026367
Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)
Coverage MonthEvent TypeDeaths ReportedCorroborating News Reports
2016-04Stadium Crush9612
2017-06Homicide963
2019-11Homicide963
2020-05Disease Outbreak413
2020-11Homicide83
2023-08Homicide710
2024-12Homicide76

13,837 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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