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What problems are increasing in Glasgow?

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

Summary

Accidents and road safety took a bigger slice of the city's news (up 4.8 points), with crime and violence also rising (up 3.9 points). Fire is the fastest-growing specific concern (up 3.01 points).

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Full category ledger
CategoryNews ReportedShare Change (points)Action RateFatal Rate
Accidents Road Safety2,421+4.88.2%12.1%
Crime Violence7,162+3.949.9%11.3%
Policing Law Enforcement907+1.232.1%4.2%
Infrastructure Utilities386+1.08.8%1.8%
Corruption Fraud351+1.060.7%0.3%
Disasters Emergencies214+1.02.8%11.2%
Elections Politics64+0.43.1%0.0%
Terrorism Conflict65+0.121.5%16.9%
Education39+0.12.6%0.0%
Human Rights Social155-0.24.5%9.0%
Legal Judicial233-0.451.5%2.6%
Missing Persons436-0.78.7%10.1%
Immigration Border134-0.820.1%3.7%
Public Health797-1.04.6%29.2%
Public Safety698-1.38.6%8.0%
Protest Civil Unrest751-1.47.5%1.2%
Labor Employment296-1.910.8%0.0%
Environment Pollution248-2.34.0%1.2%
Governance Policy1,500-3.64.0%1.5%
Rising sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Fire309+3.01
Homicide2715+2.31
Drug Trafficking148+0.85
Building Fire109+0.81
Fire58+0.76
Child Abuse62+0.71
Embezzlement124+0.58
Homicide Attempted323+0.37
Fire Incident106+0.36
Parking Regulation16+0.31
Receding sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Climate Protest92-1.78
Strike106-0.92
Climate Summit48-0.91
Assault938-0.89
Climate Change36-0.68
Pedestrian Collision116-0.67
Coverage volume by year
2026: 1,166201720261,166
Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)
Coverage MonthEvent TypeDeaths ReportedCorroborating News Reports
2019-05Helicopter Crash1029
2023-11Helicopter Crash107
2018-08Helicopter Crash106
2026-03Homicide83

16,857 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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