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The civic record of Boulder

Everything the Prism civic engine knows about Boulder, split into four readable chapters — benchmarks, the record itself, justice, and the events behind the numbers.

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Boulder vs the developed world

Six-nation developed median (USA · UK · France · Germany · Australia · Canada) — ▼ worse than the norm, ▲ better

Fatality-linked news
26.5%here
15.3%benchmark
Road-accident accountability
11.0%here
5.8%benchmark
Enforcement action
23.3%here
20.3%benchmark
Communal politics
5.2%here
3.6%benchmark
Corruption load
0.5%here
1.8%benchmark
Cases concluded
6.1%here
5.5%benchmark
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The verdict & benchmarks

How the city measures up — against the developed world, its own region, and national and world norms.

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What the record is made of

The composition of the city's civic coverage: what gets reported, what's growing, what's fading.

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Justice & accountability

How far reported cases travel — from first report to police action to a concluded case.

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Events & specifics

The decade grid, named weapons and motives, and the deadliest corroborated incidents.

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The incidents that defined the record

Major deadly events, corroborated by at least three independent reports. Conflicting tolls for one incident are shown as a range — never added together.

whenwhatdeaths reportednews reports
Mar 2020pandemic outbreak59–696
Mar 2021mass shooting183
Mar 2021homicide186
Jan 2023homicide1014
May 2024homicide107
Sep 2024homicide1093

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