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Civic record · Atlanta

What problems are increasing in Atlanta?

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

Summary

Atlanta's civic burden is shifting, not disappearing. Crime and violence still take the largest slice of local news, but a smaller one than before (down 15.6 points). Road safety takes a bigger slice (up 3.1 points), as do legal and court issues (up 4.5 points).

WATCH Watch whether rising attention to roads, courts, housing and infrastructure produces visible local action.
Full category ledger
CategoryNews ReportedShare Change (points)Action RateFatal Rate
Legal Judicial2,067+4.525.4%1.3%
Accidents Road Safety3,075+3.13.9%20.4%
Public Health1,297+2.61.5%18.0%
Infrastructure Utilities1,054+2.55.7%0.2%
Governance Policy3,995+2.43.3%1.8%
Immigration Border356+2.24.8%4.2%
Disasters Emergencies347+0.72.0%17.9%
Environment Pollution201+0.64.5%0.5%
Labor Employment135+0.65.2%0.0%
Public Safety1,115+0.43.0%12.7%
Missing Persons341+0.28.2%17.6%
Corruption Fraud908+0.138.2%0.1%
Human Rights Social206+0.03.4%8.7%
Education183+0.02.7%1.1%
Terrorism Conflict94-0.117.0%28.7%
Elections Politics979-0.63.0%0.3%
Policing Law Enforcement3,296-1.719.3%17.5%
Protest Civil Unrest1,288-2.05.4%7.4%
Crime Violence16,406-15.635.9%31.4%
Rising sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Theft402+1.46
Election Interference Case122+1.25
Active Shooter125+1.15
Pregnancy Support73+0.87
Aircraft Collision65+0.68
Conflict of Interest51+0.59
Water Main Break46+0.51
Homicide Attempt79+0.44
Jailbreak34+0.41
Campus Protest42+0.38
Receding sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Homicide9556-12.82
Hate Crime Shooting320-1.96
Armed Robbery322-0.98
Homicide Attempted527-0.93
Traffic Accident469-0.53
Election Fraud73-0.49
Coverage volume by year
2026: 1,407201720261,407
Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)
Coverage MonthEvent TypeDeaths ReportedCorroborating News Reports
2024-09Homicide1279
2023-01Homicide4930
2025-07Homicide496
2019-03Homicide29–3012
2020-04Homicide303
2025-02Recruitment Death2911
2021-10Homicide298

37,343 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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