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What problems are increasing in Indianapolis?

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

Summary

The civic picture is improving at the top but worsening in the details. Crime and violence still dominate, though their slice of local news fell 4.3 points. Battery rose 0.93 points and police shootings 0.65 points, while road safety and policing also gained attention.

WATCH Watch whether rising attention to battery, police shootings and traffic accidents turns into sustained improvement.
Full category ledger
CategoryNews ReportedShare Change (points)Action RateFatal Rate
Governance Policy2,054+2.94.1%1.9%
Accidents Road Safety4,849+1.35.4%26.9%
Policing Law Enforcement3,400+1.321.6%16.5%
Protest Civil Unrest293+0.86.1%19.1%
Disasters Emergencies193+0.70.5%6.2%
Public Safety858+0.62.9%8.7%
Corruption Fraud236+0.450.0%0.8%
Legal Judicial475+0.333.3%4.0%
Immigration Border62+0.31.6%3.2%
Infrastructure Utilities566+0.25.3%0.5%
Elections Politics208+0.21.4%0.5%
Environment Pollution103+0.23.9%0.0%
Education82+0.23.7%0.0%
Human Rights Social98+0.11.0%1.0%
Terrorism Conflict51+0.123.5%7.8%
Labor Employment73-0.18.2%0.0%
Missing Persons769-1.214.2%8.6%
Public Health1,320-4.01.9%38.5%
Crime Violence16,154-4.333.6%35.1%
Rising sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Battery91+0.93
Police Shooting256+0.65
Homicide Attempted607+0.54
Assault184+0.47
Stalking39+0.44
Traffic Accident919+0.41
Shooting1389+0.37
Stabbing91+0.34
Fatal Crash145+0.32
Sexual Harassment Investigation33+0.32
Receding sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Homicide9349-9.20
Vaccine Preventable Disease103-1.06
Vaccine Disease Outbreak58-0.60
Mass Shooting117-0.59
Vaccine Distribution52-0.54
Disease Outbreak120-0.49
Coverage volume by year
2026: 1,079201720261,079
Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)
Coverage MonthEvent TypeDeaths ReportedCorroborating News Reports
2021-02Fire1006
2021-04Vaccine Preventable Disease163
2019-07Homicide1018
2021-04Mass Shooting8–9547

31,844 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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