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What problems are increasing in Santa Fe?

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

Summary

Santa Fe's civic burden has shifted, not eased: crime and violence took a smaller slice of the city's news, down 28.2 points, while public health grew by 16.2 points. The latest window complicates that improvement, with crime attention up 89%.

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Full category ledger
CategoryNews ReportedShare Change (points)Action RateFatal Rate
Public Health565+16.20.4%37.9%
Public Safety256+6.00.8%27.7%
Legal Judicial236+5.535.6%10.2%
Governance Policy683+1.94.4%1.3%
Infrastructure Utilities121+1.81.7%0.0%
Policing Law Enforcement216+1.214.8%13.0%
Missing Persons32+0.56.2%18.8%
Elections Politics51+0.12.0%0.0%
Environment Pollution51+0.17.8%0.0%
Corruption Fraud51-0.154.9%0.0%
Protest Civil Unrest48-0.28.3%2.1%
Disasters Emergencies59-0.90.0%6.8%
Accidents Road Safety223-3.86.7%29.6%
Crime Violence3,735-28.228.1%45.7%
Rising sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Hantavirus Outbreak108+3.83
Suspicious Death104+3.69
Rare Disease Death69+2.45
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning58+2.06
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome52+1.85
Disease Outbreak65+1.83
Rare Disease Outbreak44+1.56
Death Investigation38+1.35
Investigation34+1.21
Unspecified Death33+1.17
Receding sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Homicide2936-37.34
Set Accident24-1.20
Wildfire33-0.99
Burglary20-0.59
Vandalism16-0.38
Mass Shooting19-0.05
Coverage volume by year
2026: 29320172026293
Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)
Coverage MonthEvent TypeDeaths ReportedCorroborating News Reports
2018-05Homicide10–17429
2019-02Homicide1010
2022-02Homicide105
2023-02Homicide105
2020-03Homicide105
2018-09Homicide104

6,327 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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