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What problems are increasing in Milwaukee?

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

Summary

Crime and violence now take a smaller slice of the city’s news, down 13.4 points over the multiyear comparison, but the latest window reversed sharply: crime attention rose 52% and missing-person attention 62%. Flood is the fastest-growing specific problem.

WATCH Watch whether the crime rebound persists and whether flood coverage turns into sustained infrastructure action.
Full category ledger
CategoryNews ReportedShare Change (points)Action RateFatal Rate
Governance Policy2,464+3.34.4%0.8%
Policing Law Enforcement3,514+2.914.3%14.9%
Immigration Border256+2.57.4%1.2%
Missing Persons1,126+1.819.7%4.4%
Legal Judicial412+1.847.3%2.4%
Disasters Emergencies339+1.11.8%15.6%
Protest Civil Unrest672+0.71.2%7.6%
Education194+0.61.5%0.5%
Elections Politics683+0.42.9%0.4%
Infrastructure Utilities651+0.43.4%0.2%
Labor Employment109+0.47.3%5.5%
Corruption Fraud317+0.341.3%0.0%
Public Safety868+0.04.5%7.7%
Terrorism Conflict55-0.049.1%10.9%
Human Rights Social98-0.12.0%6.1%
Environment Pollution145-0.31.4%0.7%
Accidents Road Safety4,547-1.18.6%26.3%
Public Health1,092-1.40.7%17.9%
Crime Violence16,029-13.433.3%29.4%
Rising sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Flood107+1.10
Child Missing367+0.78
Obstruction of Justice56+0.65
Obstruction of Justice49+0.57
Sexual Assault301+0.45
Person Missing184+0.43
Assault280+0.36
Witness Intimidation28+0.31
Fire367+0.28
Police Shooting181+0.27
Receding sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Shooting2180-7.36
Homicide7950-5.56
Homicide Attempted631-1.73
Traffic Accident993-0.76
Hit and Run498-0.47
Armed Robbery553-0.46
Coverage volume by year
2026: 1,309201720261,309
Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)
Coverage MonthEvent TypeDeaths ReportedCorroborating News Reports
2022-01Homicide1973
2020-11Homicide1874
2016-09Homicide244
2024-04Homicide233
2022-10Homicide1750
2020-12Viral Outbreak7–814
2022-07Homicide73

33,571 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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