MHA-reported and independently verified communal incidents rose from 640 (2004) to ~923 (2025). The trend isn't monotonic — there's a peak in 2013, a dip in 2016, and steady acceleration since 2017. The series carries a wide confidence band given documented underreporting.
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This is one of 36 standing analyses drawn from the Some Perspective dataset. It is not dated commentary: it describes a relationship in the data that holds across the series, and it is regenerated whenever the underlying dataset is refreshed. The figures quoted here reflect the 2026-08-15 data vintage.