List danger spots

Returns every approved spot on the public map, ordered by severity (highest first), then newest. Spots that are pending review or were rejected by moderators are never returned.

The list is small enough to fetch in full; filter on the client for anything the query parameters don't cover. The public map refreshes it every two minutes.

Rate limit: 120 requests per minute per visitor (shared with /api/stats and /api/me).

GET

https://deathspot.org/api/spots

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Query parameters

categoryoptionalmurderormob_actionorboda_gangorrobberyorstabbingorkidnapping+1 more
Only return spots in this category.
sinceoptionalinteger
Only return spots reported within this many days.

minimum: 1
Example: 30

Returns

200

The approved spots.

JSON

spotsarray ofobjectrequired
18 properties
- idintegerrequired
  Example: 1
- titlestringrequired
  maxLength: 80
  Example: "Mukwano Road (near CID HQ)"
- descriptionstringrequired
  What people should know about the place. It may be empty.
  
  maxLength: 600
- latnumberrequired
  format: double, maximum: 4.3, minimum: -1.6
  Example: 0.30827
- lngnumberrequired
  format: double, maximum: 35.1, minimum: 29.5
  Example: 32.58721
- areastringrequired
  Neighbourhood, division or landmark. It may be empty.
  
  maxLength: 80
  Example: "Kibuli, Makindye"
- categorymurderormob_actionorboda_gangorrobberyorstabbingorkidnapping+1 morerequired
  What happens at the spot: murder (killing), mob_action, boda_gang, robbery (robbery or snatching), stabbing (stabbing or hacking), kidnapping, other.
- severityintegerrequired
  1 = feels unsafe, 2 = harassment or threats, 3 = robbery or snatching, 4 = violent attack, 5 = someone was killed.
  
  maximum: 5, minimum: 1
  Example: 5
- time_of_daydayornightoranyrequired
  When the spot is dangerous.
- incident_datestring | nullrequired
  format: date
  Example: "2026-09-23"
- source_urlstring | nullrequired
  A news, police or court source, if the reporter gave one.
  
  format: uri
- created_atstringrequired
  format: date-time
- last_confirmed_atstring | nullrequired
  When someone last voted "still dangerous".
  
  format: date-time
- confirmationsintegerrequired
  Number of "still dangerous" votes.
  
  minimum: 0
- denialsintegerrequired
  Number of "not anymore" votes.
  
  minimum: 0
- statusunverifiedorconfirmedordisputedrequired
  The community's verdict from votes. confirmed needs at least 3 more confirmations than denials, and disputed means denials outnumber confirmations by more than 2.
- moderator_verifiedbooleanrequired
  true when a moderator has checked the spot against a reliable source. Shown as "Verified by moderators".
- seededbooleanrequired
  true for spots loaded from the project's sourced seed data rather than reported through the app.

429

The caller exceeded a rate limit. Wait Retry-After seconds before retrying.

JSON

errorstringrequired
A human-readable message you can show to users.

500

Unexpected server error, usually because the database is unreachable.