Spot

A reported danger spot on the public map.

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Fields

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.