diff --git a/raleigh/EVIDENCE-LEDGER.md b/raleigh/EVIDENCE-LEDGER.md
index 4ff2552..ac0dfdb 100644
--- a/raleigh/EVIDENCE-LEDGER.md
+++ b/raleigh/EVIDENCE-LEDGER.md
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ The following public service boundaries were exercised successfully on 2026-07-2
 
 ### Verification
 
-- `PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 python3 -m unittest raleigh/tests/test_raleigh.py`: **354 tests passed**.
+- `PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 python3 -m unittest raleigh/tests/test_raleigh.py`: **355 tests passed**.
 - `python3 -m ruff check raleigh/scripts/raleighlib/core.py raleigh/scripts/raleighlib/public_safety_stats.py raleigh/scripts/raleighlib/cli.py`: passed.
 - `python3 scripts/validate-evals.py raleigh`: **11 eval manifests validated**.
 - `ruby scripts/validate-skills.rb`: **110 canonical skills validated**.
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ The following public service boundaries were exercised successfully on 2026-07-2
 - Live `fire stats --year 2026 --json`: returned seven official published categories, including medical `7,882`, source revision/retrieval metadata, the annual document URL, and the aggregate-only privacy warning.
 - Live `fire reports --year 2025 --quarter 1 --json`: returned the canonical official quarterly page.
 - Live `fire reports --date 2026-07-24 --json`: exercised the unchanged ArcGIS incident-report path successfully.
-- Three review passes found and then verified fixes for terminal-control handling, path traversal and URL components, empty tables, document availability, redirect targets, JSON:API relationship ambiguity, and eval coverage; the final pass reported no actionable findings.
+- Review passes found and then verified fixes for terminal-control handling, path traversal and URL components, empty tables, document availability, redirect targets, malformed or ambiguous JSON:API relationships, and eval coverage.
 
 ### Remaining boundaries and follow-up triggers
 
diff --git a/raleigh/scripts/raleighlib/public_safety_stats.py b/raleigh/scripts/raleighlib/public_safety_stats.py
index 5be595e..2df8505 100644
--- a/raleigh/scripts/raleighlib/public_safety_stats.py
+++ b/raleigh/scripts/raleighlib/public_safety_stats.py
@@ -151,17 +151,22 @@ def _fetch_page(agency: str) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], dict[str, str]]:
     if not isinstance(data, dict) or not isinstance(included, list):
         raise PublishedStatisticsError("published statistics source returned invalid JSON:API data")
     attrs = data.get("attributes")
+    path = attrs.get("path") if isinstance(attrs, dict) else None
     if (
         data.get("type") != "node--service"
         or data.get("id") != source["id"]
         or not isinstance(attrs, dict)
+        or not isinstance(path, dict)
         or attrs.get("status") is not True
         or attrs.get("title") != source["title"]
-        or attrs.get("path", {}).get("alias") != urllib.parse.urlparse(source["page_url"]).path
+        or path.get("alias") != urllib.parse.urlparse(source["page_url"]).path
     ):
         raise PublishedStatisticsError("published statistics page identity changed")
 
-    relationship = data.get("relationships", {}).get("field_content_primary", {})
+    relationships = data.get("relationships")
+    if not isinstance(relationships, dict):
+        raise PublishedStatisticsError("published statistics content relationships are invalid")
+    relationship = relationships.get("field_content_primary", {})
     related = relationship.get("data") if isinstance(relationship, dict) else None
     if not isinstance(related, list):
         raise PublishedStatisticsError("published statistics content relationship is missing")
diff --git a/raleigh/tests/test_raleigh.py b/raleigh/tests/test_raleigh.py
index db23594..30bc4d0 100644
--- a/raleigh/tests/test_raleigh.py
+++ b/raleigh/tests/test_raleigh.py
@@ -3071,6 +3071,21 @@ class PublishedPublicSafetyStatisticsTests(unittest.TestCase):
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(public_safety_stats.PublishedStatisticsError, "no published"):
                 public_safety_stats.reports("police", 2026, 4)
 
+    def test_malformed_jsonapi_nested_objects_fail_visibly(self):
+        for field, value, message in (
+            ("path", None, "page identity changed"),
+            ("relationships", None, "relationships are invalid"),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(field=field):
+                fixture = self._fixture("police")
+                if field == "path":
+                    fixture["data"]["attributes"][field] = value
+                else:
+                    fixture["data"][field] = value
+                with patch("raleighlib.public_safety_stats.core.json_request", return_value=fixture):
+                    with self.assertRaisesRegex(public_safety_stats.PublishedStatisticsError, message):
+                        public_safety_stats.reports("police")
+
     def test_report_link_outside_canonical_origins_fails_closed(self):
         fixture = self._fixture("police")
         html = fixture["included"][0]["attributes"]["field_stories_text_formatted"]["value"]