This is the same in NYC which is also having a supposed shoplifting spree. People "feel" very unsafe because the crime situation has gotten marginally worse than it has been the past few years. Having lived here since the 90s when the situation was much, much worse by any measurable statistic, everyone was calm back then because they knew what to expect. Now expectations are higher. In reality the danger remains quite low. We lost more people to covid in the last two years than 100 years of homicides. Yet we elected a mayor who promised to be tough on crime and soft on Covid.