Is anyone else feeling increasingly unsafe in Hamilton?

I’ve lived downtown for 15 years now, mostly in the North Strathcona area. I’ve lost count of the number of cars with their side windows smashed. There have been 3 on our small street this summer alone (we only have street parking).

My friends out in Dundas were one of the 25 homes that were broken into by that one individual who was recently caught. They were asleep at the time he was in the house. Thankfully there wasn’t an altercation.

What’s the general temperature of people living in Hamilton right now? Is this the normal that we must come to expect?

2009 downtown Hamilton didn’t feel this bad. And this was Cafe Classico era, pre gentrification.

How do we rally as citizens of the city to turn this around? I’d love for Hamilton to feel safe again.