This is what racism looks like here. The whole region is segregated on the same lines it has been for over a century. Bird town has been referred to as the ghetto of Lakewood since before I was born, but now people wanting to move into a progressive trendy area at lower prices put their eye on it, pushed the rents up so the original residents couldn't afford to live there any longer, and then complain about any degree of crime as if it's a pandemic. All the other comments to your post blame people from Cleveland for the crime. Know that that is what they mean. They mean black people, but won't say it. Closeted bigotry is what you can expect from your neighbors there. In reality, you're in no more danger there than anywhere else in Lakewood.