I was at Vegas sitting at a bar talking to a local social worker. She was going on and on about the huge amount of gang violence in the city. Talking about how of the strip it’s a hopeless war zone of punk kids.
Almost made me reconsider my next trip there.
No need - the Strip remains surprisingly safe, and so are the nicer, upscale neighborhoods a few miles away. Las Vegas is no different than any other city in America these days: its lower and lower-middle class neighborhoods are overrun with feral humans and law enforcement isn't going to expend resources on areas that don't contribute much to the tax base.