I don't doubt it's worse now, but as someone who lived a few blocks from that area for about ~5 years (2014-2019), I'm skeptical that the presence of office wor

I don't doubt it's worse now, but as someone who lived a few blocks from that area for about ~5 years (2014-2019), I'm skeptical that the presence of office workers or tourists was really dissuading crime in a meaningful way. It seemed to keep getting worse even when the city was packed was people. The 9-5 thing was annoying from a quality of living perspective, but as far as I can tell Bellevue is the same way, and they didn't have nearly the level of street crime of Seattle. I've come to the conclusion that police presence and enforcement is the only thing that would make a dent a this point.