Homelessness here is quite an issue...not enough shelters/support and all the govt money (of course) keeps going to the wrong things.
My area is a relatively upscale upper mid class residential area, but we do get quite an assortment of "buggy people" wandering through - especially at late night/early morning. They are mostly harmless - fishing for cans, milk bottles, profitable junk etc - once a woman did actually come inside our yard though, my dad caught her trying our garage door lock and yelled, she fled and was never to be seen again. Another incident involved a man grabbing a bag of coins from the open trunk of our car (we have apartment buildings with coin operated laundry machines - my dad had just finished collecting from them and was unloading things into the house) and dashing off - we called police, never caught him - he has continued however to frequent the neighborhood.... he continues to elude authorities.
Hmm, documents are shredded here as well after we don't need them - appliance boxes, high end purchase containers/boxes, and other sensitive garbage is recycled or thrown out usually at one of our apartment dumpsters where they are restricted access and handled by a private waste management company.