All the businesses and people who work and live in the area told CBS 11 there's still a lot of fear because of the recent gun violence that's happened.
"This is the third watch activity, this is the nighttime that drives perception, and this is what makes the news, we are down 21% for violent crimes," Deep Ellum Public Safety Director, Adam Holden said.
"A lot of the businesses down there are seeing a 45% to 50% drop in sales and that really hurts just coming out of COVID," one business owner in the area said. "Deep Ellum has a long history of music, culture, art and somewhere I think that gets lost with these moments of violence because no one wants to be caught in a moment of gunshot," Co-Owner of Neon Kitten, Bob Khanna said.
"It has an effect on business," Khanna said."A certain kind of crowd from Uptown, or Downtown Dallas does not like venturing down to Deep Ellum."CBS 11 asked different businesses what they think the problem is.