MADISON, Wis. -- Westhaven Trails is the latest West Side neighborhood to see violent crime. It was the site of Sunday night's fatal shooting.

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Neighbors said they would like to see more police and more neighborhood involvement to keep their community safe.

For sale signs adorn the front lawns of many homes along Silverton Trail in Westhaven Trails.

"It's not the same neighborhood that it used to be," said resident Barbarann Klinger.

"A lot of traffic rolls through here doesn't belong here," said resident Nate McCorvie.

"Think of crime as a balloon and if you just squeeze that balloon, all you're really doing is moving crime, that air, from one place to another," said Alderman Zach Brandon.

Brandon said Tempe Drive, which was the site of Sunday night's shooting, and a street lined with rental properties on one side is one of the more recent places where Madison is feeling the effects of that squeeze.

"Most of the crime we've had though has just been theft, car break-ins and a lot of garage break-ins -- people leaving their garages open," said McCorvie.

City officials said the little crimes lead to larger ones.

"We have to be able to say no to certain behaviors," said Brandon. "If it happens on Allied Drive we should say no to it, but also if it happens on Raymond Road we should say no to it."

Brandon told WISC-TV that part of saying "no" involves getting to know the neighbors.

"The more we get to know our neighbors and who they are and where they live, the more we can take a stance and pick up the phone and say, 'Hey you got some kids in your back yard, you may want to check it out,'" said McCorvie.

Neighborhood Watch will soon set up shop on the streets of Westhaven Trails.

"The homeowners say, 'That's two streets away from me, I don't really care,' and when people stop paying attention, that's when crime like this starts to happen," said Brandon. "It's early enough in what's going on in this city that we can absolutely turn it around."

The Westhaven Trails neighborhood borders the Meadowood neighborhood, which has also seen increasing crime.

Concerns about west side crime prompted a series of neighborhood meetings last summer.

Hundreds of residents attended those meetings, including Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, police and other city leaders.

The top five concerns from those listening sessions included:

loitering

drugs

speeding

traffic

thefts, burglaries

deterioration of property

At that time, police told WISC-TV that Madison's West District was the city's busiest, averaging more than 100 calls a day for service.