Gunshots in my neighborhood, what do I do?

Hello fellow Steemit community, maybe someone has the answers here...

I moved to Virginia in a very nice neighborhood about 3 years ago. This is my first home and my wife and I are raising two beauty kids here, boy (6 yrs ) and girl (4 yrs). The neighbors are friendly, everyone knows each other on street, we all keep our lawns cut, nice curb appeal, no traffic, patriotic flag poles, most of our kids are around the same age, they ride bikes together, birthday parties, ect. we look after each other's home when out of town, you know, just the coziest place to raise little ones, I couldn't complain if I wanted to. However, as time pass, some of your neighbors you befriend and come to love move away, and how does the saying goes "you can't choose your neighbors," be that as it may, if we had the option to screen or vote, that might not be a bad. Just up the street from my house a certain type of people moved in, These guys would play basketball on an old rusty, dirty looking basketball goal, no shirts, and when you drive pass, just trying to make it home, they all stop and just peer through the car window, starring you down as you drive by, as if they are trying to figure out why you are driving down "their" street! Every weekend these people have some type of "party" of some sort, parking on both sides of the street, and now our nice wide neighborhood road has turned into a one-way street.

Now the mood and the feel of the neighborhood as change, we recently had reports of people breaking into cars, but they don't break the glass, if you leave your car door unlocked, you will be a victim come the next morning.

Along with the increased car break-ins, now we hear gunshots! On a street filled with retirees, married folk and children, why am I hearing gunshots! All the neighbors call each other to ask if they heard the same thing...how many shots, where do you think it came from... you know, the usual (at this point). My kids hear it and they get scared. All I can think of is what if a bullet came through my walls... Those people don't care about the lives they are putting into danger when they act out like this. We know it's the people down the street, the cops go to their house every time there is a reported shooting. I live down the street from them (thank God) but I really feel sorry for the elderly couple next door to them that has been living there 40+ years and now having to deal with this stuff. I feel bad for the family across the street from them as well, if you drive pass their house, you can see bullet holes in their tall white fence that surrounds the back yard. These guy are the only "type" in the neighborhood. What do I do?

I really do not know what to do, we really like our neighborhood, and we love the neighbors, this is our first home and have great memories here, I don't want these people to make us leave what we have built here in Virginia. And the police can only do so much, they are just a react to the complaints.

Steemit, What would you do in this situation?