I'd say what led to the closing of Astroworld grew exponentially, especially after, oh say…August 2005.
Grew up in 079 in the 70's and 80's. Graduated high school in '85 to head to A&M and folks stayed until about 1990 when they moved back to Aggieland. Didn't live here as an adult till moving back in 2006 and was shocked what had happened on the west side.
That said, even back then, we had our share of problems. We lived in Memorial Club townhomes right by Stratford HS. No garage, just carport. Woke up one morning to mom's Lincoln Mark on wood blocks. Never heard a sound. Another time, we came home from school and had been cleaned out…TV's, CB radio base station lol, dad's Rolex etc. Just missed them too because I had a goldfish that was knocked over and still alive flopping on the floor. Dad owned a Gulf gas station on Memorial and got hit multiple times, thankfully always at night when closed.
We then moved to Fleetwood and there were a couple high profile murders in the neighborhood. Also, my mom was a realtor and worked at Shumate there on Hwy 6 where the 3 ladies were murdered in her office in '83 (still unsolved). That was eerie as I had just filled up Mrs. Shumates car at my dad's. My mom almost went to the office that morning but got sidetracked at home thankfully. Dad came home and asked her what was going on at the office (we could walk there) because Memorial was shut down and Life Flight was there.
All that said, I'd go back to that era in a heartbeat. Crime back then seemed a little less random and for the most part, if you got caught doing these crimes, you went to jail. And still, even given my examples, we (kids) just ran loose. You basically saw your parents in the morning and when it got dark outside.