how dangerous is downtown brantford?

hello, i'm a grade 12 student from victoria, bc looking to go to wilfrid laurier university for social work! i've been accepted and have already commited as this is an amazing program and very competitive and many students "suffer" through the campus/city because of how good the education is, however...i'd like to truly understand how unsafe/dangerous brantford is.

is the hate towards brantford understandable or is it just dramaticized? will be hate crimed as someone of a minority (both black and a muslim who wears a headscarf)? how is the situation downtown?

please let me know, i would deeply appreciate it!