Starbucks will close seven stores in San Francisco later this month, offering employees an opportunity to transfer to other stores elsewhere in the city.

Local news outlets reported that Starbucks said there were several factors contributing to the company’s decision to shutter the seven stores but did not cite what the reasons were.

"Each year as a standard course of business, we evaluate the store portfolio to determine where we can best meet our community and customers’ needs," the company said in a statement. “This includes opening new locations, identifying stores in need of investment or renovation, exploring locations where an alternative format is needed and, in some instances, re-evaluating our footprint.”

The move comes as several other prominent retail and restaurant chains depart from dangerous areas of San Francisco. The Bay Area has indeed endured a massive crime wave over the last three years, including a 20% increase in robbery over the past year.

Whole Foods closed a flagship store in April, just one year after the location’s opening, due to continuous safety concerns for employees.

Starbucks took tables out of some stores in San Francisco that same month. According to one barista at a San Francisco location, managers decided to close the bathrooms and remove the tables due to ongoing issues with homeless and mentally ill individuals.

Walgreens, Best Buy, and other stores have also shuttered their businesses in San Francisco over the last two years. Some 8% of residents reported in one survey that they hope to move elsewhere in the near future, higher than any other major American city.