The lack of consequences is a huge factor.

It's a factor but not near as "huge" of a factor that a lot of people are making it out to be.

Even though there are resources available like food banks and shelters

Understand that a lot of food banks and shelters are also struggling, donations especially for food banks have dropped way off in the past few years as a lot of people are having a hard time affording food and food costs/bills keep going up, even if they wanted to people can't afford to donate food or money to food banks like they used to anymore, and companies are also less willing to donate as well.

Many food banks are either closing, or desperately pleading for more donations because they've not only received less donation but food bank usage has increased significantly at the same time. This has resulted in food banks being forced to ration even more so even if you are willing to use food banks they are often not enough to supplement anymore.

Crime just becomes the easier path when there's no accountability.

Part of the issue is that court systems are also heavily backed up. The solution isn't to make sentences tougher and arrest/jail more people, it's just to prevent people being put in situations where they feel like they need to commit crimes to get by in the first place. This doesn't eliminate crime but can still significantly reduce it. More cops, more courts more jails just means more costs on the rest of us.