As if we don't have other NPC in Hawkethorne that looks dangerous, like Azy (being a beegirl, and those recently attacked on sight too), or Arona (member of the orc's tribe, and was also very aggressive, as you can see before recruiting her with how you can't persuade her to stop fighting) (you could even include Quintillus, being a former member of the cult, but he hides it so I won't)
They don't just "look" dangerous, they eat souls (or at least that's how it boils down to most people), and its fairly common knowledge. Whole different ballgame than bees, who are just egging people and only recently, or orcs, who mostly just raid particular areas (and in fact Arona is actually stopped by guards in KM where they do their raiding).
They even let catpeople make their temple for their own god (and for sex) near the city without problem when they already have their religion (as shown by the chapel in the middle of the city, worshipping Velun)
They have the same gods. Most people worship all of the Seven, they aren't in competition. Some places emphasize specific ones, but there's no barring others of the Seven from being worshipped.
And they even let the cult get close to the city without problem at least two times (first time around Gweyr's time, and second time when we arrived, but we can justify the second time because of the blizzard or whatever was going on at the same time)
The first time they didn't know it was a cult, they slipped in and started converting people. And the second time was just a few people slipping in under cover of darkness.
Very different from a family of vampires strolling into town and trying to put down roots.
And we never see people being actually scared of kitsunes (afaik), most things you hear about discrimination to kitsunes are from kitsunes themselves (saying things like "they are scared of us", "they see us as monsters", but we don't see anyone not a kitsune saying that (again, afaik))
We never see people run into any kitsune except Kiyoko, and only when she's with the PC, who by the time you can take her anywhere populated is a decorated hero.
Kohaku has to hide herself just to trade in KM.