Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch

Normally, city guards are understandably hostile to any bandits, mercenaries, roaming evil mages and so forth that can attack you. However, there is a random encounter where the player is attacked by a lone generic NPC with randomised appearance and level appropriate gear, and their name is simply their race. For example you may just get attacked out on the road by an NPC named "wood elf" or "Khajiit".

For some reason guards will not turn hostile to these specific murder hobos, instead they will just flee. Given that guards will protect the player from other threats up to and including goddamn dragons it seems like unintentional behaviour that these random guys strike the fear of god into them.

It normally isn't an issue as these guys usually spawn out in the wilderness but there is a spawn point near whiterun's western watchtower, which is where i noticed the guards absolutely lose their minds instead of fighting the guy chasing me. Then after i killed him myself, some bounty hunters turned up after me not 10 seconds later and the guards suddenly found their courage again and helped me kill them.

I would like to murder this bug just as much as everyone and their mother in skyrim seems to want to murder me if possible...