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- Nearly one in five larger cities reported more than 1,000 gang members, compared with about one in ten suburban counties. Approximately one-quarter of the smaller cities and rural counties reported fewer than 25 gang members—the most frequent response among both groups.
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Oct 12, 2011 · In 2008 Strathclyde Police estimated there were 170 gangs in Glasgow, with 3,500 gang members aged from 11 to 23. The previous year, the Metropolitan Police said there were 171 gangs in...
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The most recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) crime statistics show data up to the end of March 2022 for England and Wales. However, the ONS stressed limitations with the data in recent years due to the coronavirus pandemic. This included difficulties comparing data across years due to changes in how it was collected; for example, crime surv...
As explained in a BBC article in 2019, it is hard to estimate the number of people in gangs. This is due to different definitions of what constitutes a ‘gang’ and gang involvement being hidden. However, the article did quote estimates by the Children’s Commissioner, based on crime survey data, which indicated there could be around 27,000 children i...
In October 2021, Boris Johnson’s government published its ‘Beating crime plan’. The plan included details on current and new measures to tackle serious violence and neighbourhood crimes (including burglaries). It explained that these were being targeted, as much of this crime was concentrated among certain areas or people: Measures outlined in the ...
Speaking at the Labour Party conference on 27 September 2022, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper criticised the government’s record on serious crime. For example, she claimed that previous cuts to policing, courts and youth services had contributed to the rates of serious violence and lower charge rates. She said that Labour was committed to impro...
House of Commons Library, ‘Serious youth violence’, 4 February 2022Home Office, ‘Violence reduction unit year ending March 2021 evaluation report’, 1 April 2022HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, ‘Police response to burglary, robbery and other acquisitive crime: Finding time for crime’, 11 August 2022BBC News, ‘60 violent and sexual offence cases wrongfully dropped in past year, BBC discovers’, 11 October 2022; ‘Criminal barristers vote to end strike over pay’, 10 October 2022; and ‘Judges unla...Gang-related organised crime in the United Kingdom is concentrated around the cities of London, Manchester and Liverpool and regionally across the West Midlands region, south coast and northern England, according to the Serious Organised Crime Agency. [ 1 ] With regard to street gangs the cities identified as having the most serious gang ...
- South London. CR0 - dominating the south part of the borough of Croydon. CR7 - dominating Thornton Heath, in Croydon. #Mitcham - dominating Mitcham, in Morden, south London.
- West London. 3rd Set - covering Acton. ICB (Ice City Boys) - dominating WIllesden. 12World/12Anti - in Shepherd's Bush and White City. 1011 - dominating Notting Hill and north Kensington.
- North West London. N-Gang - Northolt, west of Wembley. SUSPECT GANG (USG) - Stonebridge area of Brent. DBG - Burnt Oak and Edgware.
- North East London. 22GZ - Wood Green region, down to Turnpike Lane. OFB - Haringey, the Broadwater Farm area. #900 - from Edmonton to Ponders End. #AP / GMG - Enfield Lock to Bullsmore.
Aug 28, 2018 · According to the Metropolitan Police, which looks at whether a crime involved an identified gang member, 0.19% of violent crime was linked to gangs. The definition of a gang is contested.
In London, the focus of this report, the police estimate that there are up to 250 gangs and 4,500 members. While gangs are not responsible for all serious violence, they commit far more than their fair share.
1 day ago · Police patrolling City Central and City South report high level of crime, but the gangs there are not long lived, often do not have a name and do not engage in the kind of community involvement ...
