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With regard to street gangs the cities identified as having the most serious gang problems, which accounted for 65% of firearm homicides in England and Wales, were London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. [2]
Oct 12, 2011 · Gang expert Prof John Pitts estimates some 600 to 700 young people are part of gangs in the London borough of Waltham Forest alone. At least half of the 27 murders of teenagers 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...Aug 28, 2018 · The claim: Half of the violence in London is attributable to street gangs, as well as half of knife crime and 60% of gun crime.
The 17-year-old - one of London's most notorious gang members - is speaking to Radio 1 Newsbeat in a London youth hub. Sitting on a white plastic chair beside his youth worker, Yusuf reels off...
While gang members and gang activity exist across the country, some states have a larger gang presence than others. California , Nevada , Idaho , New Mexico , and Illinois have the most gang members for every 1,000 citizens of the state.
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This introduction aims to understanding and exploring gang culture in the United Kingdom and provide you with an overview of what gang culture entails, including its history, formation, structure, and activities, while highlighting its evolution in the UK context.
