GANGS AND CRIMEThe daunting numbers

GANGS IN THE USA

27 000 gangs operated in the USA in 2007

Gangs have 788 000 members in the USA

(source: 2007 National Gang Survey)

GANGS IN LOS ANGELES

LA has the highest number of gangs in the country.

80 000 gang members in the county of LA

41 000 gang members in the city of LA

Around 400 gangs operate in LA

GANG-RELATED CRIME IN LA

55 % of 314 homicides committed in the city of LA were gang-related in 2009

70 % of homicides in the southern parts of LA city were committed by gangs in 2009

Gangs are involved in large part of the narcotics trade, distribution and crime related to drugs.

(Source LAPD)

HOMICIDES ON INCREASE

First half of 2010 compared to 2009:

Homicides up 4,2 % (150 homicides reported to the LAPD Jan – Jun 2010)

Number of gang shooting victims rose 6,6 %

(517 gang shooting victims Jan – Jun 2010)

Carjackings and kidnappings up by one fifth.

Rapes by gangs down by 23,5 %