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Armenian Power graffiti in Little Armenia, Los Angeles MS-13 graffiti. This is a list of notable criminal gangs in Los Angeles, California. The County and the City of Los Angeles has been nicknamed the "Gang Capital of America," with an estimated 450 active gangs with a combined membership of more than 45,000. [1]
The 38th Street gang occupies a huge area on the east side of South Los Angeles and some areas in East Los Angeles. These neighborhoods had been historically known to be some of the most dangerous in the nation. Their rivalries expand to most neighborhoods all over Los Angeles County.
Gang members were also accused of the August 2008 killing of Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Abel Escalante, 27, who worked at the Men's Central Jail guarding some of the county's most dangerous inmates. Escalante was gunned down outside his parents' Cypress Park home as he prepared to go to work. [13]
Alamy Los Angeles, Calif., like many other populous cities across the United States, can be a wonderful place to live or an extremely dangerous one, depending on the circumstances and your location.
Since 2019, the CHP has led more than 231 operations to curb street racing and takeovers in Los Angeles County, resulting in over 800 vehicles being impounded or stored.
This is a list of notable criminally-active street gangs operating or formerly operating in California. To be included in this list, the gang must have a Wikipedia article with references showing it is a California street gang.
The 18th Street Gang, also known as Eighteen St, Barrio 18, Mara 18, or simply 18 in North America, [1] [15] [16] [17] is a multi-ethnic (largely Central American and Mexican) street gang in Los Angeles. [18] It is one of the largest street gangs in Los Angeles, with 30,000–50,000 members between the United States, Mexico, and Central America ...
The following is a list of California locations by crime rate based on FBI's Uniform Crime Reports from 2014.. In 2014, California reported 153,709 violent crimes (3.96 for every 1,000 people) and 947,192 property crimes (24.41 for every 1,000 people).