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There were at least 30,000 gangs and 800,000 gang members active across the US in 2007, and an estimated 1.4 million in 33,000 gangs in 2011. [1] [2] [3] About 900,000 gang members lived "within local communities across the country", and about 147,000 were in U.S. prisons or jails in 2009. [4]
Mara Salvatrucha, commonly abbreviated as "MS-13", is another Hispanic street gang operating in the United States. The "13" in the name is a way to pay allegiance to the Mexican Mafia, or La Eme. It originated in Los Angeles and has spread to Central America, other parts of the United States, and Canada.
Violent crime rate per 100k population by state (2023) [1] This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. The Five Points, Manhattan is a location that was associated with gang activities from the early 19th century. In the late 1920s, Al Capone was the leader of the Chicago Outfit The Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club was founded in 1948 and is considered a criminal gang by American law ...
U.S. law enforcement and immigration officials are investigating more than 100 criminal cases tied to suspected members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang.
Prison gangs are geographically and racially divided, and about 70% of prison gang members are in California and Texas. [4] Skarbek suggests prison gangs function similar to a community responsibility system. Interactions between strangers are facilitated because you do not have to know an individual's reputation, only a gang's reputation.
(The Center Square) – Members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), continue to expand criminal operations in western states, including in Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
The gang accounts for less than 1 percent of total gang members in the United States (1.4 million according to FBI data), and a similar share of gang murders. [ 131 ] [ 132 ] However, an FBI assessment has reported that "Sureño gangs, including mara salvatrucha (MS-13), 18th street, and Florencia 13, are expanding faster than other national ...