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.

2024年8月26日 · Discover the most infamous gangs in L.A., including the Crips, the West Coast Bloods, the 18th Street Gang, and more.

It is one of the largest criminal gangs in Los Angeles, with 30,000–50,000 members between the United States, Mexico, and Central America and is also allied with the Mexican Mafia, another US-based crime organization.

2007年1月16日 · Random, racially motivated crimes have been committed across the 88 cities of Los Angeles County by the members of Latino gangs, including the Pomona 12 in the city of Pomona, the 18th Street Gang in southwest Los Angeles, the Toonerville gang in northeast L.A., and the Varrio Tortilla Flats in Compton.

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. This is a list of notable criminal gangs in Los Angeles, California.

Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Angeles area. Over time, the gang grew into a more traditional criminal organization.

In 2000, a 2000 U.S. Department of Justice report stated that Los Angeles County had more than 1,300 gangs with more than 150,000 members. Within the City of Los Angeles, a 2007 City of Los Angeles report stated that there were more than 400 separate gangs and an estimated 39,000 members of these gangs.

From South Central to West L.A. and East L.A., from the city of Pomona to the city of Compton and Long Beach, there are Los Angeles hoods at almost every corner of L.A. County. The map below highlights some of the top hoods, sets, and gangs …

Los Angeles’ gangs include the Bloods, the Crips, and the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). The recent rise in prominence of notoriously violent gangs such as MS-13, which has an estimated 1,000 members in Los Angeles, is very troubling. Members of MS-13 have committed murders and other violent crimes in Los Angeles and exported violence ...

2024年7月19日 · LOS ANGELES – Three members of a South Los Angeles street gang each were sentenced today to decades in prison for their roles in the robbery and fatal shooting in 2022 of Los Angeles Police Officer Fernando Arroyos.