List of criminal gangs in Los Angeles explained

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]

Gangs

• Abergil Crime Family
• Bahala Na Gang
• Black Guerrilla Family
• 410 Gang
• Bloods
  • Black P. Stones
  • Bounty Hunter Bloods
  • Pirus
• Crips
  • Asian Boyz
  • Grape Street Watts Crips
  • Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips
  • Sons of Samoa
  • Tongan Crip Gang
  • Venice Shoreline Crips
• Los Angeles crime family
• Peckerwood
  • Aryan Brotherhood
  • Nazi Lowriders
  • Public Enemy No. 1
  • Compton Executioners
  • Lynwood Vikings
• Satanas
• Sinaloa Cartel
• Mexican Mafia
  • Sureños
  • 18th Street gang
  • 38th Street gang
  • The Avenues
  • Armenian Power
  • Azusa 13
  • Barriox13
  • Culver City Boys 13
  • El Monte Flores 13
  • Florencia 13
  • Logan Heights Gang
  • MS-13
  • OVS
  • Playboys
  • Puente 13
  • Rancho San Pedro Locos
  • Santa Monica 13
  • Temple Street
  • Toonerville Rifa 13
  • Varrio Nuevo Estrada
  • Venice 13
  • Vineland Boys Gang
  • Westside Locos 13
  • White Fence
  • Wilmas 13
• Tiny Rascal Gang
• Triad
  • 14K Triad
  • Bamboo Union
  • Big Circle Gang
  • Black Dragons
  • Four Seas Gang
  • Wah Ching
  • Wo Hop To
• Yakuza

See also

• List of gangs in the United States
• List of LASD deputy gangs

Further reading

• Chang, Cindy. "Crips make peace on the softball field." Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2017, https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-crips-softball-20171231-htmlstory.html. Accessed 11 Apr. 2019.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gangs - Los Angeles Police Department. Los Angeles Police Department. September 14, 2021.