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Gang-Related Crime in Los Angeles
County
Gang Homicide Study - Los Angeles
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Year
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Gang-Related Homicides
Los Angeles County
|
All Homicides
Los Angeles County
|
Percent of L.A. County
Homicides Which are Gang-Related
|
|
2001
|
587 |
1,070
|
54.9%
|
|
2000
|
448
|
1,000
|
44.8%
|
|
1999
|
349
|
891
|
39.2%
|
|
1998
|
399
|
959
|
41.6%
|
|
1997
|
452
|
1,176
|
38.4%
|
|
1996
|
614
|
1,398
|
43.9%
|
|
1995
|
807
|
1,682
|
48.0%
|
|
1994
|
779
|
1,669
|
46.7%
|
|
1993
|
724
|
1,944
|
37.2%
|
|
1992
|
803
|
1,919
|
41.8%
|
|
1991
|
771
|
1,856
|
41.5%
|
|
1990
|
690
|
1,768
|
39.0%
|
|
1989
|
554
|
1,587
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34.9%
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Source: L.A. County
Sheriff’s Dept. & California Dept. of
Justice
Gang-Related Crime - City of Los Angeles
|
Year |
Homicide |
Attempt Homicide |
Felony Assault |
*Attacks on Police Officers |
Robbery |
Shots- Inhabited Dwell |
Kidnap |
Rape |
Arson |
**Witness Intimidation |
Extortion |
***Carjacking |
| 2006 |
272 |
707 |
2,639 |
82 |
2,515 |
178 |
45 |
37 |
1 |
816 |
14 |
170 |
| 2005 |
260 |
580 |
2,639 |
75 |
2,021 |
192 |
53 |
33 |
6 |
646 |
16 |
147 |
| 2004 |
291 |
717 |
2,616 |
61 |
2,08 |
188 |
44 |
36 |
2 |
754 |
20 |
118 |
| 2003 |
259 |
861 |
3,063 |
83 |
3,274 |
219 |
67 |
37 |
4 |
826 |
25 |
211 |
| 2002 |
350 |
726 |
3,430 |
114 |
2,808 |
330 |
77 |
65 |
6 |
849 |
6 |
209 |
| 2001 |
347 |
728 |
3,508 |
138 |
2,754 |
366 |
64 |
59 |
4 |
812 |
11 |
143 |
| 2000 |
332 |
635 |
2,935 |
96 |
2,490 |
249 |
62 |
69 |
4 |
543 |
10 |
163 |
| 1999 |
136 |
526 |
2,588 |
148 |
2,650 |
154 |
70 |
94 |
6 |
450 |
10 |
188 |
| 1998 |
176 |
358 |
2,247 |
178 |
3,132 |
123 |
50 |
67 |
7 |
396 |
13 |
164 |
| 1997 |
216 |
413 |
2,591 |
148 |
4,105 |
151 |
65 |
105 |
11 |
427 |
33 |
139 |
| 1996 |
295 |
456 |
2,649 |
92 |
4,519 |
169 |
79 |
104 |
5 |
265 |
27 |
224 |
| 1995 |
408 |
581 |
3,723 |
209 |
5,027 |
228 |
89 |
143 |
14 |
182 |
22 |
319 |
| 1994 |
370 |
531 |
3,338 |
218 |
4,184 |
156 |
72 |
102 |
15 |
112 |
8 |
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| 1993 |
346 |
684 |
3,877 |
54 |
3,868 |
138 |
40 |
107 |
12 |
34 |
11 |
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| 1992 |
430 |
896 |
4,363 |
40 |
3,449 |
152 |
60 |
82 |
14 |
28 |
8 |
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* Includes
Battery, Assualt with a Deadly Weapon, and Attempted Murders on Police Officers
** Includes Terrorist Threats
*** Statistics not kept prior to May 1995
Source: Los Angeles Police
Department
Also see Alejandro A. Alonso’s
www.streetgangs.com.
Gang Homicide Study - Los Angeles
A study published in the Journal of
the American Medical Association in 1995 by
Doctors H. Range Hustson and
Deirdre Anglin revealed the following facts about Los Angeles
gang-related murders
from 1979 through 1994:
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One third of the victims were not associated with a violent
gang.
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The median age of the victims was 21.
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The gang-related death rate of African American males, ages 15 to 19,
tripled.
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The gang-related death rate of Latino males, ages 15 to 19, increased by
about 30%.
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Less than 5% of gang-related deaths were related to narcotics
trafficking.
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Guns were used in 95% of gang-related killings.
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The use of semiautomatic handguns in these killings increased by more
than 40%.
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Assault weapons were
used in only 2.8% of the deaths.
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