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Gang-Related Crime in Los Angeles County

                                                                                                      Gang Homicide Study - Los Angeles

Year

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

34.9%

Source: L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. & California Dept. of Justice

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau, 42 percent of all homicides
in Los Angeles County currently are gang-related.

 

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 ---
1993 346 684 3,877 54 3,868 138 40 107 12 34 11 ---
1992 430 896 4,363 40 3,449 152 60 82 14 28 8 ---

* 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:

  • One third of the victims were not associated with a violent gang.

  • The median age of the victims was 21.

  • The gang-related death rate of African American males, ages 15 to 19, tripled.

  • The gang-related death rate of Latino males, ages 15 to 19, increased by about 30%.

  • Less than 5% of gang-related deaths were related to narcotics trafficking.

  • Guns were used in 95% of gang-related killings.

  • The use of semiautomatic handguns in these killings increased by more than 40%.

  • Assault weapons were used in only 2.8% of the deaths.

 

 

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