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Approximately 640 gangs with more than 17,250 members are criminally active in the New England Region, according to 2008 NDTS data and local law enforcement reporting. (See Figure 7.) Also according to NDTS data, the percentage of state and local law enforcement agencies in the New England Region that report gang activity in their jurisdictions increased from 28 percent in 2004 to 39 percent in 2008. Gangs are responsible for as much as 60 percent of the crime in some communities. The most significant gangs operating in the New England Region are Hells Angels, Latin Kings, Outlaws, Tiny Rascal Gangster Crips, and UBN. (See Appendices B and D.)
Figure 7. New England Region gang membership by county.
Gang-related trends:
- Trinitarios are an emerging gang in the region.
- Sureņos 13 gang activity is increasing.
- Gang-related violence is increasing as a result of competition among gangs for control of territories.
- African American, Asian, and Hispanic gang members often use violence to gain control over the retail-level and midlevel distribution of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana in many locations, according to local and federal law enforcement information. For example, violence between Bloods and Crips members recently has escalated as a direct result of a conflict between the gangs for control of retail-level drug distribution.
- The number of gangs associating with DTOs is growing.
Predictive NGIC/NDIC intelligence:
- Criminal activity related to street gangs likely will increase throughout the New England Region. Armed robberies, carjackings, drug trafficking, extortions, and home invasions are likely to increase because of the influx of Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, and Trinitarios members from neighboring regions.
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