National Youth Gang Survey Analysis

Gang-Related Offenses

Gang-Related Crime

Respondents provided information regarding changes in incidences of six gang-related crimes from the previous year. The figure presents the percentage of agencies reporting an increase from the previous year.

  • For each offense, proportionally fewer agencies reported an increase in 2007 compared with 2006. For example, while more than half (53 percent) of the agencies reported an increase in drug sales in 2006, only 44 percent did so in 2007.
  • Across all gang-related crimes, less than half of the agencies reported an increase in 2007.

Gang-Related Crime, 2006 and 2007 Bar Chart
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Analysis for this section pertains only to law enforcement agencies reporting gang problems. Please see the Prevalence of Gang Problems section.

Respondents indicated the factor(s) that significantly influenced gang-related violence in their jurisdictions in 2006.

  • More than half of the law enforcement agencies reported that intergang conflict (between-gang conflict) and drug-related factors directly affected levels of gang violence.
  • Somewhat frequently reported (25–50 percent of the agencies) were the following three factors: gang-member migration across U.S. jurisdictions, emergence of new gangs, and the return of gang members from secure confinement.
  • Infrequently reported (less than one-quarter of the agencies) were factors associated with intragang conflict (within-gang conflict) and gang-member migration from outside the United States.

Factors Influencing Gang-Related Violence, 2006 Bar Chart
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Analysis for this section pertains only to law enforcement agencies reporting gang problems. Please see the Prevalence of Gang Problems section.

Regularly Record Any Criminal Offense as "Gang-Related"

Respondents indicated whether their agencies have instituted procedures for recording "gang-related" criminal offenses.

  • Larger cities were most likely to indicate regularly recording any criminal offenses as “gang-related,” although more than one-third reported not doing so in 2006.
  • In each of the remaining three area types, approximately half of the agencies reported regularly recording any criminal offenses as “gang-related.”

Regulary Record Any Criminal Offense as Gang-Related, 2006 Bar Chart
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Analysis for this section pertains only to law enforcement agencies reporting gang problems. Please see the Prevalence of Gang Problems section.

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Suggested citation: National Youth Gang Center (2009). National Youth Gang Survey Analysis. Retrieved [date] from http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Survey-Analysis