To: Wayners who wrote (774988 ) 3/15/2014 1:27:41 PM From: combjelly Read Replies (2) | Respond to The number of gang-related homicides reported from 2007 to 2011 is displayed by area type and population size. From 2007 through 2011, a sizeable majority (more than 80 percent) of respondents provided data on gang-related homicides in their jurisdictions. The total number of gang homicides reported by respondents in the NYGS sample averaged more than 1,900 annually from 2007 to 2011. During the same time period, the FBI estimated, on average, more than 15,500 homicides across the United States ( www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-1 ). These estimates suggest that gang-related homicides typically accounted for around 12 percent of all homicides annually. Highly populated areas accounted for the vast majority of gang homicides: nearly 70 percent occurred in cities with populations over 100,000, and 19 percent occurred in suburban counties in 2011. The number of gang-related homicides increased approximately 10 percent from 2009 to 2010 and then declined slightly (2 percent) from 2010 to 2011 in cities with populations over 100,000. In a typical year in the so-called “gang capitals” of Chicago and Los Angeles, around half of all homicides are gang-related; these two cities alone accounted for approximately one in five gang homicides recorded in the NYGS from 2010 to 2011. Among agencies serving rural counties and smaller cities that reported gang activity, more than 80 percent reported zero gang-related homicides. Five percent or less of all gang homicides occurred in these areas annually. Overall, these results demonstrate conclusively that gang violence is greatly concentrated in the largest cities across the United States. nationalgangcenter.gov Certainly gang members are Leftist Democrats or identify with that party even if they can't vote because they are convicted felons.
