As gang violence increases from San Clemente to La Habra, gangs have become a growing concern throughout Orange County and a Priority for police and the district attorney's office. Gangs of all kinds operate within the county. Some are so-called "territorial" or "turf" gangs, whose members believe they control specific areas; others are considered "nomadic," operating in various places in he county with no special turf. Some are considered violent; some are not. As part of the county's anti-gang efforts, the district attorney's office recently made public this map, which shows the turf claimed by 164 "territorial" gangs, as of March, 1992. Other law enforcement agencies released the names of 111 other gangs, some of which are "nomadic" because they operate throughout the county with no specific geographic base. The shaded areas merely represent turf claimed by gangs, and do not reflect their relative safety for ordinary citizens, or the amount of gang crime committed there. The map is produced by the district attorney's office with help of all 27 police agencies in the county, and is updated regularly as an aid to police investigators and as "a graphic illustration of the growth of gangs in Orange County," according to the district attorney's latest annual report on gangs. For information about gangs, call the county's anti-gang hot line at (800) NO-GANGS.
Sunday Briefing : Gangs: Concerns Now Countywide
ORANGE COUNTY GANGS
W.S.L.H.
Ward Street
Campo
Monos
Walnut Street Locos
Luzon Visayan Mobsters
The Alliance
Fullerton Tokers Town
Plas Gang
Tray Mob "KBC"
Gage Street Crips
Eastside Gang
Los Coyotes Gang
Page St. Loco's
Baker Street
Citron Street Gang
Anaheim Jungle City
Optional Boyz Gang
F.O.L.K.S.
Barrio Small Town
Benmore St.
La Jolla Gang
Atwood Gang
King Mob City
Latin Dream Boyz
Brother's Together
Eastside Anaheim
Def Crown Villains
F.O.L.K.S. C.V.S.
Anaheim Travelers City
Pauline Street
Barrio Uno
Underhill Street Gang
Barrio Small Town
Anaheim Penguin City
Broadway St.
Kroeger St.
Westside Anaheim
Anaheim Vatos Locos
Cambridge St.
Peni Skins
Grove St. Crazies
Highland St. Crips
Southside F Troop
Jeffrey Street
La Colonia
Pacific Street
Big Stanton
Varrio Los Alamitos
Crow Village
Varrio Mexico
Acapulco Boys
Hard Times
Santa Nita
Boys From the Hood
Orange Varrio Cypress
Clark St. Suicidals
Orange Varrio Lemon
Varrio Modena Locos
Pearl Street Gang
Darkside
Southside F Troop
Misc. Skins
Akrho Boyz Crazy
Lil Hood
Korean
Rolling Deuce Trey Crips
Orange Boys
Los Addicts
Orphans
Akrho Boyz Crazy
Royal Samoan Posse
Stuart Street
Edna Park Boys
7th St.
Mexican Piru Bloods
Misc. Skinheads
17th St.
Hard Times
16th St. Hardcore Crips
Crazy Crip Posse
Fruit Street
West Trece
Orphans
Hoodlum Crip Boys
Santa Nita
F Troop
9th St.
Logan Park
Pasadena Varrio Locos
Krook City Bloods
Nip Family
Original Gangsters
Artesia St.
7th St.
6th St.
Lopers 5th St.
Eastside
Walnut Street
Little Hood Gang
3rd St.
2nd St.
OCPC
Misc. Asian
Middleside
West Myrtle Street
Calle Flores
Centro
Lopers Pine St.
Lopers Bishop St.
Tiny Rascal Gang
Shelly St.
F Troop Westside
Dog Town
Central Myrtle
Eastside
Nutwood Crips
Discipline Crips
Sullivan St.
Diamond St.
Highland St.
Townsend St.
Shelton St.
Watergate Crips
Grapehood Crips
Asian
Lil Brook
Poplar St.
Lopers Minnie St.
Lopers Cypress St.
Lopers Madison Park
T.R.G.
Lopers Cedar St.
Kilson Boys
Kingdom Crip Posse
Alley Boys
Comps Crips
Middleside
Goldenwest St.
West Hood
Stanford St.
Lil Mafia
Nuthood Crips
F Troop Southside
Delhi
Alley Boys
D A Boyz
Insane Killers
Family Hood
Santa Ana Varrio Locos
Colonial De Juarez
South Side HB
CFA
SKS
Varrio Little Town
Peanut Crew
Costa Mesa Kin
Shalimar St.
Laguna Hills Suicidal Punks
Aspen Street Posse
South County Crips
South Side Raza
San Juan Boyz
Dana Point Boys
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Source: Orange County district attorney's office
