Facts at a Glance:

• 100% of cities with population greater than or equal to 250,000 reported gang activity in 2001
• 85% of cities with population between 100,000 and 229,999 reported gang activity in 2001
• 65% of cities with population between 50,000 and 99,999 reported gang activity in 2001
• 44% of cities with population between 25,000 and 49,999 reported gang activity in 2001
• 20% of cities with population between 2,500 and 24,999 reported gang activity in 2001
• 35% of suburban counties reported gang activity in 2001
• 11% of rural counties reported gang activity in 2001
• 95% of the jurisdictions reporting gang activity in 2001 had also reported gang activity in previous survey years
• 3,000 jurisdictions across the US are estimated to have had gang activity in 2001
• 56% of cities with population greater than or equal to 100,000 reported an increase or no significant change in the number of gang members in 2001
• 42% of cities with a population of at least 25,000 reported an increase in the number of gang members
• 45% of cities with a population of at least 25,000 reported an increase in the number of gangs from the previous two years
• 69% of cities with population at least 100,000 reported having gang related homicides in 2001
• 37% of cities with population between 50,000 and 99,999 reported having gang related homicides in 2001
• 59% of all homicides in 2001 in Los Angeles and 53% in Chicago were gang related, there was a total of 698 gang related homicides in there two cities combined where as 130 other cities with population of at least 100,000 with gang problems reported having a total of 637 homicides between them

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Highlights of the 2001 National Youth Gang Survey, by Arlen Egley, Jr. and Aline K. Major.

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