by rummy » March 7th, 2006, 8:07 am
London street gangs are different to gangs say like in LA. London is split up into boroughs in the South East and South West of London you have Southwark,Lambeth,Greenwich,Lewisham Etc. But we tend to refer to the Southeast and South West of London as just South London. Their have always been street gangs in London. Seein as im from South ill chat from these sides My brothers dad use to roll in a crew called the Untouchables Back in the late sixties and early seventies they were based around Brixton. The Untouchables is probably I maybe wrong the oldest London Street gang but 14k (chinese crew)and Ghetto boys have been around long. From late 80's to the 90's UTP Untouchables Posse were one of the biggest street gangs in london and were based in Brixton. Most Black street gangs in london origins stem from the estates in the area Brixtons main Estates(Projects) are Angel Town,Summer Leighton, Myatts Field etc. Each area has what we call a Frontline a towns main road for your otherly convience things. eg. Melon Road in Peckham.
The one thing i see with londons gangs is they start of young from 11 all the way upto 23-24 and i don't know if its due to gang members going jail or getting killed or finding new lives but at a certain age most gangs disband and form smaller crews. Like when i was coming up u had the big boys Like the Mckenzies(Peckham) who we looked up to. But when coming up they were just the O.Gs the Head Peckham Mans.Under them you had the boys a few years younger then them Gloucster Boys from the Gloucster Grove Estate in PECKHAM.
Then under them There was my generation coming up there was Peckham Grove Boys,Outlaws,North Peckham Boys and 14K (chinese Crew and under that were Sunrise Crew, Spanglers,Young Peckham Boys,Fire house Crew etc. There used to be a BLOODS crew in Streatham in the 90's the only Bloods i know roll down Peckham Jhooktown Bloods but they are small crew. The biggest crew at present is probably PDC from Brixton.
Main London Areas
Brixton
Peckham
Lewisham
New Cross
Stockwell
Clapham
Stonebridge
Tottenham
Hackney
Dalston
Shepards Bush
Ladbroke Grove
Stoke Newington
CITIES OUTSIDE OF LONDON:
BIRMINGHAM
NOTTINGHAM
LEEDS
MANCHESTER
SHEFFIELD
LIVERPOOL
BRISTOL
Some of the South London Street crews 80's-90's
UNTOUCHABLES (Brixton)
28s (Brixton)
PUNISHERS (Kennington)
STOCKWELL BOYS (Stockwell Boys)
PECKHAM GROVE BOYS (Peckham)
YELLOW BRICK MASSIVE(Peckham)
NORTH PECKHAM BOYS (Peckham)
RATCHETS (Walworth)
GANGSTERS (Walworth)
GHETTO BOYS (New Cross and Lewisham)
BROCKLEY BOYS (Brockley)
DOLLORS CREW (East Dulwich)
BAD INTENTIONS (Brockley)
BLOODS (Streatham)
JUNCTION BOYS (Clapham Junction)
OUTLAWS (Peckham)
Some present Crews:
PDC (BRIXTON)
STREATHAM BOYS (STREATHAM)
JHOOKTOWN BLOODS old Outlaws Crew (PECKHAM)
PECKHAM MANZ (PECKHAM)
GHETTO BOYS (New Cross and Lewisham)
and many more to many to mention infact there are more crews around now then ten years ago and guns did'nt play that much of a big roll so there were plenty of gang fights (man i miss them scuffs) now it's a gun ting and the shootings are becoming more frequent not just in london but around the country. London is a cosmipolitan city more so then NEW YORK or LOS ANGELES there are many other crews and groups Indian,turkish,kosovon,somalian not to mention the yardies and triads and home grown english gangs, you name it every country is represented. Apart from the gun crime that is in it self rising very fast yearly London Statistically shares almost the same level of crime as New York doe's.The availability of gun's is getting easier and easier it's only a question of time Whether its Jamacia,Nigeria,South Africa,Hong Kong,Tokyo,Bangkok,Holland,France,Colombia,Brazil,New Zealand were ever you have poor people you will have ghettos some will look more fragged up then others but the one thing they all have in common is the hardship neglect suffered by all whether your in a gang or not.