The City of Los Angeles leads the nation in the number of gang related homicides for two reasons. 1) The popultion of Los Angeles (#2 in the nation) was 3.8 million according to the 2000 US Census and according to recent estimates Los Angeles has over 4 million people. 2) Los Angeles has a very general definition a "gang related murder." When ever there is a victim or assailant involved in a murder it will be defined as gang-related. For example if a woman killed her gang member nephew in a domestic situation, there is a good chance that because the victim was a gang member, that murder will be defined as gang-related. This generic definition of "gang related murder" inflates this true statistics in comparison to other cities, such as Chicago
Source: LA Gang Murders provided by LAPD SAS Division; LA Sheriff(county) gang murders & County Wide Murders (gang) & County Wide Murders (total) provided by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department- OSS Division; LA City Wide Murders are from the LAPD Annual Statistical Digest, Also See: Walter Miller, Violence By Youth Gangs and Youth Groups as a Crime in Major American Cities, 1975.
*Changes & corrections were made to this table on April 9, 2010.
Year
LAPD gang murders
LA Sheriff(county) gang murders
LA County wide gang murders
LAPD City Wide Murders (total)
County Wide Murders (total)
1960
6
?
?
154
?
1967
?
?
?
281
?
1968
?
?
?
349
?
1969
?
?
?
377
?
1970
?
?
?
491
?
1971
?
?
?
427
?
1972
32
16
?
501
?
1973
39
?
?
491
?
1974
70
?
?
481
?
1975
?
?
?
556
?
1976
?
?
?
517
?
1977
69
?
?
574
?
1978
?
?
?
678
?
1979
?
92
276
817
?
1980
?
90
355
1,028
?
1981
?
64
292
877
?
1982
?
54
205
844
?
1983
?
56
216
818
?
1984
?
60
212
757
?
1985
150
58
271
777
?
1986
187
59
328
831
?
1987
205
79
387
812
?
1988
257
96
452
736
?
1989
303
116
554
874
?
1990
329
170
690
983
1,966
1991
375
207
771
1,025
2,061
1992
430
187
803
1,092
2,116
1993
346
162
720
1,077
2,067
1994
370
218
782
850
1,810
1995
408
215
807
838
1,785
1996
175
165
614
707
?
1997
153
124
450
569
?
1998
129
121
399
420
?
1999
141
?
349
424
?
2000
254
?
?
542
?
2001
308
?
?
605
?
2002
372 or 350
?
?
646 or 654
?
2003
262
?
?
526
?
2004
291
?
?
515
?
2005
244
?
?
490
?
2006
266
?
?
478
?
2007
228
?
?
396
?
2008
167
?
?
382
?
2009
?
?
?
315
735
2010
?
?
?
?
?
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