This report represents an overview of current gang activities and trends in the United States, and was retrieved collectively from the National Gang Survey of the National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations.
This report represents an overview of current gang activities and trends in the United States. Intelligence herein survey data retrieved collectively from the National Gang Survey (NGS) of the National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations (NAGIA); the Gangs and U.S. Border Survey conducted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); open source reports; and anecdotal examples of gang activity as captured by state, local, tribal and federal gang investigators across the nation. The report highlights current and emergent trends of violent criminal gangs in the United States. Consistent with the 2011 report, the 2013 installment illustrates that gangs continue to commit violence surreptitious crimes--both on the street and in prison--that pose a significant threat to public safety in most U.S. jurisdictions across the nation.