The purpose of this report is to provide a national overview of the current gang threat in the United States by collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing data obtained from law enforcement agencies across the nation. The assessments contained herein were derived from data provided by law enforcement through the 2014 FBI Safe Streets and Gang Task Force Survey, the National Alliance of Gang Investigators' Associations (NAGIA) 2015 National Gang Report Survey, law enforcement reporting, and open source information.
The 2015 National Gang Report presents an overview of current gang activities and trends in the United States. Intelligence in this report is derived primarily from a survey administered by the National Alliance of Gang Investigators' Associations from a second survey on Safe Streets and Gang Task Forces administered by the FBI Safe Streets and Gang Unit. The quantitative data herein is supplemented by qualitative open source reports and reporting from federal, states, local, and tribal law enforcement from across the nation. Intelligence in this report is derived from Unclassified sources.