are there 'gangs' in the area you live?

cm1179 · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:13

i'm not naive enough to not know that gangs and knife crime doesn't exist in this country but i can't quite get my head around the difference in scale. there are groups of people i see in my local town on a friday, saturday night but there are not groups of people hanging around in gangs everynight etc and i've never seen a gang chase a 'rival'.
i have just seen a crimewatch story of a young coloured lad who was chased by a gang of youths on bikes with his brother. the younger brother escaped but the eldest was caught, assaulted, stabbed (so hard the blade broke off in his body) and killed.having never lived in a city, i'm lucky enough to not have first hand experience of it to the same extent one may do in a city.
do any other members see this kind of activity on a regular basis? ie gangs, hanging around and acting in such a way as i have mentioned above? do the police or local community not do anything to try and combat this?

Craig1981 · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:17

My town doesnt have it as bad as that, to the best of my knowledge anyway. There is a bit of a gang mentality between people from the "top end" of town verses those from the "bottom end". And no thats not a class divide thing. Its literally the north end of town against the south end. Stupid really, though I dont think it escalates into violance very often.

My street is pretty much right on the borderline between the two and is actually a very peaceful street to live on. I've never seen any kind of gang activity in my area in the 17 years I've lived here.

Cosimo · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:23

Never seen any gangs around here, it's all quiet and very respectable.

EndlessSky · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:27

We get gangs of blokes on horses with dogs rampaging around the local country side. I've never seen who they're chasing but I hope they get out foxed.

Castiel · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:27

We have gangs of conservative voters and crazy arsed mothers in volvos and audis.

sanaxe1 · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:28

The only gang in my area is my Wolfpack.

explicit4u · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:29

simulatorman said:
Never seen any gangs around here, it's all quiet and very respectable.

Where about are you?

Not in my local area, but I have seen a few not too far away!

Rroff · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:30

Used to be 2-3 "Families" in the town I live in back in the day, it got bad enough (clubs full of drug dealers, "turf" wars spilling over to more "upmarket" areas of town) to become the focus of a police operation which put a lot of the middlemen behind bars and quietened things down for awhile - seems to be picking up again atm tho

G-MAN2004 · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:30

None here.

Shayper · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:31

Note my location...

London can be a horrible place

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:32

I don't live in a **** hole. So no.

explicit4u · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:34

K1LLSW1TCH said:
I don't live in a **** hole. So no.

.....don't you live in wales?

GTAMADDOG · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:35

There are gangs of sheep, gangs of cows. Oh, and a gang of wild boar but other than that.. no.

The wild boar are the ones you need to look out for really.

needforspeed · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:36

Probably just around the inner city.

BringTheRain · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:37

I live in a village, so all the gangs are related to each other. "Initinbreed blud"

crackerman · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:37

GTAMADDOG said:
There are gangs of sheep, gangs of cows. Oh, and a gang of wild boar but other than that.. no.

The wild boar are the ones you need to look out for really.

Pretty much this, and gangs of old woman with blue hair pushing zimmer frames.

Tephnos · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:38

Live in the countryside in a smallish village, so nothing of that sort.

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:38

explicit4u said:
.....don't you live in wales?

Yeah but it's nice and peaceful.

phil675 · 12 Jul 2011 at 21:41

There used to be gangs representing all the housing estates in my town, this was about 5 years ago. Maybe I just don't notice it because I don't hang around on the streets anymore, but generally there are less scrotes hanging around shops etc. these days. My mates and I used to get a bit of grief but when I started dressing like an adult it seemed to stop.