NUmber of gangs & gang members in Riverside County

[alexalonso]

According to the Riverside County gang task force website site there are 391 gangs and 10,620 members. If these numbers are correct (dont sound right) then each gang in Riverside County is the average size of 27 members each.

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Since 1997, the number of gangs in Riverside County has grown from 266 to 391. The total gang membership has grown to an astounding 10,620 members countywide. During this same time frame, there was a significant increase in gang related crimes reported by Riverside County law enforcement agencies.

[RuthlessCray]

As you know, gang membership numbers are hard to calculate county wide like that, and law enforcement adds the numbers up different. They don't distinguish between older members that are now inactive and active ones all the time. Among other problems. Many gangs in Riverside are between 10 and 30 active members and theirs a few like ES Riva and WS Riva that are in the hundreds. So maybe their numbers aren't all that off.

[riverside]

As you know, gang membership numbers are hard to calculate county wide like that, and law enforcement adds the numbers up different. They don't distinguish between older members that are now inactive and active ones all the time. Among other problems. Many gangs in Riverside are between 10 and 30 active members and theirs a few like ES Riva and WS Riva that are in the hundreds. So maybe their numbers aren't all that off.

These numbers usually tend to count every libing member and former member of a gang, as well as associates. So they tend to be inflated, so the lions share of these numbers are int he bigger gangs, like esriva, casablanca and so on, which have been around for generations.