List of Crips subsets
The continued list of Crips street gangs encompasses a wide variety of different identities within its subsets or "sets".
Alaska
- The 51-150 Crips[1]
- The 88th Street Crips[1]
- The Altadena Blocc Crips, originally from Pasadena.[1]
- The Baby Hamo Tribe Crips[1]
- The Combat Crips[1]
- The Fam Bam Crips, primarily active in Thurston County.[1]
- The Hamo Tribe Crips[1]
- The Loc Down Crips[1]
- The Loco Latin Crips[1]
- The Mongolian Boys Society[1]
- The Mountain View Crips[1]
- The Original Swamp Compton Crips, originally from Compton, California[1]
- The Royal Samoan Posse, originally from Santa Ana.[1]
- The Tongan Crip Gang[1]
- The West Side City Crips[1]
Anchorage
- The 51-50 Crips[2]
- The Hamo Tribe or Hamo Tribe Crips, a predominantly Polynesian gang[1]
- The Tongan Crip Gang (TCG), a chapter of the predominantly Tongan-American gang from Inglewood, California.[1]
California
Bay Area of Sonoma County
Santa Rosa
City of San Francisco
- The Asian Crips (AC), a Japanese and Korean Crip set. Gang member Tomi-E founded the Japanese gang Hachiōji Short Line Crips in Hachioji, Tokyo based on his connection to the gang.[4]
- The Cambodian Crips (CC), is a primarily Cambodian and Vietnamese gang in Tenderloin, San Francisco which includes Little Saigon. Last reported in 2003.[5]
Merced
- The Merced Gangster Crips (MGC), a mixed-race gang in Merced, California. A major gang takedown in 2009 led to the arrest of 16 members. In 2004, gang member Cuitliachuac (Toa) Rivera killed officer Stephen Grey during a routine traffic stop and received a death penalty.[6]
Tulare County
- The Lahu Pride Crips (LPC), is a primarily Lahu and Asian American gang.[7]
- The Mongolian Boys Society (MBS), is a primarily Hmong American gang.[7]
- The Oriental Boys Society (OBS), is a primarily Lao gang an Asian American Street gang. The colors of this gang are mainly blue, yellow, grey and orange.[7]
- The Seek and Destroy Kin (SADK), an Asian American gang.[7]
Bakersfield
The Crip subsets of the Bakersfield area are known to travel from there to North Dakota's oil fields where the same gangs are also planted.[8]
City of Santa Clarita
North Hollywood
Possibly defunct gangs include:
Exposition Park and surrounding unincorporated areas (Westside)
- The Rollin 30s Harlem Crips, also known as Dirt Gang is a mostly Belizean-American and African-American gang.
Watts (Eastside)
- The Grape Street Watts Crips (GSWC / GSC / GSW), an African-American Watts Crips subset based out of the Jordan Downs Housing Projects spread from Grape Street to 97th Street, between Alameda Street and 103rd Street. *
- The Project Watts Crips, more commonly known as the PJ Watts Crips (PJWC) or PJ Crips, are a Watts Crip set based out of the Imperial Courts Housing Project in Watts.[11]
Venice
- The Venice Shoreline Crips (VSLC / VSC), a predominantly African-American gang in Venice, California.
Sacramento
- The Garden Blocc Crips (GBC), a predominantly — but not exclusively — African-American gang. There are 3 different sub-sets, 21st, 24th, and 29th blocc crips.
Fresno
Idaho
Approximately 5% of Idaho's gang members are Crips, out of 2,408 confirmed gang members in the state.[13]
- Crips are known to be active in Kootenai and Shoshone counties, where they are reportedly the second largest gang after white supremacist groups. There are approximately 160 gang members in those two counties, not all of which are affiliated with the Crips.[14]
Minnesota
- The Shotgun Crips
- The SMG Crips
- The Tre Tre Crips[15]
Nevada
- The Bite the Dust Crips (BTD), an African-American Crip subset[16]
- The Vegas Heights Gangster Crips (VHGC) [17]
- The Valley View Gangster Crips (VVGC) is a Gangster Crip set in the Valley View neighborhood on the west side of Las Vegas[17]
North Dakota
Oregon
Eugene
- The 5100 Riverside Crips[20]
Portland
- The Columbia Villa Crips, in Portsmouth[21]
- The Kerby Blocc Crips, in Humboldt[22][23]
- The Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips (see above), in Piedmont and Montavilla[22]
South Dakota
Utah
- The Baby Regulators (BR).[25]
- The Doomstown Crips (DTC).[25]
- The Krazy Ass Samoans (KAS).[25]
- The Lay Low Crips (LLC)[25]
- The Locoville Crips (LVC)[26]
- The Park Village Compton Crips (PVC / PVCC)[25]
- The Punchito Crip Gang (PCG) gang.[25]
- The Rose Park Family (RPF).[25]
- The Salt Lake Posse (SLP) is a Tongan-American and Samoan-American gang. The gang has previously associated and recruited members of the Juggalo subculture, which eventually became the basis of the FBI's labelling of Juggalos as a hybrid gang.[25]
- The Samoans in Action (SIA).[25]
- The Sons of Samoa (SOS).[25]
- The Tongan Crip Gang (TCG).[25]
- The Tongan Crip Regulators (TCR).[25]
- The Tongan Style Gangsters (TSG)[25]
- The West Side Crips / Westside Crips (WSC)[25]
- The Samoan Pride Gangsters (SPG)[26]
Washington
- The Hilltop Crips, in Hilltop, Tacoma. Originally known as the "23rd Street Hilltop Crips", it was formed in the late 1980s and soon became one of the more prominent gangs in Tacoma. While its influence waned in the early 2000s, police say the gang has since increased in size, and had around 200 members in 2010.[27] The Hilltop Crips itself is divided into multiple sets.
Wisconsin
- The Asian Crips is a nationwide Hmong gang.[28]
- The Asian Neutral Boys is a regional Asian Crip gang.[28]
- The Brotherhood Crips[28]
- The Westside Crips.[29]
- The Asian Royal Crips is an Asian Crip gang. They are also known as Asian Royal Clan and are associated with ARC.[29]
- The Laos Crazy Gangsters is a nationwide Laotian gang.[28]
- The Laos Crips is a nationwide Laotian gang.[28]
- The Oriental True Crips.[28]
- The Asian Ruthless Crips.[28]
- The Crazy Crip Boys.[28]
- The Garson Park Crips.[29]
- The Mafia 5-1 Crips[28]
Asia
Japan
Street gangs claiming affiliation to the Crips (クリップス kurripusu) emerged in Japan upon a lower-income peoples trend known as "color gangs" (カラーギャング) or "teamers" (チーマー). These gangs are also referred to as "blue gangs" (青ギャング ao gyangu). A 17 year old Japanese Crip member was charged with theft and sexual assault in the Mobara Station in the Chiba prefecture.[30]
- The Omiya Crips (大宮クリップス / 大宮CRIPS), Omiya Crips Cruise (大宮CRIPSクルーズ Omiya Kurripusu Kuruzu), or Onimaru Corps. (鬼丸軍団 Onimaru Gundan) in Omiya-ku, Saitama Prefecture[31]
- The Adachi Crips (足立CRIPS), a gang in Adachi, Tokyo[31]
- The Kawaguchi Crips, a gang in Kawaguchi, Saitama. The gang is rivals of the peculiarly named Bloods Florencia 13 hybrid gang in Japan.[31]
- The Hachioji Short Line Crips (八王子SHORT LINE CRIPS/ SLC), a gang in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The gang's founding member is graffiti artist TOMI-E who started the gang around 1994. TOMI-E was a former member of the Korean-Chinese gang Asian Crips during his time in San Francisco in the early 90s.[31][4]
- The Kikawada Crips (木川田クリップス)[31]
- The Takenotsuka Crips (竹ノ塚クリップス), in Adachi, Tokyo. The gang's territory is near the Takenotsuka Station railway tracks.[31]
- The Kita-Urawa Crips (北浦和CRIPS), in Urawa-ku, Saitama Prefecture. The gang's territory is near the Kita-Urawa Station railway tracks.[31]
Caribbean islands
Grenada
The Crips have been identified in Grenada anthough they were mentioned to have no affiliation to the U.S. gangs. Last reported in 2008.[32]
U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Thomas
St. John Island
Central America
Belize
- The Campos Crips, a Belizean gang located in the northern Ambergris Caye area of San Pedro, Belize. The gang is known for its turf war against the Bloods for "sea lotto" (drugs smuggled to the shore of Belize). The gang is named after Belizean laborer Moses Campos who was said to be involved the killing of Santiago Trapp.[34]
- The Rollin 30's Harlem Crips
Europe
Spain
- The Crips have been documented in the areas of Barcelona, Sabadell, Barberà, and Terrassa although no subsets have been confirmed.[35]
Netherlands
- The Eastside Crips is an African-Dutch gang in The Hague, Netherlands[36]
- The Eight Tray Crips is an African-Dutch gang in The Hague, Netherlands[36]
- The Southside First Tray Crips is an African-Dutch gang in Rotterdam, Netherlands[36]
- The West Holland Boy Crips is a European-Dutch gang in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands[36]
Oceania
Australia
- Crips have been documented in Melbourne, Australia, although no subsets have been identified. These gangs are predominantly Samoan, Tongan, and Maori.[37]
Guam (U.S. territory)
- The School Yard Crips (SYC), a Chuukese Crip gang in Guam[38]
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- ↑ "Police count more gangs arriving on Anchorage streets". Juneau Empire. July 7, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
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- ↑ "Cambodian Crips starting to muscle in" (PDF). Central City Extra. August 2003. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Brown Announces Takedown of "Merced Gangster Crips"". State of California Department of Justice. May 19, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Street Gangs in Tulare County: A Comprehensive Guide for Understanding Street Gangs". Tulare County Office of Education. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
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