Statistics
Minnesota has over 450 gangs, with nearly 2,000 reported members.
Source: Gangs in Minnesota – Minnesota’s Street Gangs.
Police Contact With Gangs in Select Counties During 2009: Read More.
Source: US Dept of Justice.
“Some 32 active gangs with about 2,650 members were identified as being central to gang violence in Minneapolis.”
Source: Gangs in America III, by C. Ronald Huff, p. 275.
Gangs by Name
Gangs, sets and cliques with most contact with Minneapolis Police Department.
Organization Name | Approx. Age Range of Members | Gender & Race |
Black P Stones | 10 & up, Generational | African American males. |
Bloods | 10 & up, Generational | African American males, although some sets have recruited female members as well as members from other races and ethnic backgrounds, e.g. White, Latino, Asian, Somali, & Native American. |
Bogus Boys | 16 & up | African American males. |
Crips | 10 & up, Generational | African American males, although some sets have recruited female members as well as members from other races and ethnic backgrounds, e.g. White, Latino, Asian, Somali, & Native American. |
Family Mob | 16 & up | African American males. |
Gangster Disciples | 10 & up, Generational | Majority of members are African American males & females and GD’s have recruited members from other races and ethnic backgrounds, e.g. White, Latino, Asian, Somali, & Native American. |
Native Mob | 10 & up | Native American males & females, although some have recruited Hispanic females members but males have to have native bloodline. |
One Nine's, 19 | 15 to 24 | African American males. |
Purple Brothers | 16 & up | Hmong Asian males |
Somali Hot Boyz | 15 to 24 | Somali males. |
Stick Up Boys | 15 & up | African American males. |
Sureños | 10 & up, Generational | Hispanic males, although some sets have recruited female members as well as members from other races and ethnic backgrounds. |
Taliban | 14 & up | African American males. |
Vatos Locos | 10 & up, Generational | Hispanic males, although some sets have recruited female members as well as members from other races and ethnic backgrounds |
Vice Lords | 10 & up, Generational | Majority of members are African American males, although some sets have recruited female members as well as members from other races and ethnic backgrounds, e.g. White, Latino, Asian, Somali, & Native American. |
Source: Adapted from p. 56 of “Youth Gang Crime and Prevention Services: An Assessment Conducted in the North Minneapolis Neighborhoods of Folwell, Hawthorne, Jordan, and McKinley.” June 2010. by Jared A. Erdmann.
Minneapolis Gangs (1980s-present):
- 18th Street Gang
- Tre Tre Crips
- Stick Up Boys
- Young ’N Thuggin’ (YNT)
- HAM Crazy (both St. Paul & Mpls)
- 10z/20z (south Mpls)
- 1-9 Block Dipset
- Taliban
- Rolling 30’s Bloods, or RTB (south Mpls)
- Gangster Disciples
- Rolling 60s Crips
- Black Stones (Family Mob)
- Bogus Boyz (dismantled)
- FreeShotz (Northside Mpls)
Hmong Gangs in the Twin Cities include (1980s-present):
- Cobras ” COB”
- White Tigers “WT”
- Junior White Tigers ” JWT”
- Asian Mafia Clan or Asian Mafia Crips ” AMC”
- Tiny Man Crew ” TMC”
- 915 Bloods ” 915″
- Asian Bloods ” AB/12″
- Crazy Bloods ” CB/32″
- Immortal Bloods ” IB/113″
- Blood Brothers ” BB/313″
- 5 Point Stars ” 5PS”
- True Bloods 22 ” TB22″
- Hmong Pride ” HP/46″
- Hmong Mafia ” MNM/M&M”
- Posse
- Purple Brothers ” PB/162″
- Realest Asian Brothers ” RAB/722″
- Ruthless Crip Gangsters ” RCG/1837″
- Oroville Mono Boys ” OMB/033″
- Menace Of Destruction ” MOD/301″
- Oriental Ruthless Boys ” ORB/023″
- Asian Crips ” AC/357″
- Gangster Loco Oriental Crew ” G-Loc/6102″
- National Criminal Crips ” NCC/133″
- Purple Asian Society ” PAS”
- Tham Krobath Bloods ” TKB/103″
- 612 Hardcore Crips ” 612 Hardcore/612″
- Mount Airy Boys ” MAB/1173″
- Imperial Gangsters ” IG/97″
- Cholos ( defunct gang on the Southside)
- ABK
Source: Twin Cities Gang Database, Dec 10, 2019
White Gangs
- Hell’s Angels
- Aryan Cowboy Brotherhood
- All-American Boys
- Boogaloo Boys (some, but not all)
- City Heat Motorcycle Club
Source: Twin Cities Almanac, 2020
Somali Gangs (1980s-present):
- Rough Tough Somali Crips ” Rough Tough Somalis/
RTC” - Somali Bloods
- Somali Gangster Disciples
- Somali Hot Boyz ” Hot Boyz”
- Somali Outlaws
- Lady Outlaws ( female set of the Somali Outlaws)
- Somali Assault Unit
- Madhibaan With Attitude ” MWA”
- St.Paul Soldiers
- Somali Mafia
- 1627 Boys ” 1627″
- Cedar Riverside Crips
- St.Paul Pistol Boyz
- Murda Squad
- Riverside Riders
Source: Twin Cities Gang Database, Nov 26, 2019
Native American gangs in South Minneapolis
Gangs at Little Earth (1980s-present):
- Native Mob ” South Side Native Mafia Family/ Native
- Mafia Family/ SSNMF/ NMF/ NM”
- Native Style ” NS/ 1419″
- Native Gangster Disciples ” NGD”
- Native Vice Lords ” NVL”
- Project Boyz
- MAKK MOB “Money Associated Kold-Hearted Kilers, Money Over Bitches”
Native gangs in the East Phillips neighborhood (1980s-present):
- Moe Mob
- Shinob Mob
- Native Disciples ” ND” ( not to be confused with NGD)
- Murder Boys
Source: Twin Cities Gang Database, Nov 23, 2019
Gangs in St. Paul (1980s-present):
- Selby Siders
- East Side Boys
- Latin Kings
- The Lowertown Gangsters
- Get Money Boys
- Grown Man Click
- Get Money Girls
- 5th & Minnesota Boys
- Gangster Disciples
- Crips
Source: Gangs of St. Paul, City Pages, Jan 24, 2007
- Top 5
Source: “Feds Pin Months…”, Star Tribune, January 26, 2021
Gangs in the 1960s and 70s
- Real Bad Baldies, South Mpls, 1955-1975
- Animals, north & NE suburbs, (founded about 1960)
- King Bees, Mpls, circa 1960s
- The Arrribas, St. Louis Park, circa 1960s
- Primas, North Mpls, until 1970
- The South Side Associates, circa 1960s
- The Suprees, Mpls, circa 1960s
- The X-Boys, Excelsior, 1966
Source: Twin Cities Music Highlights, 2020
News Stories
“As Twin Cities street gangs evolve, traditional hierarchies vanish.” [Libor Jany & Liz Sawyer, Star Tribune, February 5, 2020.] Read Here.
“Minneapolis gang factions split and evolve, fueled by social media and old beefs.” [Libor Jany, Star Tribune, September 21, 2019.] Read Here.
“Court records reveal spiral of Mpls. gang feuds, guns, death.” [Brandt Williams, MPR News, March 17, 2015.] Read Here.
Hub of Hell Gang, 1910. Police broke the gang up by shooting and killing a few of its members. It operated in the entertainment district near Minnehaha Ave. and East Lake St. [City Pages, by Joseph Hart, 1997].
Resources
National Gang Center – Minnesota News Stories – Read Here.