Utah a place for snowboarding, rugged rocks, lakes and lots of outdoor living. But, Utah gang problems are on the rise. Like most western states in the U.S. gangs are recruiting and are establishing themselves in cities across Utah.
Gangs in Utah exist, crimes are happening around the state, the gangs in Utah are influenced a lot by the California Gang culture which includes the Notenos, Surenos, Bloods and Crips gangs.
In Salt Lake alone there are approximately 25 to 40 different active
A look at the youth gangs in Utah
A new investigation done in February of 2022 in Utah showed gangs are stepping into the modern world for doing business. Gangs are selling drugs on snapchat and collecting payments using crypto.
After a shooting left a 22 year old man dead from 6 gun shots, police started investigating gangs.
Crime and gangs go hand in hand, this goes for violence as well. Gang units in Salt Lake are saying there are 3500 to 34500 people affiliated to gangs.
Teens are starting off by selling THC cartridges now, which transitions them into harder drugs.
These same kids are creating sets based off of gangs from California, like the Bloods or Crips. Without having any sort of affiliation with the gangs.
Gangs now are recruiting through social media, not just recruiting though but also selling drugs and weapons.
List of Gangs in Salt Lake Area
Mexican Gang
Independent Mexican Gangs
- BDG – Big Dick Gang
- VLT – Varrio Loco TOwn
- O13 – Ogden 13
- QVO
- La Raza
- East Side Raskals
- East Side Locotes
Notenos Gangs
- RPN – Rose Park Nortenos
- VI (Vee-One) 6th street
- MLB – Mexican Latino Bloods
- FVL – Familia Vatos Locos
- FPS – Famillia Por Siermpre
- Porterville Nortenos
- 27th Mafiosos
- Diamond Street
- 21st Street
Surenos
- CAM – Crazy Ass Mexicans
- Avenues
- Mexican Mafia
- VML – Varios Mexicanos Locos
- VMS – Vilianos MExicanos Surenos
- VSK – Venomous Surenos Klique
- CLK – Crown Latin Kings
- TVR – Toonerville Rascals
- Surenos 13
- 38th Street
- 18th Street
- Florencia 13
- ABG – Alley Boy Gangsters
- Dog Town Surenos
- LP – La Primera
- T13 – Tepa 13
- Surenos Chiques
- Colonia Chiques
- SPV – Surenos Por Vida
- Brown Side Gang
- East Side Longo
Bloods
- Rose Park Taliban/Iraqi Mafia Gang
- POG – Piru Original Gangsters
- BMG – Black Mafia Gangsters
- KTB – Keams Town Bloods
- West Side Piru
- MOB – Money Over Bitches
Crips
- SLP – Salt Lake Posse
- Lay Low Crips
- West Side Crips
- PVC – Park Village
- SIA – Samoans in Action
- SOS – Sons of Samoa
- KAS – Krazy Ass Samoans
- TCG – Tongan Crip Gang
- TSG – Tongan Style Gang
- BR – Baby Regulators
- RPF – Rose Park Family
Asian Gangs
- TOP – TIny Oriental Posse
- VF – Viet Family
- TRG – Tiny Raskal Gang
- OLG – Oriental Laotian Gang
- AD – Asian Deuce
- LBC – Laos Boy Crips
Folks
- KMD – King Mafia Discples
- Black Gangster Disciples
- Gangster Disciples
People
- Latin Kings
- VIce Lords
White Supremacists
- SAW – Silent Aryan Warriors
- American Peckerwood
- SAC – Soldiers of the Aryan Culture
- 4R – 4th Reich
- KV – Reiger Verwandt
- Aryan Brotherhood
Extremist Gangs
- SXE – Straight Edge
- Juggalos
- Young African Killers
