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Alamance County Alleghany County Anson County Avery County Alamance County Population 118,261 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Burlington and Graham Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Dog Pound Bloods 50 Hip Hop Hawks Crips 25 1 UK Name* NA 6 Alleghany County Population 9,682 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Blue Bandanas NA 9 Anson County Population 22,213 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members 2 UK* Name NA --- Avery County Population 15,404 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Newland Boys NA 5 UK* Name Skaters NA 6 Bladen County Population 29,563 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members The Posse NA ---- Crips NA ---- Lisbon Posse NA ---- Duplin Boys NA ---- Brunswick County Population 64,372 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Buckheads NA 9 LPC NA ---- McMillie Road NA ---- Cedar Grove NA ---- West Side Crips NA ---- Buncombe County Population 188,462 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Asheville Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members UK* Name NA 8 Mountian Side Posse Crips 18 Hillcrest 8 Balls Crips 13 Suidide War NA 9 Southside Crips Crips 11 Westside Crips 11 Folk Nation Folk Nation 19 Crips Crips 2 Nation NA 15 Bitches NA 12 People NA ---- Bloods NA ---- Gangster Disciples NA ---- Burke County Population 82,112 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Morganton Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Menace of Destruction (MOD) Crips 30 Asian Crips Crips ---- Oriental Ruthless Boys (ORB) Crips ---- Sur x3 18th Street ---- Young Ruthless Boys & Girls Crips 20 Oriental Mono Boys (OMB) NA 25 Oriental Troops (OT) NA 9 Asian Boys Crips (ABC) Crips 25 Skinheads Skinheads (WS) 50 Unstoppable Criminals Bloods 20 Cabarrus County Population 125,436 Cities with gtrater than 10,000 population Concord and Kannapolis Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Blue Crips of Concord Crips ---- UK* Name Folk Nation ---- Bloods NA ---- Crips NA ---- Folk Nation NA ---- Caldwell County Population 74,252 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Lenoir Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members The Posse NA 12 UK* Name NA 6 Carteret County Population 59,057 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members West Side NA 12 UK* Name NA 15 Caswell County Population 22,059 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Pelham Lynch Mob NA 12 Jerico Boys NA ---- Semora Boys NA 6 Catawba County Population 129,798 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Hickory and Newton Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Bloods NA ---- Crips NA ---- East Side Crew NA ---- Longview Crew NA 8 Chatham County Population 18,875 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members UK* Name NA ---- Cherokee County Population 22,260 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members UK* Name 18th Street 10 Cleveland County Population 89,537 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Kings Mountain and Shelby Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members UK* Name Satanic ---- Southside Boys NA 20 Southside Syndicate NA 5 Westside Boys NA 20 Craven County Population 85,438 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Havelock and New Bern Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Folks Folk Nation 14 Crips Crips 25 H Town Mafia NA 20 Folk Nation NA 6 Bridgeton Click NA 10 White Dogs NA 30 Whith Bitches NA 15 Folker NA 10 Cryptr NA 10 Def Squad NA 25 UK* Name NA 10 Cumberland County Population 280,606 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Fayetteville and Hope Mills (Fort Bragg Army and Pope Air Force Bases generate population influx) Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Blood NA ---- 21st Crips NA ---- Hoover NA ---- Village Green Thugs NA ---- Brettewood NA ---- Cedar Creek Crips Crips 14 Deep Creek Posse Crips 28 274 Folk Nation ---- 21st Street Folk Nation 108 Rollin 40’s Crips 14 Hoover Eight Balls Folk Nation 20 Imperial Park Piru Bloods 4 Gangster Disciples Folk Nation 5 Rollin 60 Folk Nation 12 Eight Trey Gangster Crips 10 Seabrook Hustlers Bloods 24 Crips Folk Nation 1,500 Bloods People Nation 80 Folk(s) Gangster Disciples 700 Shadow Click NA 25 KC NA 1 Street Gang 13 Bloods 1 Cumberland Road Gang Crips 1 Davidson County Population 139,871 Cities with greater than 100,000 population Lexington and Thomasville Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Crips NA 75 Ruff Riders NA 12 TRG NA ---- Bloods NA ---- Folk Nation NA ---- Gangster Disciples NA 100 Little Rascles NA ---- Duplin County Population 44,110 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members UK* Name NA 5 UK* Name NA 7 Magnolia Court Apts. Gang NA 11 Durham County Population 196,315 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Durham Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Bloods NA ---- Crips NA ---- Latin Kings NA ---- Edgecombe County Population 54,832 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Rocky Mount and Tarboro Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members UK* Name NA 30 East Tarboro Boys NA 75 Princeville Boys NA 75 Hill Top Boys NA 25 Jungle Brothers NA 40 Bloods NA 50 Forsyth County Population 286,554 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Kernersville and Winston-Salem Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members “G” Boys NA ---- BDP (Boston Damn Posse) NA ---- “E” Boys NA ---- Crips NA ---- Southside NA ---- Georgetown NA 40 Stonewall NA 20 Piedmont Circle Posse NA ---- Happy Hill Garden Posse NA ---- UK* Name Satanic 10 Lewisville Crips Crips 11 Vatos Locos NA ---- Latin Kings NA ---- Lil G NA ---- Folks People Nation 20 Cleveland Killers NA 15 Southside Crips NA 8 Franklin County Population 43,487 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members NFL (Niggas For Life) NA ---- Tru-Mafia NA 9 Trailer Park Gang NA 7 Y Town Mafia NA ---- UK* Name NA ---- Gaston County Population 178,877 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Gastonia Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Eastside Crips NA 10 Asian Brotherhood NA ---- Cambino NA 20 Skinheads White Supremacy ---- Bandana’s Blue Bandanas 5 Greene County Population 17,651 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Gc Boys NA 8 B&B Boys NA 8 Guilford County Population 385,595 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Greensboro and High Point Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Tiny Rascals Gang Crips 2 Southside Bloods 5 Crips Folk Nation 9 910 Click Folk Nation 10 JVK NA 7 BGD Folk Nation 5 VL13 NA 4 Oriental Tiny Gangsters Crips ---- Westside Crips ---- West Side Crips NA 8 Camal Toes NA 13 Eastside NA 15 Northside NA 15 Skat Rats NA 13 Ganja NA 10 CCP NA 10 Daniel Brooks Gangstas NA 8 Carson Story Posse NA 10 Harnett County Population 78,013 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Eastside Crips Folk Nation ---- Locos NA ---- Brookside NA ---- Coopers Ranch NA ---- Haywood County Population 51,267 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Bloods NA 50 Dead Heads NA ---- Crips Crips 60 Henderson County Population 79,145 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members 41K NA 2 Hertford County Population 21,275 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members UK* Name Satanic ---- Iredell County Population 109,260 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Mooresville and Statesville Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Hmong Pride Crips 10 Southside Bandits NA 12 Vulgar Display NA 10 Southside Hoods NA 10 UK* Name Wannabe Crips ---- UK* Name Wannabe Bloods ---- Asian Crips Crips ---- Jackson County Population 26,581 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Kings NA ---- Johnston County Population 103,358 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Smithfield Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Crips NA 25 Bloods NA 8 Mexican Mafia NA 40 Lee County Population 48,369 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Sanford Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members 5 Tray (555) NA ---- 606 NA ---- UK* Name Asian ---- 7th Avenue NA ---- Lenoir County Population 58,785 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Kinston Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members San Pipe NA 10 WBC (World Bangers Click) NA 10 Bloods NA ---- Crips NA ---- Folks NA ---- Martin County Population 25,628 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Rough Riders NA 15 H Town Boys NA 9 Oak City Clique NA 12 Mecklenburg County Population 602,949 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Charlotte, Huntersville and Matthews Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members The Disciples NA 7 Tuckaseegee NA 9 Bradford NA 9 504 Gang NA 6 Asian Pride Crips Crips ---- The Crew NA 10 Latin Kings Latin Kings 7 Hidden Valley Kings Latin Kings 7 35th Street Crips Crips 2 Chinese Mafia NA 1 Rockefella Gangsters NA ---- Bloods Bloods 15 Crips Crips 20 UK* Name NA 30 Southside Crips NA 45 Montgomery County Population 24,473 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members North Troy Boys NA 25 Wadeville Boys NA 20 Gambinos NA 36 UK* Name NA 8 Moore County Population 69,502 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Young Mafia NA ---- Crips NA 13 Bloods NA 5 Nash County Population 87,148 Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Black Posse NA 7 Arlington Street Boys NA ---- Hill Top Boys NA ---- Project Boys NA ---- New Hanover County Population 145,845 Cities with greater than 10,000 population Wilmington Gang Name Affiliation (if any) Known Members Gangster Disciples Folk Nation ---- LA (Leland) Folk Nation ---- Five Deuce Hoover Crips ---- Port City Crips ---- Port City Players Crips ---- Eight Ball Mafia Posse Crips ---- Carolina Beach Crips ---- Hanover Crips ---- Compton Crips ---- Backstreet Crips ---- Rasta Crips ---- Monterey Heights Bitches Crips ---- 7414 Crips ---- Insane Gangsta Crips ---- 18 Gang People Nation ---- Latin Kings People Nation ---- Latin Knights People Nation ---- Cool Aide Gang
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