List of California street gangs

This is a list of notable criminally-active street gangs operating or formerly operating in California.

To be included in this list, the gang must have a Wikipedia article with references showing it is a California street gang.

Prison gangs

 * Aryan Brotherhood
 * Black Guerrilla Family
 * Mexican Mafia
 * Nuestra Familia
 * Fresno Bulldogs

Street gangs



 * 18th Street gang
 * Abergil crime family
 * Armenian Power
 * Bahala Na Gang
 * Bloods
 * Black P. Stones
 * Bounty Hunter Bloods
 * Pirus
 * Chosen Few MC
 * Crips
 * Asian Boyz
 * Avenue King Crips
 * Grape Street Watts Crips
 * Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips
 * Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips
 * Sons of Samoa
 * Tongan Crip Gang
 * Venice Shoreline Crips
 * Devils Diciples
 * Diablos Motorcycle Club
 * Fresno Bulldogs
 * Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club
 * Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club
 * Hells Angels
 * Latin Kings (gang)
 * Lopers
 * Los Angeles crime family
 * Menace of Destruction
 * Mongols Motorcycle Club
 * Moonshiners Motorcycle Club
 * MS-13
 * Norteños
 * East Las Casitas X4 Salinas 831
 * San Fran Mission X4 San Francisco 510
 * West Twomp Mobsters Antioch 925
 * Varrio 38/Michel Street/East 15 Oakland 510
 * North Gate X4, Clanton XIV, Broderick X4, Varrio Gardens 29st X4 Sacramento 916
 * Varrio Chico Norte VCN
 * Varrio Santa Rosa Norte X4 707
 * East Side San Jose ESSJ X4 408
 * SSS X4, 1738 X4, Stockton 209
 * Wicked West Riders X4, North Side Modesto X4, West Side Modesto X4 209
 * North Side Visa Boyz X4 559
 * West Side Tulare X4 559
 * Varrio Farmas Catorce X4
 * Farmers Ville 559
 * Varrio Centro Poros X4
 * Porterville X4
 * Tipton Norte 559
 * Terrabella Norte 559
 * Earlimart Varrio Norte X4 559
 * Varrio Delano Lokos X4, Way Of Life X4, Young Gone Wild X4, East Side Delano X4, West Side Delano X4, North Side Delano X4, 21st X4, Young Bucks X4, Delano 661
 * North Side Bakers X4 Bakersfield 661


 * Peckerwood
 * Nazi Lowriders
 * Public Enemy No. 1
 * Rancho San Pedro Gang
 * Satanas
 * Sinaloa Cartel
 * Beltrán-Leyva Cartel
 * Sureños
 * Street Saints Gang
 * 38th Street gang
 * The Avenues
 * Azusa 13
 * Culver City Boys 13
 * El Monte Flores
 * Florencia 13
 * Logan Heights Gang
 * OVS
 * Playboys
 * Puente 13
 * Santa Monica 13
 * Río 13
 * Shelltown 38th St
 * Temple Street
 * Toonerville Rifa 13
 * Varrio Nuevo Estrada
 * Venice 13
 * Westside Locos 13
 * White Fence
 * Vineland Boys
 * Tiny Rascal Gang
 * Triad
 * 14K Triad
 * Bamboo Union
 * Big Circle Gang
 * Black Dragons
 * Four Seas Gang
 * Jackson Street Boys
 * Wah Ching
 * Wo Hop To
 * Wo Shing Wo
 * Wilmas 13
 * Vagos Motorcycle Club
 * Varrio 204th Street
 * Yakuza