In the 80s there were the Younger 28s, the Junction Boys, the Peckham Boys and the Ghetto Boys. Nowadays there are the Muslim Boys, the Poverty Driven Children, the Guns and Shanks, the ABM (All 'Bout Money) and the TN1 (Tell No One).
Their members are young, often still children. They are London born but largely from immigrant backgrounds, often coming from dysfunctional families. They carry out robberies, stabbings and even shooting, often resulting in imprisonment.

Jamie_Lambo wrote:nothing racist about this at all
its basically telling people to avoid places like brixton etc which are well known for gangs etc

Teenage gangs of Brixton: Everyday London crime stories
2016 article http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/society/arti ... ories.html

In the 80s there were the Younger 28s, the Junction Boys, the Peckham Boys and the Ghetto Boys. Nowadays there are the Muslim Boys, the Poverty Driven Children, the Guns and Shanks, the ABM (All 'Bout Money) and the TN1 (Tell No One).
Their members are young, often still children. They are London born but largely from immigrant backgrounds, often coming from dysfunctional families. They carry out robberies, stabbings and even shooting, often resulting in imprisonment.

Anchor Moy wrote:

Jamie_Lambo wrote:nothing racist about this at all
its basically telling people to avoid places like brixton etc which are well known for gangs etc

Teenage gangs of Brixton: Everyday London crime stories
2016 article http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/society/arti ... ories.html

In the 80s there were the Younger 28s, the Junction Boys, the Peckham Boys and the Ghetto Boys. Nowadays there are the Muslim Boys, the Poverty Driven Children, the Guns and Shanks, the ABM (All 'Bout Money) and the TN1 (Tell No One).
Their members are young, often still children. They are London born but largely from immigrant backgrounds, often coming from dysfunctional families. They carry out robberies, stabbings and even shooting, often resulting in imprisonment.

Hey, steady on. Lived and worked in Brixton for a while. It was mostly chill. Except that the bookies got held up once or twice. I heard it's all gentrified now too. Like Nottinghill and All Saints Rd. That area used to be rough as guts.(Before you was born JL lol.)

Most of the shit happens round the estates and tower blocks, but what sort of Chinese tourist would go into one of them ? Seriously, if there's a lot of people about, it's usually ok, and I'd be more concerned about semi-deserted tube stations late at night.

Camden Town is exposed as London’s fourth biggest crime hotspot
The neighbourhood was one of the five areas with the highest number of violent and sexual crimes in the capital between April 2012 and March this year, according to the latest open crime data from the website police.uk.

Camden Town came behind only Brixton, Shoreditch and Soho and Leicester Square in the audit, where each hotspot had more than 750 recorded crimes within a 1km radius over the 12 month period.

Mr Ashby, 32, said: “The Camden Town area had 1,100 violent or sexual crimes in the past year, more than all but three other hotspots in London.

“Camden Town is a busy shopping and entertainment destination for Londoners and tourists almost 24-hours a day.

Jamie_Lambo wrote: are you saying that theres not much crime in brixton apart from the odd bookies getting held up? a lot must have changed since you last lived there then lol
but i agree tourists arent likely to go sight seeing in Brixton...
... its quite possible they end up in Camden though...

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http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/crime-cou ... _1_2345682

Anchor Moy wrote:

Jamie_Lambo wrote: are you saying that theres not much crime in brixton apart from the odd bookies getting held up? a lot must have changed since you last lived there then lol
but i agree tourists arent likely to go sight seeing in Brixton...
... its quite possible they end up in Camden though...

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http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/crime-cou ... _1_2345682

Nah JL, not saying anything about Brixton today, I just have fond memories. It was so vibrant - all sorts of people and foods, reggae concerts on Clapham Common. Just nostalgia. I was young and it was a really fun place to live at the time.