During the 1960s and 1970s, crime in Liverpool mainly focused on theft and armed-robbery. In the late 1970s, drugs became the new and most profitable way for gangs to earn money and made local criminals very wealthy in a short space of time. Liverpool's modern organised crime centres mainly on the drug trade.

2022年8月26日 · Experts tell Sky News that, as a port, Liverpool has been a historic hotspot for trafficking drugs and weapons, and as with most cities, for decades, high levels of poverty and deprivation have seen people turn to crime there. The death of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has made headlines up and down the country.

2024年2月29日 · From nicknames such as ‘ Killer ‘, and ‘Mad Dog’ to ‘Devil, Liverpool’s most famous criminal figures have crafted quite a reputation for themselves. Drug trafficking, armed robbery, extortion, and murder are just a few of the criminal activities that make up their portfolio.

2022年7月2日 · For decades violent gangs have spread fear across the streets of Merseyside. These criminals often gave themselves nicknames from the Wavo 420 to The Croxteth Crew, while they tried to flood...

2020年7月4日 · Here we revisit some of the most notorious old school gangsters who walked the streets of Liverpool and the heinous crime they committed. One of the first groups to strike fear into the community...

2020年6月21日 · These are some of the gangland names to have emerged from Liverpool's criminal underworld over the years, and where they originate from. Members of the ruthless Deli Mob terrorised north...

2024年5月9日 · The messages covered the period when one of the Huyton Firm's drug stash houses in Liverpool was robbed by rival gangsters. In total, 32 serious criminals linked to the raid have now been...

2023年2月18日 · Nowhere was this more evident than on Merseyside, as the spotlight began to concentrate on two rival Liverpool gangs known as the ‘Croxteth Crew’ and ‘the Strand Gang’. The shooting of an innocent eleven-year-old boy, Rhys Jones by Sean Mercer, an alleged member of the former group had become a pivotal moment in the history of gang ...

2021年9月22日 · From the Cornermen and High Rip gangs of the 19th century, to the Croxteth Crew, Nogga Dogs and Moss Edz, the self-perceived North Face “Scouse Soldiers” of today, all have left a dark and deadly...

Sectarian gangs emerged with names like the Hibernians and the Dead Rabbits. As Dr Michael Macilwee characterised it, it was a city that had everything from ‘religious riots to bare-knuckled brawls’.