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Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.036060
I note you seek access to the following information:
Can you please either
A list of known gangs to the Metropolitan Police
If the above falls under Law enforcement exemptions
Please can you provide the total sum of gangs known to the Metropolitan Police.
Either using the most recent up to date number, or the most latest year which can be disclosed (going back 4 years from that)
For instance for the above, if the most recent year you can disclose is 2020, I would like to receive the total sum of known gangs to the Metropolitan Police from the time range of 2016 to 2020 if that makes sense.
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
Firstly, I can confirm that you are correct in your assumption that we would not release the names of any known gangs and this information would be exempt from disclosure.
Secondly, I can confirm that the MPS are aware of 102 active gangs in London.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide any historic figures due to the fact that the MPS only hold a log of active gangs and anything previous to this is not information that is held.