These Google Maps may look colourful but there’s a dark meaning behind them.

They apparently show the areas ruled by different gangs in London.

Crews mentioned range from E7 Crips in east London to the Ferrier Boys in south.

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The release of the modded maps came as retired police sergeant Daniel Birmingham told Sky News officers had ‘lost control’ of certain areas.

‘These gangs are in open warfare,’ the former gang unit officer said.

‘London is in peril and Boris (Johnson) should stand up.’



Mr Birmingham added budget cuts and changes in policy were to blame.

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In response the Metropolitan Police said in a statement: ‘It is the Met’s priority to make London one of the safest capitals in the world.

‘Over recent years the murder rate has fallen consistently and in 2014 it fell below 100 murders per calendar year for the first time since the 1970s.

‘Any suggestion that the Met is failing to tackle gang crime is an inaccurate reflection of the work being carried out on a daily basis by officers.’

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