Lynx gang

Lynx gang
Founding location	Sparkhill, Birmingham, England
Territory	Birmingham
Ethnicity	Mostly British Pakistani (Mirpuri)

Last updated May 25, 2025

The Lynx Gang (sometimes known as The Lynx Crew) was a Birmingham-based gang originally of British Pakistani members that was founded in the 1970s, initially to protect the British Pakistani community (most notably of Mirpuri), from White power skinheads.^[1]

The gang was founded in the Sparkhill area of the city. Moazzem Begg is a former member of the unofficial junior version of the gang.^[2]

References

↑ Muncie, J. (14 May 2009). "Reluctant Gangsters: The Changing Face of Youth Crime. By John Pitts (Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing, 2008, 176pp. 22.00 pb)" . British Journal of Criminology. 49 (4). Youth and Policy: 597–599. doi:10.1093/bjc/azp025. ISSN 0007-0955.
↑ Moazzam Begg Interview Archived 5 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Liverpool's The Nerve, Spring 2007

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[1] Muncie, J. (14 May 2009). "Reluctant Gangsters: The Changing Face of Youth Crime. By John Pitts (Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing, 2008, 176pp. 22.00 pb)" . British Journal of Criminology. 49 (4). Youth and Policy: 597–599. doi:10.1093/bjc/azp025. ISSN 0007-0955.

[2] Moazzam Begg Interview Archived 5 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Liverpool's The Nerve, Spring 2007

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