The Most Dangerous Biker Gangs in America

The most dangerous motorcycle gangs and notorious bike crews in America, including Outlaws motorcycle club, Warlocks, Hells Angels, The Sons of Silence & more.

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Outlaw motorcycle gangs have been a thorn in the side of US law enforcement since the 1960s. Today, these dangerous organizations are engaged in criminal activities on both coasts and throughout the American heartland. “One-percenter” motorcycle clubs—so named because the American Motorcyclist Association has said that 99 percent of motorcyclists are law-abiding—run drugs across the borders and participate in a litany of additional crimes, from contract killing to petty theft. 

Because of their prominent role in the American underworld, outlaw bikers have long been mythologized in film, TV, and literature. Hunter S. Thompson’s book Hell’s Angels brought the gangs’ ruthless behavior to light, and the popular TV show Sons of Anarchy rekindled America’s interest in the subculture. Along with the Hells Angels, gangs like the Mongols, Pagans, and Bandidos are active to this day.

In fact, two high-ranking members of the Pagans were recently hit with federal charges for allegedly beating a man they thought was aligned with Hells Angels. Reports circulating in March 2022 claimed that the same Pagans gang was expanding its base of operations to New York City as well, despite 20 members being arrested and pleading guilty to racketeering charges. And a biker brawl in Massachusets involving dozens of people left seven people injured in May 2022. It took place at one of the gangs’ clubhouses. Other incidents—like a 2015 gun battle involving hundreds of bikers at a restaurant in Waco, Texas, in which nine people were killed and 18 injured—are reminders that the gangs are both ruthless and here to stay.

Regardless of arrests and outright takedowns, it’s clear that biker gangs are alive and well. Below are the most dangerous outfits operating in America today.

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Warlocks

Group of bikers

The Highwaymen

Biker surrounded by people

Black Pistons Motorcycle Club

Black Pistons being questioned

Vagos Motorcycle Club

Vagos paraphernalia

The Sons of Silence

Sons of Silence bikers

The Pagan's

Group of bikers

Bandidos Motorcycle Club

Bandidos bikers

Outlaws Motorcycle Club

Outlaws biker

The Mongols

Mongols bikers

Hells Angels

Hells Angels biker

Avengers Motorcycle Club

Avengers Bikers

The Breed

The Breed

Outcast Motorcycle Club

Biker on Highway

Brother Speed Motorcycle Club

Group of Bikers

Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club

Motorcycle ornament

Cossacks Motorcycle Club

Motorcycles outside Twin Peaks in Waco

Sons of Satan

Bikers and police

Devils Disciples Motorcycle Club

Bikers on a desert road

Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Club

Three bikers

Diablos Motorcycle Club

Group of bikers

Thunderguards Motorcycle Club

Group of bikers

Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club

Gypsy Joker bikers

El Forastero Motorcycle Club

Line of bikers

Iron Horsemen Motorcycle Club

Group of bikers

Sin City Deciples Motorcycle Club

Group of bikers

Peckerwoods Motorcycle Club

Motorcycle club bikes

Iron Order Motorcycle Club

Large group of bikers

Night Wolves

Night Wolves bikers with Putin

Rebels Motorcycle Club

Rebels bikers

Rock Machine

Large group of bikers

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