The crime problems in Easterhouse and many surrounding areas in Glasgow's East End are often associated with "Ned culture". Easterhouse is infamous for having a gang problem, though not in the sense of organised crime; many members of said gangs have stated that there are no leaders, no money and no narcotics involved but fighting between gangs, often fuelled by alcohol, is purely territorial, which is a problem in most working-class areas of Glasgow, although perhaps more prominent in Easterhouse than anywhere else. The gangs have been formed by unemployed teens and young adults whose complaints are that there is nothing to do in the area, so drinking goes on throughout the day until erupting into violence at night. The gangs are numerous in the surrounding area; there were about sixteen in a radius, as reported in 2006 from different neighbourhoods, which is where they would stay to avoid conflict, gang affiliations often passing from parent to child. This leads to pervading isolation, territorialism and acceptance of violence as inevitable, continuing through the generations. In the early 21st century, various methods have been used in an effort to reduce the violence and prevent the cycles of gang culture repeating itself, which have been successful to some extent.