street violence
Public physical conflict
Street violence is criminal aggression occurring in public spaces—assaults, robberies, shootings, stabbings, and similar acts.
The term often implies random or gang-related incidents that make urban areas feel unsafe: The mayor promised to crack down on street violence.
It contrasts with domestic violence or organized crime conducted behind closed doors.
- riotsViolent public disturbances
- mob mentalityCollective irrationality in groups
- lootingTheft during disorder
- broken glassFractured transparent fragments
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
mugging · random attack · assault · carjacking · gang warfare · turf wars · gangs · stabbings · drive-by shooting · poverty · brawls · fear · thuggery · shootings · trauma · brutality · systemic inequality · hooliganism
- civil unrestriot, riots, rioting, mob, uprising
- public disturbancesriot, disorderly conduct, brawl, disturbing the peace, breach of peace
- violencephysical attack, brutality, aggression, bloodshed, bloodbath
- far rightfascism, neo-Nazism, neofascism, white supremacy, Nazism
street violencedomestic violence
Abuse between household members
domestic abuse · intimate partner violence · household violence · family violence · workplace violence
street violencepublic safety
Collective welfare from threats
street safety · civil order · community safety · law and order · social harmony
street violencepeaceful coexistence
Non-hostile international relations
neighborliness · mutual aid · nonviolent protest · peaceful assembly