List of British gangsters

See also: List of mobsters by city

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This is a list of some organized crime figures within the underworld of the United Kingdom.

Name	Life	Years Active	Organization	Comments	References
Terry Adams	b. 1954	1970s-2003	Clerkenwell crime syndicate	Head of the Clerkenwell crime syndicate until an investigation by MI5 and the Inland Revenue resulted in his imprisonment in 2003.
Roy Francis Adkins	1947–1990	1970s-1980s		One-time partner of Dutch drug czar Klass Bruinsma, he was allegedly head of the drugs division of the Bruinsma organisation during the 1980s.
Jack "Spot" Comer	1912–1996	1930s-1950s		Controlled London's East End bookmaking rackets until the 1950s.
George Cornell	1928–1966	1960s-1966	Richardson Gang	Enforcer who worked for Charlie and Eddie Richardson during the 1960s. A childhood friend of the Kray Twins, he was used the a go-between by the Richardson's until his murder by Ronnie Kray at The Blind Beggar pub in 1966.
Tommy Comerford	1933–2003	1990s-2003		Liverpool underworld figure and drug trafficker. One of the first British mobsters to establish an international drug trafficking network in Great Britain
Freddie Foreman	b. 1932	1948–1990	Kray Twins	A freelance enforcer for the Kray twins during the 1960s, Foreman was involved in the gangland slayings of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and Ginger Marks.
"Mad Frankie" Fraser	1923-2014	1939–1967	Billy Hill, Richardson Gang	Longtime bodyguard of Billy Hill and later enforcer for Charlie and Eddie Richardson. Involved in the 1956 attack on Jack Spot and wife Rita with Bobby Warren and a gang of half a dozen men. Also involved in Great Train Robbery.
Billy Hill	1911–1984	1920s-1970s		Longtime underworld figure in the London underworld. A partner of Jack Spot during the 1940s, he also organized the Eastcastle St. postal van robbery in 1952 and a £40,000 bullion heist in 1954.
Ronnie and Reggie Kray	1933-1995 (Ronnie) 1933-2000 (Reggie)	1952–1968		Controlled organized crime in London's East End during the 1950s and 60s. Responsible for the murders of George Cornell and Jack "The Hat" McVitie.
Thomas "Tam" McGraw	1952–2007	1960s-2000s		Scottish mobster involved in extortion, narcotics and drug trafficking in Glasgow from the 1970s until his death in 2007. Was a gangland figure identified during the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars.
Jack "the Hat" McVite	d. 1967	1950s-1967	Kray Twins	Drug trafficker and sometimes associate of the Kray twins. Lured to an underworld party, he was murdered by Reggie Kray following the failed gangland hit on suspected informant Leslie Payne.
Messina Brothers		1930s-1950s		Maltese-born Sicilian mobsters who controlled prostitution and white slavery.
Desmond Noonan	b. 1959–2005	1980s-2000s	Noonan crime firm	A senior member of the Noonan "crime firm" in Manchester, he became its leader following his release from prison in 2003. He and his brother Dominic were responsible for at least 25 unsolved murders during their 20-year reign in Manchester's underworld.
Dominic Noonan	1966	1980s-2000s	Noonan crime firm	Head of the Noonan "crime firm" during the 1980s and 90s. The Noonans were the subject of director Donal MacIntyre's 2006 documentary A Very British Gangster.
Kenneth Noye	b. 1947	1980s-1990s		Involved in the Brink's-Mat robbery in 1983 and subsequently stabbed police officer John Fordham to death. Though acquitted for Fordham's death, Noye was convicted of the 1996 murder of Stephen Cameron.
Charlie and Eddie Richardson	1934-2012 (Charlie) b. 1936 (Eddie)	1950s-1967	Richardson Gang	Brothers who co-led the Richardson Gang in South London during the 1960s. Rivals of the Kray Twins., they were eventually imprisoned after being implicated in the murder of a South African businessman in 1967.
Charles "Darby" Sabini		1920s-1940s	Sabini Gang	Known as 'king of the racecourse gangs', his Clerkenwell-based organization controlled racecourses in London and throughout the south of England for much of the interwar years.