They are worried gangs are becoming more territorial, rather than based on making money.
One youth worker from the area, who asked not to be named, said: "There have been rumours of people taking out rival crews - people getting people before they get them. There is a real culture of fear."
Three young people have been killed in south London since the start of February. James Andre Smartt-Ford, 16, was shot in Streatham on 3 February. Fifteen-year-old Michael Dosunmu was killed at his Peckham home three days later, and last week Billy Cox, 15, was shot at his home in Clapham North.
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