Package includes £30 million for police to surge activity in serious violence hotspots and new money to steer young people away from crime
The government is making over £130 million available to tackle serious violent crime – including murder and knife crime – in the coming year, Home Secretary Priti Patel announced today (Monday 8 March).
The funding will enable a programme of work to prevent some of the most serious types of crime and deliver safer communities for the British public.
The package includes:
The funding comes ahead of the introduction of a major criminal justice bill, which will:
Home Secretary Priti Patel said:
National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for Serious Violent Crime, Assistant Chief Constable Jackie Sebire, said:
The package is made up of funding secured at the Spending Review and through the Shared Outcomes Fund, which funds pilot projects to test innovative ways of working across the public sector.
It also includes a range of other measures to address the factors that lead to serious violent crime and stop it happening in the first place. These include:
The funding package also includes the further £35.5 million towards violence reduction units which was announced in early February. The units draw together partners in 18 areas worst affected by serious violence to deliver a full range of co-ordinated action needed to tackle serious violence at its root.
The remaining funding will all be spent on programmes which support the government’s ambition to drive down serious violent crime.