Policy paper

Protecting lives, building hope: a plan to halve knife crime

This plan sets out the actions this government is taking to meet its ambition to halve knife crime in a decade.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 7 April 2026

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Protecting lives, building hope: a plan to halve knife crime

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-6309-0, E03563431 04/26, CP 1539

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This plan explains how the government and partners across wider society will contribute to reducing knife crime. It is informed by the best available evidence on what works to address serious violence and the views and experiences of delivery partners, experts and those with lived experience of knife crime, including members of the Coalition to Tackle Knife Crime.

To tackle knife crime, this government will:

• support young people so they get a better start in life
• stop those at risk from turning to knife crime
• police our streets to punish perpetrators and stop offending
• end the cycle of knife crime

Published 7 April 2026