Guidance and regulation

Guidance for frontline professionals on dealing with county lines, part of the government’s approach to ending gang violence and exploitation.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 20 October 2023

• Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines (accessible version)

  Who’s this guidance for? Criminal exploitation of children, young people…

• Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines (Welsh accessible version)

  Ar gyfer pwy mae’r canllawiau hyn? Mae camfanteisio troseddol ar blant,…

Operational guidance for relevant authorities involved in the KCPO process.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 5 January 2022

• Practitioners' guidance (accessible version)

  July 2021 1. The Purpose of the Practitioners’ Guidance This…

• Framework guidance (accessible version)

  July 2021 1. Introduction 1.1 Background The Offensive Weapons Act 2019…

• Framework guidance (Welsh) (accessible version)

  Gorffennaf 2021 1. Cyflwyniad 1.1 Cefndir Cafodd Deddf Arfau Tramgwyddus…

Explains the law behind carrying an article with a blade or point or an offensive weapon in a public place.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 11 December 2012

Statutory guidance on the provisions in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 27 July 2022

Advice is for leaders, their senior teams and staff in schools or colleges affected by gang or youth violence.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 2 August 2013

Promotional posters to support the government’s work to deal with county lines – this is where urban drug dealers expand their activity into small town markets.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 13 December 2017

Information about the government's County Lines Programme.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 11 December 2023

Draft statutory guidance for constables, chief officers of police and the Chief Constable of British Transport Police Force.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 30 March 2023

Specifications for adapting shotgun magazines and deactivating firearms.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 6 April 2016

Posters and wallet cards to accompany the launch of the new NSPCC service, which includes a helpline.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 19 August 2014

Final statutory guidance for constables, chief officers of police and the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 30 March 2023

Revised guidance on gang injunctions.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 26 May 2016

Information to help parents identify and respond if their children are affected by gangs.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 19 August 2014

Share these images on social media to help us raise awareness of the exploitation of vulnerable young people.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 21 September 2018

This guide is intended to help local areas and police forces use intelligence data to undertake social network analysis of their local gang issues.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 13 January 2016

This report is a compilation of good practice examples and case studies from across the areas participating in the tackling knives and serious…

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 31 March 2011

Frequently asked questions on the communities against guns, gangs, and knives fund.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 9 March 2011

Social media graphics and posters for partners to share and use in supporting the #knifefree campaign to reduce knife crime among young people.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 5 June 2019

Bids to the fund have been assessed as part of a competitive bidding process. 60 bids were successful and have been awarded funding for knife crime interventions.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 6 November 2019