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To deliver our pledge to halve knife crime in the next decade and take back our streets, it is crucial that we tackle the gangs that lure children and young people into crime and run county lines through violence and exploitation.
Through the County Lines Programme, we are targeting exploitative drug dealing gangs whilst breaking the organised crime groups behind this trade. It also provides specialist support for children and young people to escape county lines and child criminal exploitation.
This annual data covers line closures, arrests and safeguarding referrals since July 2024.
For an overview of the results of the activity of the County Lines Programme since its launch in November 2019, see the National Archives.