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County Lines Programme data

Annual data on outcomes of the Home Office's County Lines Programme since July 2024.

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Published
14 March 2023
Last updated
16 December 2024 — See all updates

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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.

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Published 14 March 2023
Last updated 16 December 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated the page to include data from July 2024 and to include a link to previous data on the National Archives website.

  2. Updated data published.

  3. Updated with the latest results from the County Lines Programme.

  4. Updated with the latest results from the County Lines Programme.

  5. Updated latest figures from the County Lines Programme.

  6. County Lines Programme results have been updated.

  7. First published.

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