In 2021, approximately 12,700 children were referred to children's services with “gang involvement” identified as a concern within their intake assessments. Such gang involvement is strongly associated with violence and knife crime – there has been a six per cent rise in knife crime in England and Wales in the last 12 months alone.
Addressing serious youth violence requires a multi-faceted approach, including social, economic, educational, and law enforcement measures.
At Catch22 we are taking a proactive approach to curbing the rise in gang-associated and group violence. We are doing this through our ROAD (Rehabilitation Offering Another Direction) programme, which seeks to support young adults who are involved in or with gangs and violent offenders.
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