Home Secretary Amber Rudd is due to launch the strategy at an event in London today amid concerns about escalating levels of violence with more than 50 people dying as a result of violent attacks in the capital so far this year.
The strategy is expected to stress the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes of serious violence and steer young people away from crime.
It will also highlight the changing drugs market - such as "county lines" crime which involves gangs from urban areas establishing drug-dealing networks in rural areas - as a key driver of violence, setting aside £3.6m to establish a new National County Lines Co-ordination Centre.
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