The Serious Youth Violence report, from the parliamentary home affairs committee, calls for local authority funding for youth services to be ringfenced and focused on preventing young people becoming caught up in violence.
The guarantee should be underpinned by a "fully-funded, statutory minimum for youth outreach workers and community youth projects in all areas", states the report.
The report adds this needed to be coupled with "proper mental health provision" for young people, "informed by an understanding of the impact of trauma and other adverse childhood experiences".
The committee, chaired by Labour MP Yvette Cooper, also recommends focusing greater provision in areas which most need it, such as those where under-25 knife crime and school exclusions are particularly high.
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