Home Office will use mapping technology and crime data to identify up to 250 schools in areas of greatest risk
Schools across England are to receive dedicated support to prevent knife crime incidents in a hyper-targeted Home Office programme that uses mapping technology to identify areas of risk down to the level of specific groups of streets.
Under the £1.2m scheme – part of a series of initiatives launched under a government pledge to halve knife crime within a decade – a maximum of 250 schools will receive help.
The safety in and around schools partnership will identify the schools most in need of assistance using Home Office mapping technology which, the department said, can identify places where knife crime is most prevalent during times when pupils walk to and from schools.
The Home Office said it could identify areas down to 0.1 sq km, or just a small number of streets, allowing police to prioritise specific locations and times where knife offences have taken place in the past.
