£1m boost to tackle violent crime in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Sports groups and car maintenance sessions for young people are among plans to reduce violent crime.
A new £1m investment from the home office will go towards the Humber Violence Prevention Partnership (VPP)'s effort to reduce the impact of violent crime.
The VPP said that in 2021/22, violent crime cost the area around £160m total, equating to roughly £4,372 per recorded offence.
Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Evison chairs the VPP, and welcomed the extra funding.
He said: "We engage with sport groups in boxing, football - any activity that involves young people we will engage in, we will support them in those activities.
"We even have in Hull a car maintenance project where young people can go along and learn some car maintenance skills but they can also go on and be stewards in the motor racing industry as well."
He stressed the importance of preventing crime at the earliest possible point, rather than simply being reactive in tackling it. He also outlined the wide financial costs of violent crime.
The VPP said the cost to healthcare stands at £18m, while police are hit with a £45m bill. It estimates that nearly £33m is wasted as lost output resulting from time off work, reduced productivity, lost domestic output and lost potential output due to homicide.
Jonathan Evison said: "It's not just about the financial cost, it's about the emotional, wellbeing and mental health issues as well. If you're a victim of violent crime obviously that could scar you very, very badly for the rest of your life.
"It's horrendous, it really is, and the more that we can do to prevent this the better, for all people, for emotional reasons, for mental health reasons but even for employment reasons."