Flintshire youth violence scheme supported 373 young people in six months
A Flintshire scheme aimed at young people at risk of serious violence supported 373 of them in six months and will run for another year, the North Wales police and crime commissioner has reported.
The figure covers September 2025 to February 2026 and was set out by commissioner Andy Dunbobbin in a report to the North Wales Police and Crime Panel.
The scheme is part of Young Futures, a UK Government pilot that puts support around young people thought to be at risk of being drawn into serious violence or the justice system.
It runs in Flintshire and Wrexham. Over the same six months, the Wrexham scheme worked with 443 young people.
Mr Dunbobbin said the pilots in both counties would continue for a further 12 months, with funding for the wider serious violence work confirmed to March 2027.
He told the panel the impact on young people was already evident.
The report does not set out what happened to the young people after they were supported, and gives no figures on reoffending or whether they were steered away from the justice system.
It also records problems with how the scheme has been run.
The report says both county panels have faced challenges in refining how they operate and in improving their case management systems, which Mr Dunbobbin described as an expected part of running a new project of this kind.
The Flintshire and Wrexham pilots are intended to shape how young people are dealt with across North Wales, and how they are referred between services.
The panel noted the report.
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