The ‘No Place for Knives’ campaign is also being piloted in Westminster and Birmingham.
Developed by the Home Office with police and the three authorities, the campaign will target those most at risk of committing knife crime.
There will be increased police activity including smarter metal detection, rapid response e-bikes and live facial recognition.
The news comes as Croydon Council says youth crime is down in the borough thanks to its own interventions.
16 other boroughs have received over £8.1 million of funding through the Home Office’s Knife Crime Concentrations Fund.
The money will help them roll out targeted interventions to tackle knife crime.
