Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness has received a £1.1 million boost as part of a Government initiative to tackle violent crime.
The Violence Reduction Units will bring together different organisations - including the police, Local Government, health and community leaders - to tackle violent crime by understanding its root causes.
Teams will be tasked with identifying what prompts violent crime in their areas, as well as devising long and short-plans to combat the issue.
Police and crime commissioners across the county will be handed £35m as part of the initiative, the Government has announced.
Northumbria will receive a little over £1.1m from the pot.
Policing Minister Kit Malthouse said: "To beat knife crime we must do two things: first we need assertive, high profile police enforcement and second, we need a coordinated approach to the long term solutions to violence in society, especially amongst the young.
"These new units should help us get results on both."
The Home Office has said the money is being allocated from a pot of £100m set aside in March to tackle serious violence
The cash is set to be spent in the 18 areas worst affected by serious violence.
The Metropolitan Police area will receive the most money - £7m.
Greater Manchester, Merseyside, West Midlands and West Yorkshire will get an equal share of more £3.3m each.
South Yorkshire, Northumbria, Thames Valley, Lancashire, Essex, Avon and Somerset and Kent will get more than £1.1m each
While Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Sussex, Hampshire and South Wales will get £880,000 each.
