This chapter examines the substantial disconnect between violence control strategies and social realities in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2025. Despite rhetorical commitment to public health approaches, evidence reveals systematic defunding of preventive infrastructure, particularly youth services that experienced 70 per cent real-terms reduction in funding since 2010. Over 1,200 youth centres closed during austerity whilst Violence Reduction Units, though demonstrating measurable impact, operate at insufficient scale to address this void. Police recorded crime statistics have lacked accredited official statistics status since 2014 due to quality concerns, yet continue driving policy discourse despite recording practice variations that confound assessment of actual violence trends. Structural determinants of violence, including poverty, deprivation, educational exclusion, and systemic inequalities, receive inadequate policy attention whilst enforcement approaches dominate resource allocation. Violence against women and girls exemplifies persistent implementation failures, with three strategies, since 2010, failing to achieve objectives and trust in police remaining low. Legislative responses, including the Crime and Policing Bill 2024–25, prioritise new offences and enhanced police powers over evidence-based prevention. This analysis demonstrates that UK violence control strategies reflect political imperatives and fiscal constraints rather than robust evidence of what effectively prevents violence, creating a fundamental disjuncture between policy rhetoric and material realities that undermines both violence reduction and public confidence.