Gordon Brown warned parents today they had a duty to keep their children under control amid escalating public fears about youth knife crime.
Up to 20,000 families could face eviction from their homes if they fail to rein in their offspring, the Prime Minister said.
They are among 110,000 households in which children are thought to be at risk of becoming prolific offenders - and where authorities are to target special support.
Youngsters who carry knives were also threatened with being forced to spend their Friday and Saturday nights carrying out hundreds of hours of community punishment.
After a series of high-profile stabbings which has thrust knife crime to the top of the political agenda, Mr Brown acknowledged today that many people felt unsafe in their own homes.
"Too many people, young and old, do not feel safe in the streets, and sometimes even in their homes, as a result of the behaviour of a minority," he told his regular Downing Street press conference.
Foreshadowing a £100 million youth crime action plan to be published tomorrow, Mr Brown said community punishments would be strengthened to make them "tough, visible and effective".
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