Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) helps communities manage and create safe spaces through environmental design principles. The CPTED brochures below provide information and are available in multiple languages.
- CPTED Brochure English 311.2 KB
- CPTED Brochure Spanish 261.18 KB
- CPTED Brochure Somali 368.1 KB
- CPTED Brochure Russian 370.05 KB
- CPTED Brochure Vietnamese 497.45 KB
A typical assessment starts with a one-hour meeting with the property owner/manager and tenants to walk around the property to learn about the space and potential safety concerns. Then, we will discuss the principles of CPTED specific to the property:
- Visibility - Is there good visibility across the space or does it feel isolated?
- Access Control - Who is gaining access to the property and how?
- Territoriality - Is it clear where public space changes into private space?
- Activity Support - What is being done to bring positive activity into the space?
- Maintenance - Is the space run down (broken fences/lights, etc.) or well maintained?
We will discuss ways to hold and support placemaking activities in and around the space. We also may make suggestions such as:
- Reaching out to neighboring businesses and homes to do a clean-up; and
- Improving lighting and trimming vegetation in a community space.
After the walkthrough, we will build a report with photos, recommendations, and resources. We will then follow up three months later to see how the improvements help the space and if any barriers remain.