Queensland Government – Australia
Overview: What is this cpted thing all about?
Crimes against people and against property occur within the urban environments of cities and towns. The fundamental idea of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is that it is possible to use knowledge and creativity to design those built environments in ways that lessen or prevent the incidence of such crime.
That knowledge has been evolving over recent decades, based on experience and research.
It would be possible to reduce assaults on people and property by taking a “medieval fortress” approach, making buildings impregnable and locking everything and everyone away behind high walls. We might also support that with lots of security cameras and lots of guards. However this approach still does not set out to ensure the safety of the public realm, in particular that network of streets, paths and places that connect these “fortresses”.
Or we could put great numbers of guards into the public realm, inevitably diverting resources from other things.
