Crime prevention through environmental design (cpted)

National Guidelines for CPTED

The Ministry of Justice, supported by Local Government New Zealand, has led a project to adapt international CPTED principles to suit the New Zealand environment.

CPTED is a crime prevention tool that uses urban design and effective use of the built environment to help prevent crime by reducing opportunities for crime to occur.  The guidelines are based on international best practice CPTED principles and have been adapted for New Zealand public spaces.  The document provides guidance on using environmental design to assist with crime prevention in public spaces by reducing opportunities for crime to occur. 

Although written primarily for local authorities, the National Guidelines may also be useful for police, groups working in crime prevention (such as Safer Community Trusts), architects, urban designers, engineers, and those involved in planning, designing and managing publicly-accessible places.

This project will continue in the New Year with a series of training workshops for councils planned for the first half of 2006.  The Ministry of Justice will also be developing DVD based training for councils.  For further information please email victoria.owen@lgnz.co.nz or janine.monahan@justice.govt.nz.

To view the CPTED guidelines see:

Research

Local Government New Zealand and the Ministry of Justice have recently commissioned research to explore councils' knowledge and use of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED).



Last updated: August 2008