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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is an approach that focuses on improving the design of the built environment to help reduce opportunities for disputes and violence and promote positive behavior.

Examples: Keeping block clean of litter and trash. Painting murals on graffiti covered walls. Transforming vacant lot into pleasant green space.

The goal of applied CPTED principles is to prevent crime by designing a physical environment that positively influences human behavior. The theory is based on five principles: natural access control, natural surveillance, territoriality, activity support, and maintenance.

CPTED works by: Taking away criminal opportunities. Showing would-be offenders that the neighborhood is cared for. Building relationships among neighbors to strengthen social and cultural norms against crime.

The goal of applied CPTED principles is to prevent crime by designing a physical environment that positively influences human behavior. The theory is based on five principles: natural access control, natural surveillance, territoriality, activity support, and maintenance.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design or CPTED (pronounced sep-ted) suggests that the design of buildings, landscaping and outdoor environments can either encourage or discourage crime.

CPTED's goal is to prevent crime through designing a physical environment that positively influences human behavior – people who use the area regularly perceive it as safe, and would-be criminals see the area as a highly risky place to commit crime.

The three elements of CPTED are Territoriality, Surveillance and Access Control....These factors can help you control access to your property: Can people trespass on my property without being seen by others? How many entrances and exits are there to my property? Do people access my property in ways other than intended?