Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
It reduces opportunities for crime by using design and place management principles that reduce the likelihood of essential crime ingredients (law, offender, victim or target, opportunity) from intersecting in time and space.
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Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a crime prevention strategy that focuses on cities and neighbourhoods’ planning, design, and structure. It reduces opportunities for crime by using design and place management principles that reduce the likelihood of essential crime ingredients (law, offender, victim or target, opportunity) from intersecting in time and space.
Predatory offenders often make a cost-benefit assessment of potential victims and locations before committing the crime. CPTED aims to create the reality (or perception) that the costs of committing the crime are higher than the potential benefits. This is achieved by creating environmental and social conditions that:
Maximise risk to offenders (increasing the likelihood of detection, challenge and apprehension);
Maximise the effort required to commit a crime (increasing the time, energy and resources required to commit a crime);
Minimise the actual and perceived benefits of crime (removing, minimising or concealing crime attractors and rewards); and
Minimise excuse-making opportunities (removing conditions that encourage/facilitate rationalisation of inappropriate behaviour).
CPTED focuses on four key strategies, and these are as follows:
- Natural Surveillance
- Access control Control
- Territorial Reinforcement /Ownership
- Space Maintenance & Management
Natural Surveillance Involves maximising opportunities for passers-by or residents to observe what happens in an area (the 'safety in numbers' concept).
This highlights the importance of building layout, orientation and location; the strategic use of design; landscaping and lighting.
Natural surveillance is a by-product of well-planned, well-designed and well-used space.
Higher-risk locations can also benefit from organised surveillance, introducing formal measures, such as on-site security guards or CCTV.
Who enters an area so that unauthorised people are excluded, for instance, via physical barriers such as fences, grills etc.
People are more likely to protect the territory they feel they own and have a certain respect for the territory of others. This can be expressed through the installation of fences, paving, signs, good maintenance and landscaping. Territoriality relates to how a community has ownership over a space.
Ensures that space is appropriately utilised and cared for. Space management strategies include activity coordination (i.e. having a specific plan for how different types of activities are carried out in space), site cleanliness, rapid repair of vandalism and graffiti, the replacement of burned-out lighting and the removal or refurbishment of decayed physical elements.
what we provide
Our Services
NT Security Solutions provide our clients with the following services
Northern Territory Government
BIZ SECURE AUDITS
The Northern Territory Government’s Biz Secure Program offers eligible NT businesses a free Security and Safety Audit conducted by a registered auditor. This audit identifies potential security risks and recommends improvements to protect premises and staff from crime and anti-social behaviour. Following the audit, businesses can apply for funding to implement recommended security upgrades, such as CCTV, access control systems, and reinforced doors, with co-contribution grants of up to $15,000 for individual businesses.
Security Risk
ASSESSMENTS
A Physical Security Risk Assessment is a structured evaluation of a site to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities. It assesses how well people, property, and assets are protected against risks such as theft, vandalism, or unauthorised access. The goal is to recommend practical and cost-effective measures—like alarms, CCTV, access control, and lighting—to reduce risk and improve overall safety.
Cyber
SECURITY
We offer comprehensive cyber security audits to help our clients clearly understand their business risk profile. Our goal is to assist in identifying vulnerabilities and implementing strategies to manage and mitigate the risk of cyber attacks—protecting critical systems, data, and operations.
Crime Prevention Through
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
A CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) Security Audit assesses how the physical environment can be improved to reduce crime and increase safety. It focuses on elements like lighting, natural surveillance, access control, and territorial reinforcement. The benefit is a safer, more secure space that deters criminal behaviour through smart design and planning.
Security Broker
SERVICES
Our team just like an insurance broker works on your behalf to compare security contacts or services from multiple providers, we act as your trusted advisor—assessing your needs, designing a tailored security plan, and obtaining competitive quotes from our network of trusted security contractors and suppliers.
Northern Territory Government
BIZ SECURE AUDITS
Individual NT businesses may be eligible for up to $10,000 of which $2,000 is towards a mandatory.
Crime Prevention Through
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
The purpose of the CPTED audit was to increase safety and security for patrons in public spaces.
Security Risk
ASSESSMENTS
A security risk assessment identifies, assesses, and implements critical security controls in applications.
Security Broker
SERVICES
Our team will review our client’s current security systems and services.
Cyber
SECURITY
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History of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
The above link is the Wikipedia history record of CPTED. However, once you start researching history in general and look at different countries, cultures, and cities built centuries ago, these principles have been used for thousands of years. City and village would use CPTED principles to protect water, food and other natural resources from being stolen. CPTED was also introduced to mitigate the possibility of clans or tribes invading and taking control over their lands. The use of Moate, Castle Walls, Elevated building positions, Rivers or other natural physical barriers or open clearings are all forms of CPTED principles.
Everyone would consider the CPTED principles when designing or planning a city, business or home in a perfect world. However, this is something that is often overlooked in the initial conceptual plans. In some cases, environmental or social frameworks can change over time, and additional control may be required retrospectively. Conducting regular CPTED audits inspections will ensure that you are maintaining the protection of your property.
what
What We Provide
NT Security Solutions provide our clients with the following services:
Northern Territory Government
Individual NT businesses may be eligible for up to $10,000 of which $2,000 is towards a mandatory, independent security audit and up to $8,000 on a co-contribution basis to complete one or more eligible security improvement jobs. Clusters of businesses, such as small shopping complexes, can also apply for up to $50,000 on a co-contribution basis.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Audits
The purpose of the CPTED audit was to increase safety and security for patrons in public spaces, decrease opportunities for malicious damage and assault through greater visibility and importantly, to improve natural surveillance.
Security Risk Assessments
What is a security risk assessment? A security risk assessment identifies, assesses, and implements critical security controls in applications. It also focuses on preventing application security defects and vulnerabilities within the business.
Security risk assessment should be a continuous activity. A comprehensive security risk assessment should be conducted at least once every two years to mitigate any risk and monitor existing control.
Security Broker Services
Our Security brokers work with clients to understand their security risks and discuss using cost-effective security solutions to protect their assets and businesses. Our team will review our client’s current security systems and services, then provide recommendations to improve a cost-effective solution moving forward.
Cyber Security
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