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10 Principles of Crime Prevention

Compiled by DC Jeremy House on 09/07/2010, this guide presents 10 principles of crime prevention strategies including target hardening, target removal, reducing the payoff, access control, surveillance, environmental design, rule setting, increasing the chance of being caught, and deflecting offenders. Learn how to make targets more resistant to attack, remove vulnerable persons or property, reduce crime opportunities, limit loss values, control access, enhance surveillance, design crime-resistant environments, implement rules, improve detection rates, and divert potential offenders.

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10 Principles of Crime Prevention

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  1. 10 Principles of Crime Prevention Compiled by DC Jeremy House 09/07/2010

  2. Target Hardening • Making targets more resistant to attack. • Make it difficuilt to remove/damage. • Repairing damage to property - reduces further opportunities for crime or repeat victimisation.

  3. Target Removal • Permanent or temporary removal of vulnerable persons or property.(replacing telephone coin boxes with card phones; removing radios from parked cars,jewellery from shop windows at night) • “Opportunity makes the thief”

  4. Remove the means to commit crime • Ensure material capable of committing crime is not left exposed :- • Domestic Properties - ladders,garden tools etc • Commercial premises - Keys left lying around, Use of toughened glasses in venues

  5. Reducing the Payoff • Employing means to reduce the value of loss if a crime is committed • Property marking - post coding, use of replica for display purposes

  6. Access Control • Restricting access to sites,buildings,parts of building. • Can be controlled byproximity card readers,biometric readers,manual coded entry.

  7. Surveillance • Natural - by residents, & the community (removal/pruning of shrubbery,neighbour hood watch,improved lighting) • Formal - Use of technology & staff to deter & identify offenders (security staff,store detectives,caretakers) utilising CCTV,alarm systems etc. • Employee - Staff awareness

  8. Enviromental Design • Using changes in the environment of a building,an area,estate to reduce crime opprtunities • ALO - works with Architects,developers at planning stage - design out crime.

  9. Rule Setting • Introduction of legislation,bylaws,codes of conduct,to attain acceptable social behaviour (wearing of I.d. badges,internal rules within business,commerce,public services)

  10. Increase the Chance of Being Caught • Management and use of security & technology,use of plain clothes security staff,correct management of CCTV systems,maintenance of systems.

  11. Deflecting Offenders • Diverting offenders and potential offenders from committing crime.Working with other agencies to influence standards,thinking & attitudes,Education programmes.

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