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Commonly Used Measures of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Strategies

Process Measures

• Number of incidents monitored by CCTV operators
• Number of reported day and night incidents
• Number of citizens involved in crime prevention activities
• Number of citizen requests for crime prevention assistance
• Number of community partnerships
• Number of CPTED workshops or seminars held for residents and local professionals
• Number of officers trained in CPTED
• Number of CPTED trainings
• Number of community members receiving academy training for CPTED
• Number of CPTED changes to housing/property
• Number of reported graffiti incidents
• Number and type of security measures
• Total number of security patrol contacts by site

Outcome Measures

• Change in index crimes (e.g., robbery, theft, and homicide)
• Change in non-index crimes (e.g., prostitution, vandalism, and drug offenses)
• Change in property values
• Change in fear of crime
• Change in residents' perceptions of the neighborhood
• Change in residents' perceptions of safety
• Change in offenses reported to the police
• Change in public's perception of CCTV and its capabilities
• Change in citizen willingness to exercise guardianship actions
• Change in CCTV recorded violence
• Increase in crime alerts distributed
• Decrease in mean re-victimization rates
• Decrease in calls for police service
• Displacement of crimes to adjacent areas

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