Design Out Crime case studies

Stolen number plates are used in a range of vehicle crimes, from the sale of stolen cars to speeding.

How a wide range of functional and aesthetic concerns can be met by a single, well thought-out design.

Bike lock-up stands have become more secure through observation of how people use them and how criminals abuse them.

Hot products like mobile phones, GPS and computers can be secured at the touch of a fingerprint.

Improving wayfinding and signage and promoting levels of natural surveillance made a hospital in Birmingham a safer place to work and visit.

The design of Britannia Mills has led to more residential development and a safer feel to the new industrial suburb.

In some central London areas, virtually all the street benches had to be removed due to complaints about anti-social behaviour. It was time for a new approach.

The Design Against Crime Research Centre collaborated with artist Steve Russell to help find new and creative ways of influencing behaviour around ATMs.

Hulme Park was of immediate benefit to a community where many lived in social housing and needed somewhere to enjoy open space and feel safe while they did.

As digital transactions become more commonplace, digital ownership has also become viable, with products protected via information sharing networks.

An approach to measures against crime and antisocial behaviour suggests uplifting alternatives to the norm.

In the West Midlands, MADE wanted to get away from hastily installed, ready-made youth shelters constructed from metal tubing with no walls or lighting.

Wheelie bins are often used to climb into open windows and balconies, so a design student decided to make them less useful to criminals.

Designing a product to be make it more secure doesn’t have to mean fitting locks and chains.

Design and technology created a crime-free car park, first opened in Derby in 1998.

How do you ensure bags are safe in bars and cafés without installing intrusive security measures that destroy the relaxed atmosphere?

How could design deter thefts in a University library, without the new open access policy being rescinded?

Students at Villiers High School spent lunchtimes outside in a small space with little to distract them. Violence flared regularly and the students wanted to do something about it.

A website that was developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008.