Design Out Crime

Design Out Crime logoThe Home Office’s Design and Technology Alliance Against Crime and the Design Council established a  project called Design Out Crime. It highlighted design's role in getting to the root of a crime problem.

The programme worked with industry experts to demonstrate how design can help to prevent crime.

Alcohol related crime

Designing a safer pint glass.

Bicycle theft

Quick design solutions to residential bicycle theft.

Business

Designing ways to help businesses improve their security.

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Hot products

Designing more secure mobile devices.

Housing and communities

Designing safer communities

Schools

Using design to minimise bullying, assaults and petty theft in schools.

Vehicles

Addressing the theft of vehicles after keys are stolen from a house.

The Alliance

The Design and Technology Alliance Against Crime is made up of independent experts in design, consumer affairs and crime.

Designing out crime: A designers' guide

A free guide to help designers think about crime prevention.

Case studies

Examples of design being used to tackle crime problems around the world.

Public Services by Design

Q: Do you need to innovate and deliver customer focused public services?

 

A: Our design mentoring and coaching programme can help you do it

 

Find out more about Public Services by Design