Cracking Crime Through Design

Increased levels of crime invariably place greater demands on public services that are already over-stretched. There is now a real demand for resources to be invested in the science of crime reduction and it’s vital that we seize the moment and make the right decisions. Investing in reducing crime – rather than simply reacting to it and ‘cleaning-up’ the consequences – makes common and financial sense as well as being ethically right.Sir John Stevens

This policy paper demonstrates how design has the potential to reduce crime and suggests how the practice of designing out crime can move beyond isolated examples and into the mainstream.