Hotspots and movement
Map incidents, times and changing patterns against routes, entrances, gathering points and the legitimate use of space.
COUNCILS · BIDS · PLACE MANAGERS
Designing out crime in town centres.
Designing out opportunities for ASB needs more than one security measure. It calls for a clear view of how people use a place and how partners manage it.
Discuss your siteBREAK-INS · VACANT PROPERTY · DETERIORATING BOARDING
First secure.
Then disguise.
For police, councils, landlords and property owners. A site survey is required. Ask about a 24- or 48-hour target for initial securing works agreed after the survey, followed by a separately scoped frontage treatment.
Replace a short-term patch with a clear security, presentation and upkeep plan. Suitable for owners managing a property remotely and teams tackling neglected frontages.
Rapid property securing ↗The survey comes before confirmation of scope, quotation, access, availability and the accepted completion target.
THE CHALLENGE
Start with the place.
Town centre concerns can move between squares, transport links, passages, car parks and vacant frontages. Physical changes, cleansing, enforcement, outreach and active use need to work together, with clear ownership when patterns shift.
WHAT THE REVIEW COVERS
Evidence before intervention.
Visibility and environment
Review lighting, sightlines, planting, upkeep, boundaries and places where the design unintentionally creates concealment or conflict.
CCTV and response
Test whether camera coverage, monitoring, reporting routes and on-the-ground response are aligned with the problem.
Partnership delivery
Identify the council, police, business, property and community responsibilities needed to turn recommendations into sustained action.
FROM FINDINGS TO ACTION
A plan you can commission.
The output is a prioritised place plan: immediate actions, costed options for investment, named delivery responsibilities and measures for reviewing impact.
Each project is quoted to an agreed scope. We confirm fees before work begins. Materials and installation are quoted separately by suppliers.
Understand
Agree the priority location, examine existing evidence and walk the area with the relevant teams.
Set options
Compare practical interventions, budget implications, permissions, maintenance and risks of displacing the problem.
Deliver and review
Coordinate a phased plan, obtain supplier quotations where needed and monitor the location after changes are made.
Experience behind the approach
SaferPlace360 draws on leadership of six Home Office Safer Streets programmes and £5.5m of government investment across policing, councils, housing providers and communities. Read about the experience ↗
Professional experience underpinning SaferPlace360 services.PUBLIC SPACES · LOCAL CHURCH
Making the church grounds more welcoming
A local church was experiencing an increase in encampments, drug use and fires against its external walls. Poor lighting and overgrown foliage limited visibility around the surrounding public space.
New and improved lighting, together with cutting back the foliage, opened up sightlines and increased footfall. Benches were added for daytime use. Anti-social behaviour subsequently reduced significantly.
RELATED CASE REFERENCE
Protecting a heritage council building
See how the council and a qualified architect secured listed building consent and restored gating at a building facing ASB and daily operational pressure.
Read the case reference ↗READY TO TALK?
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