Design Out Crime and CPTED Centre

Crime prevention through environmental design

Safer places by design.

Crime prevention by design that improves quality of life — for everyone who shapes the places we live, work and gather.

CPTED reviews & reports

Grounded in evidence.

CPTED reviews and reports for planning and development approval, and crowded-places audits — based on what current research actually shows.

Reviews & reports

ICA Class-A certified

Learn CPTED online.

Six-week certificated training for practitioners, run several times a year.

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CyberCPTED

Crime in the gaps.

Bringing smart homes, smart cities and AI automation into CPTED — and helping people live well in a connected world.

About CyberCPTED

What we do

Three ways we work.

CPTED reviews & reports

CPTED reviews and reports for planning and development approval, from single buildings to city precincts, and crowded-places security audits for events and at-risk environments.

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Training

ICA Class-A certified CPTED courses for practitioners, plus a short introduction — all certificated, all online, delivered internationally.

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Resources

Publications and research, the free DOC-Gram newsletter, and guidance across the public realm, cyber-CPTED, domestic violence and more.

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CPTED training — enrol now

ICA Class-A certified online CPTED training

Six weeks, three hours per week, fully online and certificated. Choose an upcoming cohort, or start with the short introduction.

6-week cohort

Starts 20 July 2026

ICA Class-A certified. Three hours per week over six weeks with CPTED project, online with live support.

6-week cohort

Starts 14 Sept 2026

ICA Class-A certified. Three hours per week over six weeks with CPTED project, online with live support.

6-week cohort

Starts 9 Nov 2026

ICA Class-A certified. Three hours per week over six weeks with CPTED project, online with live support.

Short course

Introduction to CPTED

A certificated two-hour online primer — the ideas and the evidence, start any time.

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The Centre

Independent, evidence-led CPTED.

We work in research, training and consultancy — helping practitioners and organisations design places that are safer because they work socially, not just physically. Our advice is grounded in current environmental-crime research rather than received wisdom.

Members of the Police Crowded Places Forum. Training delivered to governments, institutions and practitioners internationally.

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