Independent, evidence-led CPTED.
Design Out Crime & CPTED Centre provides CPTED reviews for Development Applications (DAs); Green Star CPTED reviews; design advice on CPTED, counter-terrorism and Cyber-CPTED; ICA-approved CPTED training; and undertakes research, policy development and the development of CPTED guidelines. For what each of these involves, see our Consultancy page.
Personnel
Dr Terence Love
Director, Design Out Crime and CPTED Centre.
Credentials
ICA-certified Advanced CPTED Professional; NSW Safer by Design certified; PhD, FDRS, CMath, MIMA; Member of AIIA; Member of the ICA Policy and Practice committee. ICA MasterClass presenter and a frequent international conference speaker. Author of numerous research papers on CPTED and Cyber-CPTED — a field whose name he coined, describing the growing overlap between physical CPTED and digital/cyber-security risk.
25+ years in CPTED
Director and consultant of Design Out Crime and CPTED Centre (and previously the Design Out Crime Research Centre) for over 20 years, with more than 25 years' professional experience in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.
Where it started
Following an earlier career as a professional engineer, Terence trained and worked in Youth and Community Work in the UK, with hard-to-reach youth and disadvantaged communities. That work raised the question that's stayed central ever since: how can environments be redesigned to reduce problems and crime, and equitably improve quality of life? That is one of the core questions of CPTED and its role internationally.
Working with us.
Design Out Crime and CPTED Centre works with two Associate Directors — specialists who contribute to our knowledge base and are engaged as consultants on particular projects.
Dr Paul Cozens
Associate Director. 25+ years' experience in CPTED and related fields, in evidence-based research and practical implementation.
Professor Dr Trudi Cooper
Associate Director. An internationally recognised, sought-after adjunct/external professor in the Youth Work field, affiliated with multiple universities. Her expertise directly underpins our counter-terrorism design advice relating to reducing and reversing radicalisation in young people.
A selection of our project work.
CPTED reviews and design advice, from individual buildings to major infrastructure, over more than two decades. This is a selection — get in touch for the full picture relevant to your project.
Sydney Metro — Western Sydney Airport rail line
CPTED review and design guidance for the new Sydney Metro and the whole new rail line to the new Western Sydney Airport.
Southern Rail Line, Perth to Mandurah
Pre-opening CPTED review commissioned by WA Police and TransPerth, 2014–15, covering all stations with extensive local government stakeholder consultation.
Armadale and Byford Rail stations
CPTED review for MetCONNX, including PSP paths and bridges, supporting development approval and Green Star certification.
Fiona Stanley Hospital
CPTED review of the multi-storey staff car park and access, supporting DPLH development approval conditions, plus an earlier review at development stage.
Iconic Scarborough
CPTED review for Lendlease, 2017–18, for a 40-storey twin-tower mixed retail, entertainment and residential development, including a second review following redesign.
CityLink Northbridge
CPTED review across multiple development stages, 2016–2019, for the precinct joining Northbridge to the City of Perth across the rail line.
Lefroy TAFE redevelopment, Beaconsfield WA
CPTED review and Green Star certification support for the residential housing redevelopment of the former TAFE site.
Davis Park Redevelopment
CPTED review and Green Star certification support for the demolition and rebuild of social housing at Davis Park, Beaconsfield WA.
Aldershot Reserve, Victoria
CPTED review commissioned in 2019 by the City of Greater Geelong, following a serious assault, subcontracted via the project's landscape architects.
Len Packham Clubrooms and Reserve
CPTED Crime Risk Assessment commissioned in 2019 by the City of Cockburn, addressing anti-social behaviour by redesigning access to the site.
Meadowbrook, Logan QLD
Comprehensive CPTED Safety Plan and review covering a shopping centre, Logan Hospital, Griffith University campus, residential areas, and rail and bus stations.
Over a decade of certified CPTED training
More than a decade of certified CPTED training delivered in Australia and internationally — among the earliest providers of online CPTED training, over ten years ago.
National Arab University for Security Sciences, Riyadh
CPTED training for senior members of the Saudi Ministry of Interior, up to Major General. Our next NAUSS training is for ARAMCO staff.
Evidence, not speculation.
Our advice is grounded in ongoing evidence-based research and policy work, including involvement in a large cross-university research project on Indigenous Night Patrols in WA and NSW commissioned by the Federal Attorney-General's Department, the CPTED research underpinning the WA Planning Commission's Planning Access Ways Guidelines, and the current Safer Places By Design CPTED guidelines. This research base is why our training and our design and policy advice stays up to date on CPTED, crime prevention and counter-terrorism — revised continually as the evidence develops.
Get in touch.
Design Out Crime & CPTED Centre (Love Services Pty Ltd)
14 Michael St, Beaconsfield, Western Australia 6162
Email:
Phone: +61 434 975 848
ABN 98 136 722 962