Heather Gurden Strategic Designing Out Crime Manager Essex Police – Local Police Support Unit

1. Heather Gurden Strategic Designing Out Crime Manager Essex Police – Local Police Support Unit Making places safer

2. “You’ll look up and down streets. Look ‘em over with care About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there.” With you head full of brains And your shoes full of feet You’re too smart to go down Any not-so-good street. And you may not find any You’ll want to go down. In that case, of course, You’ll head straight out of town.” Dr.Zeuss – Oh the Places you’ll go

3. Aims of this presentation • To understand what is meant by the term ‘Designing out Crime’ and why is it so important for the sustainability of a development. • To realise the link between… • Design • Partner collaboration / Social consideration • Management processesand • The impact ‘SBD’ can have on design and sustainability of commercial premises • Appreciating what makes a good design and providing examples of a safer environment.

4. Why is ‘Designing Out Crime’ so important? “The overwhelming weight of evidence from crime related research is that certain communities are adverselyimpacted by crime and massively so; That these communities remain disadvantaged over time; and that there are negatively quality of life implicationsfor those who live there. ” Professor Martin Gill University of Leicester 2014

5. What is ‘Designing Out Crime’? “The creation through design, of a physicaland social environment, which is conducive to the overall security and the well being of the whole community.”

6. The Constituents of a community….

7. The Constituents of a community…. By changing the features of the environment will influence the incidence of crime. The constituents of a community all need to interact: They also have a common denominator:

9. Common Denominators The ‘economy, society and environment’ have other common denominators… • Planning and • Design These three elements need to then interact… Which in turn are linked to these three aspects…

10. Criminology of the Built Environment

11. What Makes a Good Design? The seven attributes of a sustainable community:

12. CPTED: Crime prevention through environmental design • The main concepts arising from all available literature focuses on TERRITORIALITY and OWNERS. • Newman’s defensible space model argues that physical space can be structured in a way that fosters and reinforces a social structure that defends itself. The three core principles are: • Territoriality (legitimate users protect space) • Passive Surveillance • Participation

13. Secured by Design www.securedbydesign.com

14. What are DOCO’s are what do they do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhcVoMqfXM8

15. Lister House, Harlow http://www.securedbydesign.com/news/health-super-hub-achieves-secured-by-designs-top-award-and-praise-from-mp/

16. The Copse, • The Copse has 643 new single en-suite rooms and studios. • It's only a 9-minute walk from all the central campus facilities. • All rooms have large, four-foot wide beds (double bedding packs will fit). • A social pavilion with a common room and shop are just a short walk away at The Meadows. • Ensuring that the building is stylish, practical and secure are at the core of its design.

17. Stansted Airport Expansion

18. Contact Details: Heather Gurden Heather.gurden@essex.pnn.police.uk Crime Prevention Tactical Advisors essex.crime.prevention@essex.pnn.police.uk