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The safety and stability of any urban environment is dependant on successfully balancing many factors, such as the layout of the built environment, how buildings are used by residents, the provision of services and other social factors that influence the way people behave. Badly designed or poorly managed urban environments increase the risk of crime, anti-social behaviour, substance abuse and fear. Crime Opportunity Profiling of Streets (COPS) adds value to designing out crime. COPS is a rigorous visual auditing tool that surveys streets and other public locations to identify environmental features that offer actual or potential opportunities to commit crime, generate fear of crime or identify places that are vulnerable to drug and alcohol abuse and other anti-social behaviour. COPS is an essential tool for identifying problems and evidence based solutions within the built environment. BRE is committed to designing out crime and anti-social behaviour to create safe pleasant places. Based upon Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles, COPS takes the process several steps further by identifying who the owner of the problem is, what action should be taken, consultation with those concerned e.g. building owner, local authority departments and, wherever possible, ensuring that appropriate changes are made. It is recommended that any sites having undergone a COP be revisited at a later date, not only to evaluate the success of the COP, but also to provide up-to-date advice on the area taking into account, for example, any new buildings or environmental features since the first analysis. Auditing the built environment and public space is strength of the team. This methodology is able to provide deep analysis of the way the design and management of buildings and public space can and often does influence social behaviour. |
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With over 75 years of experience scientifically developing all aspects of the built environment BRE is uniquely placed at the cutting edge of designing out crime.
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