City of Pompano Beach
Department of Development Services
Planning & Zoning Division
100 W. Atlantic Blvd Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Pre-Application Meeting
Phone: 954.786.4679 Fax: 954.786.4666
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CPTED PRINCIPLES
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
CPTED Principle #1 - Natural Surveillance
"See and be seen" is the overall goal when it comes to CPTED and natural surveillance. A person is less likely to
commit a crime if they think someone will see them do it. Lighting and landscape play an important role in Crime
Prevention Through Environmental Design.
CPTED Principle #2 - Natural Access Control
Natural Access Control is more than a high block wall topped with barbed wire. Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design or CPTED utilizes the use of walkways, fences, lighting, signage and landscape to clearly
guide people and vehicles to and from the proper entrances. The goal with this CPTED principle is not necessarily
to keep intruders out, but to direct the flow of people while decreasing the opportunity for crime.
CPTED Principle #3 - Territorial Reinforcement
Creating or extending a "sphere of influence" by utilizing physical designs such as pavement treatments,
landscaping and signage that enable users of an area to develop a sense of proprietorship over it is the goal of this
CPTED principle. Public areas are clearly distinguished from private ones. Potential trespassers perceive this
control and are thereby discouraged.
CPTED Principle #4 - Maintenance
CPTED and the "Broken Window Theory" suggests that one "broken window" or nuisance, if allowed to exist, will
lead to others and ultimately to the decline of an entire neighborhood. Neglected and poorly maintained properties
are breeding grounds for criminal activity. A formal CPTED based maintenance plan will help you preserve your
property value and make it a safer place.
CPTED Principle #5 – Activity Support
Increase the use of a built environment for safe activities with the intent of increasing the risk of detection of criminal
and undesirable activities. Natural Surveillance by the intended users is casual and there is no specific plan for
people to watch out for criminal activity.
If you have any questions or concerns with incorporating the CPTED Principles in your design. Please contact
Deputy Patrick Noble with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office at: Patrick_Noble@sheriff.org or at (954) 709-7006.