Analyzing Crimes in Public Spaces of New Delhi through News Reports: The Need and Possibility of Integrating Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Principles
Journal: Qeios
Year: 2023

Delhi has crime in public spaces that must be addressed using a multi-disciplinary approach. In this research study, we investigate the need for and possibility of integrating Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles into the built environment for crime reduction in New Delhi. By analyzing 100 criminal activity records from New Delhi's public spaces, from 2017 to 2023, sourced from news websites, we categorized incidents based on CPTED's four principles: surveillance, acc