Name: JOHANNES P.

BERMISO 3F
ARTICLE 1:
Summary of “New Urbanism, Crime and the Suburbs: A Review of the Evidence”
This article discusses the three major challenges of permeability, back laneway parking, and
mixed-use development as they relate to new urbanism. According to the article, New
Urbanists can use crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and its crime risk
assessment approach to lessen possibilities for crime and address community crime fear.
In the new urbanist era, the researcher is interested in examining local crime trends and
community safety. The researcher generates data using the theory of Awareness Spaces—
Routine Activities, which helps them restrict access to areas where there are fewer
opportunities for potential criminals to be present in an area looking for targets and it enables
locals to easily distinguish residents from non-residents. They also employ the CPTED crime risk
evaluation matrix to help and direct in figuring out crime in the localities.
Analyzing the data from the examination revealed that the adoption of CPTED, with its
appropriate design and effective utilization of the built environment, can lower fear and the
incidence of crime while also enhancing quality of life.
The article's conclusion states that residential street networks with more permeability are
linked to higher levels of crime than those with lower permeability, such as cul-de-sacs. In
suburban residential neighborhoods, parking in back lanes and mixed-use complexes have also
been linked to higher crime rates. As new urbanist developments mature and local dynamics
alter over time, this New Urbanism, Crime and the Suburbs 439 study may have significant
ramifications. CPTED and environmental criminology can help in foreseeing, minimizing, and
comprehending these dangers.