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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

Published by City of Richmond Hill

This is the City of Richmond Hill’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice

Type: Guide
Published by: City of Richmond Hill
Date: June 2026
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 30

Overview

A City of Richmond Hill design guide on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), dated June 2026, for architects, planners, the development industry and City staff, and supplementary to the Richmond Hill Urban Design Guidelines. It sets out guiding principles of natural surveillance, natural access control, ownership or territoriality, and image and maintenance, followed by design guidance under each, and an implementation framework built on the Three D Approach of designate, define and design for assessing semi-public and private space.

What it covers

Land Acknowledgement
1.1 Overview
1.2 Scope
Preamble
2.1 Natural Surveillance
2.2 Natural Access Control
2.3 Ownership/Territoriality
2.4 Image/Maintenance
Guiding Principles
3.1 Natural Surveillance
3.2 Access Control
3.3 Ownership/Territoriality
3.4 Image/Maintenance
Design Guidance
4.1 The Three D Approach
Implementation Framework
5.0 Figures & Image Credits

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