Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is our Crime Prevention message of the day. Property crime is often a crime of opportunity. The CPTED theory reduces the opportunity for property crime to occur.

Maintain your property to keep clear line of sight from inside your home or business; trimming trees, shrubs and plants is an effective way of increasing visibility.

When away from your home, have a friend or family member collect your mail, cut your grass and/or shovel your driveway to give the appearance someone is home.

Install quality locks on your home, garage and shed and keep them locked at all times.

Store property, such as bicycles, out of sight in a locked area where people can’t easily access it

Make sure your property is well lit, consider motion activated lights.

Consider installing an alarm system and/or video surveillance.

By following these CPTED principles, you will increase the security of your property and reduce the opportunity for property crime to occur.

For more information and other crime prevention tips, please visit saultpolice.ca and follow our social media channels, @SaultPolice on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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