A global leader in advancing the science and practice of physical security and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). The SAFE Design Standard™ sets the global benchmark for risk-informed, industry-validated, and legally defensible end-to-end property security. Trusted worldwide, the SAFE Design Standard™ enables the creation of safer, more resilient environments where people live, learn, work, and play.
Comprehensive, End-to-End Property Security
The only proven, fully integrated property security framework that expands upon ISO 22341 – Guidelines for CPTED by seamlessly integrating multiple security methods, approaches, standards, and best practices from the International Standards Organization (ISO), national standards organizations, and other globally recognized bodies to achieve the comprehensive, end-to-end property framework available.
Legally Defensible, Risk-Informed Property Protection
Reduces operational and legal risks for property owners and managers, providing piece of mind that security across the property has been achieved in the most robust, legally defensible, and risk-informed manner available.
Globally Trusted, Award-Winning & Government Endorsed
A trusted risk and security standard by governments around the world. Recognised by the Governments of Canada and British Columbia as the “industry standard” for achieving physical security (2023) and recipient the 2020 Government of Alberta – Community Justice Award for Innovation.
User-Friendly, Inclusive Placemaking
Avoids hostile architecture by prioritizing inclusive design and placemaking, creating welcoming spaces that support social interaction.
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Systematic, Risk-Informed Property Security Assessment
SAFE Design™ applies a structured methodology to new and existing properties, ensuring that property owners, managers, and security professionals benefit from a consistent, evidence-based, and trusted security assessment process.
Multiscale Threat, Risk, and Vulnerability (TRV) Assessment
A specially designed, legally informed TRV assessment that identifies the reasonably foreseeable security threats unique to the property in criminogenic, social, geographic, and temporal perspectives.
Detailed and Actionable Security Reporting
Security and facility management professionals gain access to real-time, data-driven reports via the SAFE Design Digital Platform, detailing:
Risk Analysis
A data-driven, multi-scale risk analysis is carried out to determine priority criminal threats and other issues relevant to a property’s context, location, use, and history.
SAFE Design Certification™
Achieving SAFE Design Certification™ ensures that property owners:
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safe certifiED
“The Security Achieved through Functional Environmental (SAFE) Design Standard certification, which is the industry standard to physical security that reduces the risk and fear of crime by design, policy, and shaping public spaces. This certification will help the local government create safe, secure and enjoyable places to live, learn, work and play.”
Governments of Canada, British Columbia, and Nanaimo
September 18, 2023
