"Crime Worries End" ... Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongbuk, Creates Safe Return Routes

Gyeongsan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] Gyeongsan City, Gyeongbuk Province, is creating a ‘Safe Return Home’ street by installing security facilities and CCTVs in safety-vulnerable areas to alleviate the anxiety of women and children.

The Safe Return Home street is an area where a crime prevention environmental design (CPTED) analysis system is established through collaboration between the public, private, and police sectors by conducting preventive diagnostics and analyzing vulnerability factors in crime-prone areas such as around schools and one-room apartment complexes.

This year, 59 outdated Chamsuri security lights in front of Yeungnam University, where one-room apartments are densely located, will be replaced, and 11 CCTVs will be installed in three locations including residential complaint areas, elementary school commuting routes, and women’s crime-prone areas where they feel uneasy walking on sidewalks at night.

Choi Young-jo, mayor of Gyeongsan City, said, “We will create a Safe Return Home street where all citizens, including women, children, and the elderly, can live with peace of mind by eliminating anxiety factors from crime and accident risks.”

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