Icheon-si Applies 'Crime Prevention Design' to the City

Selected for Road Crime Prevention Urban Environmental Design Project
5 Billion Invested to Create Safe Village in Gwango-dong

Gyeonggi-do Icheon City announced on the 18th that it has been selected as the final target site in the '2024 Gyeonggi-do Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Project' contest hosted by the province.

'CPTED' refers to an urban environmental design that analyzes the environmental characteristics of offenders, victims, and crime scenes to directly prevent crime as well as reduce anxiety about crime.

The city plans to invest a total budget of 500 million KRW, including 150 million KRW from the provincial government and 350 million KRW from the city, to create a 'Safe Neighborhood with Four Safety Nets' in the area around 16-8 Gwango-dong, Icheon City.

The city intends to focus the project on abandoned idle spaces within the planned project site, including commercial street fronts, waterfront walkways, and residential alley sections. To this end, it plans to create a safe village environment where nearby residents can live with peace of mind by improving physical and psychological environments such as enhancing day and night pedestrian environments, addressing blind spots in the village, and eliminating anxiety-inducing factors in existing spaces.

The city will form a project promotion council with the Gwango-dong Administrative Welfare Center, Icheon Police Station, Gwango-dong residents, and design experts, and proceed with the project through a resident-led public-private cooperation method.

Kim Kyung-hee, Mayor of Icheon City, said, "We will select the CPTED project as a key task and plan to gradually expand the project every year," adding, "We will make it a model of a safe living city where Icheon citizens can live with peace of mind."

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