Design & Planning Professionals

Improve your designs by incorporating Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) strategies that deter crime, increase safety, and create healthier, more sustainable communities with training from the recognized leader in CPTED training, The National Institute of Crime Prevention. (NICP, Inc.)

With a hands-on, practical application approach, the NICP will provide you with the knowledge and confidence you need to implement CPTED strategies in any designed environment. For any clients, from government agencies, corporations, public or private sector, you will have the skill set needed to apply CPTED strategies to site designs.

Receive the most current training possible from instructors who are recognized as CPTED professionals. Earn your CPTED Professional Designation (CPD) and set yourself apart from the competition.

Recommended Courses

Basic CPTED Training

$625
  • 40 Hour Basic Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Training Course
  • Field Assessment & Exam

Advanced CPTED Training

$425
  • 24 hour Advanced CPTED course covers:
  • Second course needed to earn the NICP’s CPTED Professional Designation (CPD)

CPTED Professional Designation Bundle

$999
  • 40 Hour Basic CPTED course and 24 Hour Advanced CPTED courses required for earning the NICP’s CPTED Professional Designation (CPD) credential

Design for Safety

Create safer, healthier, and more sustainable environments with CPTED training. Build safer communities, support businesses, and reduce calls for service for public safety personnel.

CPTED is a multi-disciplinary approach that utilizes urban planning and architectural design, in conjunction with the management of man-made and natural environments, to support better use of the built environment and improve quality of life.

Many clients are requiring that CPTED principles be applied by a CPTED professional on the design and planning team of a project.

Participants of NICP’s CPTED training will learn:

  • How the design and use of the environment can influence human behavior and reduce the fear and incidence of crime.
  • How physical design, social management, and directives can positively affect human behavior as people interact with their environment.
  • Natural surveillance, natural access control, territorial enforcement, and maintenance are the overlapping key concepts of CPTED.
  • The physical environment, human behavior, and productive use of space can lead to an increase in positive activity and as a result a decrease in negative activity.

This CPTED course has been a great learning experience! This course was well designed, the online learning platform was easy to use, and the material was presented in a way which was easily understood. Great overall experience!

Gary Novelich

This course is an excellent course, especially for those who could not do in-person training due to the pandemic or other reasons. The materials are excellently articulated by Art! This is a worthwhile training that anyone in Crime Prevention and Security should consider.

Robert Wilson

Very informative. Much more to the principles of practice than I initially thought but it is easy to understand.

Jonathan Tallman

This was a very well thought out and engaging online course. The information was well presented, easy to understand, and very user friendly.

Rick Gramer

About the NICP

The National Institute of Crime Prevention has been providing CPTED training for over 22 years, and the NICP’s CPTED Professional Designation (CPD) credential is internationally recognized!  

 

We help you design safer environments for human activity through our CPTED training and CPTED Professional Designation (CPD) credential program. 

The NICP features a team of experts with decades of experience in crime prevention, law enforcement, public safety, security engineering, economic development, academics, emergency management, and more.

Contact Us Today

The NICP works with companies and individuals – any professionals involved in the designing and planning of neighborhoods, schools, critical infrastructure facilities, green spaces, commercial and residential buildings, or revitalization efforts!

If you’re interested in holding an in-person CPTED course for your organization, please contact us today by filling out the form below.

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