SUMMARY - What Makes a Safe Public Space? CPTED in Practice
A plaza redesign removes the features that made it feel unsafe - the hidden corners, the blocked sightlines, the dense landscaping that concealed what happened within - and replaces them with open space, clear paths, active edges with shops and cafes, and lighting that makes evening use possible, and the transformation is so complete that people who avoided the space now seek it out, the design having created the safety that enforcement could not.